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The first of two back-to-back WMUR Granite State Debates featured five Democrats vying to succeed U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas in New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District on Thursday night.
Verbal shots were fired in a battle of the business owners at the Republican Primary WMUR debate for the U.S. House of Representatives First Congressional District on Wednesday night.
State lawmakers and local officials were quick to call for a moratorium on data center development as rumors were confirmed that a private company is looking to build a data center in Bow.
Attorneys representing a man who alleges he was abused by staff at a state-run at-risk youth facility in the 1970s have filed an appeal to the state Supreme Court, asking for his day in court.
Newcomer Victor Orlando, owner of a roofing company, positioned himself as the independent working-class alternative to frontrunner Lily Tang Williams, as well as the candidate more likely to break with President Trump on civil liberties and institutional power.
A renewed trade war with Canada has Granite Staters reeling again as businesses and customers on both sides of the border scramble to adapt to tariffs and a changing business climate.
“At the national level there is still litigation pending over the President’s executive order related to mail-in ballots. Implementation of the Executive Order for the 2026 elections is uncertain,” David Scanlan said
Leavitt will be stepping down from her position to spend more time with her family. Leavitt welcomed the birth of her second child in May.
A federal appeals board has sent Manchester’s wastewater treatment plant permit back for review after a legal challenge over “forever chemicals” discharge into the Merrimack River.