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New Hampshire Executive Council Launches Statewide CPR Challenge During EMS Week;
Bipartisan initiative aims to train Granite Staters in lifesaving Hands-Only CPR across all five Council districts
Executive Councilor John Stephen, R-Manchester, is recovering from a serious cardiac event while out running Sunday, according to colleagues and a social media post on his Facebook page.
December 2, 2025 | https://indepthnh.org/2025/12/02/executive-councilor-john-stephen-recovering-from-cardiac-event-while-running/Allen Aldenberg of Manchester was unanimously confirmed as acting director of the Office of Child Advocate through Oct 29.
July 29, 2026 | https://indepthnh.org/2026/07/29/aldenberg-chosen-as-interim-child-advocate-at-a-time-of-violence-and-trauma-at-sysc/The Doorway will not shut in the Upper Valley and Sullivan County after an important health care contract to support those reaching out for help fighting substance abuse finally passed the Executive Council Wednesday.
July 9, 2026 | https://indepthnh.org/2026/07/09/renegotiated-doorway-contract-for-upper-valley-sullivan-county-passes-council-muster-after-scrutiny/The Executive Council approved $20 million to go into the YDC abuse settlement fund, agreed to an extension to a contract for staffing at the Sununu Youth Services Center and rejected a $100 million conduit bond for a digital assets company, among other business Wednesday.
July 8, 2026 | https://indepthnh.org/2026/07/08/council-approves-20m-for-ydc-settlement-fund-ayotte-wont-exercise-option-to-buy-coos-countys-headwaters-tract/Attorney General John Formella’s investigation into operations at the Sununu Youth Services Center did not find child abuse as alleged but concluded systemic problems exist, a finding that raised concern by the Disability Rights Center-NH, one of the original agencies to complain.
July 7, 2026 | https://indepthnh.org/2026/07/07/ag-finds-systemic-problems-no-abuse-at-sununu-youth-services-center-disability-rights-center-raises-alarms/To celebrate America’s 250th, a 10-minute video has just been produced featuring 50 present and former state leaders in a ceremonial reading the Declaration of Independence.
June 24, 2026 | https://indepthnh.org/2026/06/24/fifty-nh-leaders-join-video-reading-of-the-declaration-of-independence-for-the-250th/The table is now set for Republican and Democratic primaries on Sept. 8 with the winners facing off in a general election on Nov. 3.
June 13, 2026 | https://indepthnh.org/2026/06/13/table-set-for-elections-this-fall-in-new-hampshire/The state has to either come up with a 10 percent deposit on the $68.72 million purchase and sales agreement for the 146,400 acre Connecticut Lakes Headwaters at the northern tip of the state, within 45 days, or waive the right of first refusal, the governor and Executive Council were told Wednesday.
June 3, 2026 | https://indepthnh.org/2026/06/03/state-must-come-up-with-deposit-for-68-7m-conn-lakes-headwaters-tract-or-allow-sale/