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Committee Nixes Bill to Impeach Executive Councilor Liot Hill

By Katharine Webster | February 27, 2026

The House Judiciary Committee on Friday unanimously recommended killing a resolution that could have led to an impeachment investigation against the state’s only Democratic Executive Councilor, Karen Liot Hill.

Business & Economy

Committee Dispatches Bills on PFAS, Pregnancy Centers and Disability Discrimination

By Katharine Webster | February 27, 2026

After unanimously rejecting an attempt to impeach Executive Councilor Karen Liot Hill on Friday, the House Judiciary Committee narrowly dispatched bills on pregnancy resource centers, discrimination against people with disabilities, and liability for lingering PFAS contamination.

Health & Mental Health

Bill to Investigate N.H. Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence Draws Crowd

By Katharine Webster | February 12, 2026

Accusations of harassment, doxing and retaliation – as well as harrowing personal stories about domestic and sexual violence – dominated a lengthy hearing Wednesday on a bill that would form a legislative commission to investigate the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence.

Business & Economy

Advocates for Derry Rail Trail Win Tunnel Case

By Katharine Webster | February 10, 2026

Advocates for the Derry Rail Trail will get a bicycling and pedestrian tunnel, as originally planned, under a six-lane access road being built to serve the new Exit 4A off Interstate 93 in North Derry, according to a settlement announced Tuesday.

Business & Economy

News Organizations, Legislators Grapple with Bill to Save Local News

By Katharine Webster | February 9, 2026

How can the state Legislature help to save local news and news outlets?

A bipartisan subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee – several of them former reporters – grappled with that question Monday while considering a bill to grant a tax credit to businesses that advertise in local newspapers and broadcast outlets.

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House Criminal Justice Committee Approves Sexual Assault Bill

By Katharine Webster | February 6, 2026

For three years, based on her personal experience of an attempted sexual assault by a co-worker at a party, Rep. Ellen Read, D-Newmarket, has been trying to get a bill passed that would require health care providers, law enforcement and other responders to inform sexual assault victims of their right to obtain medical evidence.

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Anatomy of a Town Meeting

By Katharine Webster | February 2, 2026

There’s nearly always some drama, and it’s almost always over property taxes, because many people here also pay state income taxes to Massachusetts, where they work.

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Parents Spar in Testimony over Bill on ‘Parental Alienation’

By Katharine Webster | January 13, 2026

Divorced parents and step-parents recounted personal horror stories Tuesday during testimony on a Republican-sponsored bill that makes “parental alienation” as important as child abuse in family court cases involving divorce and child custody.

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PUC Revises Eversource Rate Order After Reconsideration

By Katharine Webster | January 6, 2026

The state’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) affirmed a large increase in Eversource electric bills for residential customers but threw out automatic yearly increases of $2 a month going forward, in a mixed decision handed down on New Year’s Eve.

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