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By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org
A teen girl was repeatedly raped by the care giver who was paid by the state, and the state employees who were supposed to oversee her case repeatedly covered for the abusers, according to a new lawsuit filed in Merrimack Superior Court.
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By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org
CONCORD - 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.Meeting with the press for the first time since her re-election she said her approach to policy has not changed now that her party has been voted out of the majority in Concord, that there are many bipartisan issues that can see progress from housing, to childcare to lowering utility costs.In addition to that, she announced news that the state will receive another $204 million in federal dollars for the rural health transformation grant program known here as GO-NORTH and said she will work aggressively to get more federal assistance for low income heating funds this winter from Congress, among other measures.Ayotte bucked a national trend which saw Republicans booted out of elected office both up and down the ballot last Tuesday.She won by 27,100 votes over Democrat Cinde Warmington, statewide.With 99 percent of the votes counted, the governor received 324,934 votes or 51.4 percent while the former Executive Councilor received 297,834 votes or 47.1 percent.
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By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.orgCONCORD - 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.The newly reelected Republican governor said if Congress acts quickly to support the effort, it could double the amount of money coming into the state to help low and moderate income Granite Staters with their heating bills.Ayotte and the council met Tuesday at the State House for the first time since voters last week took to the polls and swept many Republicans out of office, including four of the five Executive Councilors, all of whom are Republicans.The new council, which will be for the first time ever all Democrats, is set to be sworn-in in January.Councilors said they agreed with Ayotte that keeping residents warm this winter at a time when costs are so high for food and gas is a top priority.
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InDepthNH.org is republishing this story in partnership with AP Fund for Journalism
By The Associated Press
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth slammed the impeachment effort against him Tuesday, using his first news conference at the Pentagon in six months to deliver a defiant and politicized defense of his stewardship of the U.S. military.
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By NANCY WEST, InDepthNH.org
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.
