Saint Joseph Hospital in Nashua is alerting patients that as of Jan. 1, 2025, they are no longer part of Anthem’s insurance network, according to the New Hampshire Insurance Department.
News
House Democrats Announce Committee Leadership
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Today, the House Calendar was published with committee assignments for the 2025-2026 term, and New Hampshire House Democrats announced their new slate of Ranking and Deputy Ranking committee members.
Business & Economy
Merry Christmas: N.H. Getting $191 Million for Universal Broadband
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New Hampshire is getting the gift that keeps on giving: $191 million in federal money to put every last residence and business in the state within reach of broadband internet service over the next five years.
Education
Reaction Forceful to Sununu’s Decision To Withdraw State Librarian Nomination
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Reaction to Gov. Chris Sununu’s decision to withdraw the nomination of Mindy Atwood to be state librarian was forceful from both sides with some claiming she advances a “woke” agenda and others saying she simply opposes book censorship, which NEA-NH called a mainstream belief.
Business & Economy
Legislative Committee Approves New Landfill Siting Rules Amidst Objections
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After temporarily rejecting proposed solid waste siting rules last month, a legislative committee voted 9-1 Thursday to approve them, despite public objections that they don’t go far enough in protecting the public.
Business & Economy
Executive Council Approves Hampstead Hospital Lease with Dartmouth Health
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A seven-year renewable contract between the state and Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (Dartmouth Health) to operate the state’s new psychiatric hospital for youths at Hampstead Hospital passed the Executive Council on a vote of 4-1 Wednesday.
News
Electoral College Votes Cast in Concord Featured Trans and Ethnically Diverse Women
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Four New Hampshire women: one transgender, an immigrant from Venezuela, an Indian American and an African American pledged the state’s four Electoral College votes for Vice President Kamala Harris to be President of the United States and Tim Walz vice president at a ceremony on Tuesday.
Business & Economy
About 98,000 People Lived in Poverty in New Hampshire During 2023, NHFPI Says
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Coos County residents in northern New Hampshire have a median income that is about half as much as someone living in Rockingham County in the south and they face higher costs of living than their counterparts near the Massachusetts border, according to some statistics gleaned from recently released U.S. Census Bureau data.
Courts & Corrections
Right to Know: YDC Suspect Buskey Fired as Cop After Lying About Bad Checks
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Former YDC staffer Jeffrey Buskey, accused of hundreds of rapes in the child sex abuse scandal at what is now known as Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester, was fired as a Sanbornton police officer in 2004 after he got caught bouncing checks.
Environment & Science
Forever Chemicals Commission Gets Update on Saint-Gobain Demolition, Future Legislation
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The Commission on the Environmental and Public Health Impacts of PFAS Compounds met Friday to discuss progress on the clean-up around Merrimack’s closed Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics plant at 710 Daniel Webster Highway (Route 3), efforts to investigate possible links to cancer and adverse health impacts in that area and discussed proposed legislation to allow for a longer time for people to file civil claims related to PFAS’ impacts on their lives.