Business & Economy
Sununu Says He Won’t Run for U.S. Senate
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Former Republican Gov. Chris Sununu of Newfields said he is not going to run for U.S. Senate. He said it is not right for him and his family to go to Washington.
Anti-Trump Protests Escalate in Wake of LA Troop Deployment
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With President Trump militarizing the federal government’s response to dissent against his administration’s policies, organizers say more than 1800 protests will take place nationwide next weekend, including some two dozen in New Hampshire.
Walk for Hope: Solinsky Center for Cancer Care at The Elliot, This Time It Was Personal
That changed dramatically when I was diagnosed with three cancers, and suddenly, the Solinsky Center for Cancer Care became my lifeline.
Distant Dome: Willfully and Knowingly Making a Mess of Public Education
If you watched the House session Thursday, you had to realize the message the Republican majority is sending on public education.
Op-Ed: Who are New Hampshire Republicans: Are they the company they keep?
“Well, we all are going to die” is the tone deaf quip Sen. Ernst had to offer last
week, in response to a constituent who expressed concern over how the
devastating cuts to Medicaid in the GOP budget plan will cause people to perish.
More Headlines
Gov. Ayotte Signs 19 Bills Into Law; Vetoes One
Carbon Sequestration, Sobriety Check Refusal Punishment Now Part of Parental Rights Bill
House Votes New Requirements for Absentee Voting
Health & Mental Health
Shaheen Seeks Explanation for Homeland Security’s Erroneous Emails to Ukrainians
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U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem yesterday seeking answers following reports that Ukrainians on humanitarian parole in the United States had received threatening emails from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that their humanitarian parole status had been terminated and that they had seven days to depart the country.
Education
No Opposition To Bill Requiring Cell Phone Limit Policies in Schools
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Bills that would allow parents to transfer their children to other schools within the same district, one that would study creating a county school district and one requiring public schools to adopt policies to limit the use of cell phones by students in classrooms across the state were all heard Monday in the House without opposition.
Health & Mental Health
NH Delegation To Kennedy: Restore $80M in Mental Health Substance Abuse Treatment
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The state’s entire congressional delegation – four Democrats – are joining Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte in trying to restore $80 million in federal mental health and substance abuse treatment funds which were expected in the state, now leading to layoffs.
News
Scenes, Signs and Faces from the ‘Hands Off’ Rally in Concord
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The rally was one of over a thousand such protests nation-wide and overseas which drew an estimated 3.5 million to the streets. Video and editing by Bob LaPree
News
Concord Crowd Demands End to Trump Agenda
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The largest crowd yet of anti-Trump protesters met up at the State House Saturday for a rally coordinated with about a thousand other rallies nationwide, including fifteen others in New Hampshire from Colebrook to Plaistow and Portsmouth to Keene.
Business & Economy
Distant Dome: Tax Cuts Take Their Toll on Next State Budget
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In broad terms, the very people who had to make the decisions for the draconian cuts in the proposed budget are the ones who helped put the committee in its awkward position.
Courts & Corrections
More Names Added To Public Laurie List, Some of Their Stories Already Known
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A bar fight, a strip search, questionable finances, alleged racist texts, and a sexual harassment complaint are parts of the stories behind several new additions to the state’s Exculpatory Evidence Schedule.
Op-Ed
Blowin’ in the Wind: A Choice Not an Echo, Democrats Taxed By Taxes
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In the 2018 election the Democrats won majorities in the New Hampshire House and Senate for the first time in nearly a decade and for only the fifth time since Franklin Pierce was elected President in 1853. Two years later the majorities were erased.
Business & Economy
Proposed Dalton Landfill Denied by DES
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A controversial proposal to build a landfill close to a North Country lake and state park has been denied by the state Department of Environmental Services, though it can be appealed within 30 days.
Obituary
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Rear Admiral Lippold of Atkinson; Littleton’s Ross, Who Drove His Hearse to EMT Calls
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The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community.
Business & Economy
Seabrook Starbucks Workers Vote Union
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Workers at the Starbucks store at the Seabrook Crossing plaza voted Thursday to join Workers United, a union that is representing workers at more than 550 Starbucks stores, including three others in New Hampshire.
Arts and Entertainment
NH House Committee Approves $15.6 Billion Two-Year Budget Plan
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The finishing touches on a proposed House budget that cuts many state programs and services for the next two years but offers a balanced budget were worked out Thursday by the Finance Committee.
Business & Economy
House Budget Ups Alternative Education Funding, Not Public Schools
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With the House budget writers facing two court rulings now awaiting state Supreme Court decisions, they took little action to address the challenges to the state’s education funding system, while adding tens of millions of dollars for the Education Freedom Account Program and charter schools above what Gov. Kelly Ayotte requested.
Business & Economy
Pappas Says He’s ‘In’ To Run for U.S. Senate
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Ending speculation, Democratic New Hampshire Congressman Chris Pappas announced his plan Thursday to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Jeanne Shaheen.
Education
Library Wars: School Library Bills Spark Controversy
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Children’s access to “obscene” or “harmful” materials in schools and school libraries is the focus of three bills this legislative session, with House Bill 324 causing some drama last week when its author read graphic scenes from two young adult novels on the House floor.
Business & Economy
More Anti-Trump Protests Planned for Saturday
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The grassroots upsurge of resistance to the policies of the Trump administration will reach a new peak Saturday, April 5, when demonstrations are expected in one thousand locations nationwide, including sixteen in New Hampshire.
Courts & Corrections
Reward Offered for Information About Death of Baby Jane Doe
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Manchester Police are continuing their investigation into the tragic discovery of a deceased baby in the waters at Pine Island Park. Detectives now have a more refined timeline regarding when the child was placed in the water.
Courts & Corrections
Lowell Man Pleads Guilty to Directing the Robbery of a Mail Carrier
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A Lowell man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Concord to aiding and abetting the robbery of a mail carrier, Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack announces.
Business & Economy
Barron’s Murder Conviction Stands After Appeal
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Armando Barron is going to stay in prison for the brutal murder of Jonathan Amerault after the New Hampshire Supreme Court rejected Barron’s appeal.