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Money For New Men’s Prison Design, State Library Pass Senate Capital Budget Panel

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | February 1, 2024

Helen Hanks, commissioner of the Department of Corrections, laid out a request for $40 million for architectural plans for a new men’s prison while a $1 million request for a new climate-controlled storage facility for the State Library was considered and also voted to ought to pass by the Senate Capital Budget Committee on Thursday.

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Sparks Fly Over AG’s Abortion Drug Appeal Decision; No Laconia State School Closing

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | January 31, 2024

Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington laid into Attorney General John Formella on his decision not to sign an amicus brief with more than 20 other states on a U.S. Supreme Court appeal related to the abortion drug Mifepristone Wednesday during the council meeting.

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Bills Targeting School Library Books and Gender Definitions for School Sports Opposed

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | January 30, 2024

A bill defining the biological sex of students in school athletics and one which relates to setting up an appeal process for school libraries, books seen by some parents as harmful to minors, were heard in the Senate Education Committee with testimony overwhelmingly opposed to both measures.

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Shooting of 17-Year-Old Gilford Teen Legally Justified, Attorney General Says

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | January 25, 2024

The investigation by the Department of Justice found Gilford Police Sgt. Douglas Wall, a 28-year veteran officer who fatally shot Merrill “Mischa” Pataski-Fay, 17, at 5 Varney Point Road on the night of Jan. 1, 2023, was legally justified, said Attorney General John Formella.

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Two Republicans, One Democrat Fill House Seats in Special Elections

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | January 24, 2024

Three special elections to fill House seats in Rockingham and Coos County were decided Tuesday with two Republicans and one Democrat winning.

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Some Communities Called for Extra Republican Ballots for FITN Primary Voters

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | January 23, 2024

Anna Sventek, spokesman for the Secretary of State Dave Scanlan, said at about 2 p.m. that she could confirm several communities have requested extra Republican ballots.

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And They’re Off To Vote in NH’s First-in-the-Nation Primary

By Nancy West and PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | January 23, 2024

InDepthNH.org invites you to send us a photo of you and your polling place. Send cutline where you are and what the photo shows to nancywestnews@gmail.com. We’ll update through the day. Happy Primary Day!

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Nikki Haley Sweeps All Six Dixville Votes in Midnight FITN Primary

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org and MARTHA WELLS | January 23, 2024

Nikki Haley, the former United Nations Ambassador and governor of South Carolina took all six votes in the midnight voting in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary here beating former President Donald J. Trump in a bid for the Republican nomination for president.

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Haley Attacks Trump on Last Day Before NH Primary

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | January 22, 2024

Attacking her former boss Donald Trump for his lies about her, Former United Nations Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley made a sprint toward the finish of her bid for the Republican Presidential nomination in New Hampshire on Monday.

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