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Coverage of the healthcare and mental healthcare industries.
“At this point, we have determined that approximately 500 individuals with commercial insurance coverage have sought care at those facilities over the past nine months, which provides us with a picture of the universe of individuals who might be impacted.”
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.
The New Hampshire Judicial Branch has launched a series of statewide Sequential Intercept Mapping or SIM workshops with a goal of improving outcomes for individuals currently or potentially involved in the criminal justice system due to mental illness or substance use disorder.
On Jan. 21, 2024, at approximately 3:43 p.m., the Littleton Police Department (LPD) responded to a medical call that tragically unfolded as a suspected triple fatal overdose incident.
The Senate voted to expand the school voucher program, eliminated some credentialing requirements for part-time teachers and voted unanimously to recommend to the voters a change in the state Constitution enshrining the first-in-the-nation primary.
After emotional testimony on January 10 over three bills that would either codify abortion into the New Hampshire constitution or severely limit access, the House Judiciary Committee voted on their recommendations for each bill on Thursday morning.
The transgender rights community came out in force on a snowy Tuesday to push back on Republican bills that single them out, including the definition of sexual identity and creating a legal action against doctors who perform gender transitional care.
As of 9 a.m., more than 12,000 customers are without power across New Hampshire as a winter storm brings snow, rain and strong winds to the region.
One of New Hampshire’s “Water Warriors” presented a new House Resolution to the State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs Committee on Friday afternoon that would push for greater accountability of the manufacturing company, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, well-known for the substantial PFAS drinking water contamination it caused in Merrimack and surrounding towns.