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Gov. Kelly Ayotte said the state has a very important role to play nationally as being the first in the nation to vote for a president and hopes the election for Secretary of State is not politicized for the sake of that role.
With the cost of home heating products soaring and federal assistance not keeping up, Gov. Kelly Ayotte told Executive Councilors she has joined with all the other governors of New England to seek a $3 billion increase nationwide for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program ahead of winter.
Retired state Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi is free to practice law again after a conversation with then-Gov. Chris Sununu June 6, 2024 led to the suspension of her law license, criminal charges, a plea bargain, return to the bench, and ultimately her retirement in February.
Award winning investigative journalist Damien Fisher has taken on a new role as News Director at InDepthNH.org as the online nonprofit news outlet continues to grow in readership, revenue and relevance to the people of New Hampshire.
Young voters overwhelmingly turned their backs on Republicans on Tuesday, erasing the gains Trump had made in the 2024 presidential election.
The thorniest issue facing the Democrats who will take control of the state Legislature next month might be education funding – because the same voters who fueled Tuesday’s “blue wave” also voted in favor of a Republican measure to cap school property taxes.
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Rep. Jim Maggiore, D-North Hampton, wasted little time after Tuesday’s election before announcing his candidacy for Speaker, challenging House Democratic Leader Alexis Simpson, D-Exeter, at a news conference Friday in Concord.
At last night’s Bow Planning Board meeting, representatives from the advocacy group Protect New Hampshire from Data Centers brought a petition of 826 registered voters from the Town of Bow requesting the Board of Selectmen hold a special town meeting to vote on the moratorium.
President Donald Trump said Friday that Stephen Miller was replacing Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, mere days after Republicans lost control of Congress in the midterm elections. Miller, long a key member of Trump’s inner circle, is a key architect of the administration’s hard-line immigration policies.
On a recent trip to Vermont, I decided to spontaneously bring my fly rod and fish the Battenkill River.
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If you ask members of Gen-Z why they ran for office, you’re likely to hear that they wanted to breathe new life into the political scene here in New Hampshire, and provide more representation of their generation.
President Donald Trump seems more concerned with his Washington beautification projects than his party’s midterm election wipeout. Trump signed a proclamation on Thursday that he said will prevent future changes to the Oval Office and Cabinet Room, both of which he redesigned.
In May of this year, New Hampshire’s Drug Court celebrated its 1,000th graduate, a milestone for the recovery program that’s saved lives and helped people struggling with addiction hope for a better future.
It also received no hotline complaints concerning celebrities appearing at polling locations in connection with Turning Point Action activities, or complaints concerning the activities of federal Department of Justice or congressional election observers present in New Hampshire.
Pelham resident Kevin Patel, 40, has been indicted on three counts of wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Patel will appear in federal court at a later date.
Turning Point Action, part of the movement founded by the late Charlie Kirk to energize young conservatives, got plenty of media attention on Election Day for bringing celebrities to New Hampshire polling places – and for an alleged assault by a 70-year-old on one of the group’s representatives in Laconia.
The state has never had an all-Democratic Executive Council, but it appears from unofficial vote tallies that it will have one for the next two years after voters turned out and turned down re-election bids for four seats held by Republicans, Tuesday.
Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s agenda for the next two years is taking a back seat to Democrats, who now have veto-proof control in the House and Senate.
A forest closure order is now in effect for the area around the Wild River Fire. This closure prohibits public entry and maintains safe access for firefighters and emergency personnel.
Trump faces a profoundly reshaped Washington for the last two years of his presidency. Democrats will have the power to block his legislative agenda, reject his appointees and investigate his administration.
