Courts & Corrections
YDC Survivor Maunsell Settles With State for $4.5 Million
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Maunsell claims that she was raped dozens of times by Youth Development Services Unit staffer Victor Malavet starting in 2001 when she was 15.
Free Staters Meet in Concord for Annual Confab
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Nearly 300 people gathered at the Grappone Conference Center here Friday for the start of the 2025 NH Liberty Forum. The annual two-day event, which concludes Saturday, is associated with the Free State Project (FSP), a movement that began 24 years ago.
USNH, Cultural Resources and Justice Department Seek Fund Restoration
Higher education leaders went to the Senate Finance Committee Friday to request budget funding be restored to the governor’s recommended level for the next two years and that they reject the 30 percent cut by the House calling it “unsustainable.”
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Shaheen Blasts Trump Attacks on Head Start, Demands RFK Jr. Immediately Release Funding, Reverse Firings
The letter to RFK Jr. follows Shaheen’s visit to Community Action Partnership Hillsborough and Rockingham Counties’ (CAPHR) Opportunity Center in Manchester where she highlighted the importance of Head Start to Granite State working families.
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Foresters, Farmers Talk Trade and Tariff Impacts With U.S. Rep. Goodlander in Groveton
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Former Somersworth Mayor Meserve
Controversial Ex-Congressman Featured at Free State Conference in Concord
News
Ayotte To Meet With Medicaid Supporters
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Upwards of 150 people rallied outside the State House Thursday to support continued funding of Medicaid with no rate cuts, no premiums, and no work requirements.
News
Fate of State Human Rights Commission Uncertain
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The fate of the state’s Commission for Human Rights is up in the air, with the House-passed budget eliminating all funding, Gov. Kelly Ayotte working to retain and reform it – and the Senate’s position unclear.
Business & Economy
House Trimmed Governor’s Capital Budget Plan by $11 Million
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The Senate Capital Budget Committee this week begins work on the $132.5 million capital budget the House approved earlier this month.
Op-Ed: Downshifting is just another way to say property tax increase
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By downshifting costs to counties and municipalities, the House proposal risks devastating many services that our communities rely on, while also burdening local governments and taxpayers who can ill-afford any additional financial strain.
Education
Senate Bill Banning Trans Girls from Bathrooms and Sports Shelved for Now
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The aim of Senate Bill 268, according to its primary sponsor, Sen. Kevin Avard, R-Nashua, is to allow schools, businesses, sports facilities, prisons and other institutional settings to protect “women’s spaces” and privacy from trans girls and women, whom he described as “biological males,” without being sued for discrimination.
Arts and Entertainment
New Hampshire PBS is Nominated for Two Boston/New England Regional Emmys
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New Hampshire PBS is proud to announce that two WINDOWS TO THE WILD programs, Little Foot and Saving Our Shores, are both nominated for Emmys in the 48th Boston/New England Regional Emmy® Awards.
News
AG Identifies Trooper in Dover Shooting
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During that incident, Trooper Colin Burgess fired his service pistol five times, striking Ms. Infinjer in the shoulder area.
Business & Economy
Ayotte Opposes House Budget Cuts for Corrections
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New Hampshire needs increased penalties for fentanyl dealers, Gov. Kelly Ayotte said, noting she supports a pair of bills making their way through the Republican-controlled Senate and House.
Business & Economy
Heated Debate on Transgender Health Care Prohibitions for Minors
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“Children, and their doctors, and families deserve the best care,” Testerman said.
Business & Economy
Council Approves $5M More for YDC Abuse Settlement Fund
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The Executive Council approved $5 million more for the Youth Development Center Claims Administration & Settlement Fund for the 2025 fiscal year Wednesday.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Rally at NH State House Demands: Hands Off Medicaid!
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Medicaid is one of the most cost-effective investments NH can make—providing essential healthcare and long-term services at a fraction of the cost of institutional care.
Business & Economy
Cheshire Medical Center helps locally distribute opioid rescue kits
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Cheshire Medical Center, a member of Dartmouth Health, is helping increase access and awareness to naloxone by distributing opioid rescue kits to public organizations in the Greater Monadnock Region.
Education
Expanding Education Freedom Accounts Irresponsible, Committee Told
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New Hampshire cannot afford two school systems the Senate Education Committee was told at a public hearing on a bill that would remove any salary cap from the Education Freedom Account program Tuesday.
Politics
Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions Amid Secrecy, Confusion
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After President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs earlier this month, the White House released a list of more than a thousand products that would be exempted.
Op-Ed
Blowin’ in the Wind: The New Hampshire Advantage – Rhetoric, Not Reality
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And it makes less sense now when a state with the ninth highest personal income per capita in the country can’t balance its budget without cutting $50 million from its University System, capping school budgets and trimming social services while giving a green light to gambling interests.
Courts & Corrections
NH Supreme Court Passes on Tulloch Sentencing in Dartmouth Professors’ Murders
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Tulloch is behind bars for his role in the 2001 double-murder of Dartmouth professors Half Zantop, 62, and Susanne Zantop, 55.
Business & Economy
NH House Budget Cuts To Prisons ‘A Fundamental Threat,’ Senators Told
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Massive budget cuts for the state’s prisons will not save money and could place the facilities and the state in danger and cause real legal trouble, the commissioner told the Senate Finance Committee Monday.
News
Shaheen Blasts Hegseth For Again Sharing Operation Details on Unsecure App
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“It is beyond belief that anyone in Secretary Hegseth’s position – or in a significantly more junior role, for that matter – would think that sharing sensitive operational details in an unsecured messaging app, and with family members, is remotely acceptable. “
Courts & Corrections
Jeffery Strelzin Tapped To Return To NH Attorney General’s Office
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Jeffery A. Strelzin is expected to return to the New Hampshire Department of Justice where he worked for 22 years after a stint with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.