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Executive Councilor Janet Stevens, R-Rye, says the state’s law enforcement community and the Judicial Branch are not doing enough to help save domestic violence victims from further harm, like Sandra Marisol Fuentes Huaracha of Berlin, who was killed by her husband last month while he was out on bail.
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), along with U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Mark Warner (D-VA), are leading a group of their Democratic colleagues in requesting a detailed analysis of how Republican-led cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act will affect Americans’ health insurance plans.
The New Hampshire Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (NH-AAP)
expresses profound disappointment in Governor Ayotte’s decision to sign House Bill 377 into law—a measure that undermines evidence-based medical care, parental rights, and the trusted relationship between families and healthcare providers.
The Trump administration and the Environmental Protection Agency took steps to revoke the endangerment finding—a cornerstone scientific determination that planet-warming emissions endanger public health—in an effort to limit the federal government’s role in addressing climate change.
Huckins Farm is voluntarily recalling the cheese curds out of an abundance of caution because they were improperly pasteurized.
A Maine man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Concord in connection with his manufacturing of THC-laced ice cream that was unknowingly consumed by four people in Newmarket, sickening them, in March 2023, Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack announces.
On Fourth of July weekend, in the most highly trafficked part of Squam Lake, a young couple out for a boat ride came “super-close to hitting a small black thing” bobbing near Moon Island. Closer inspection revealed a newborn loon chick far from its parents.
“Childhood immunizations play an important role in preventing the resurgence and spread of previously deadly diseases. While parents must be the final decision makers on what immunizations their child receives, the State already has an established process by which parents can claim a religious exemption, and I see no reason to change it.”
Gov. Kelly Ayotte laid out her priorities for any increased state spending if revenues continue on an upward swing and said she is evaluating impacts of President Trump’s so called “Big Beautiful Bill” to see how it will impact the state, noting she does not support all of it.
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