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A prosecutorial blunder found at the 11th hour is throwing one of the Sununu Youth Services Center sex abuse cases into disarray.
First responders who were hired in the state since 2011 have been pushing hard to change back the terms of their retirement plan and Monday moved one step forward when the Senate Finance Committee agreed to an amendment to the House budget which will delay payments by six months.
After Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election with a seven-point victory over US. Sen. John McCain, the Republican lawmakers in New Hampshire and elsewhere began a campaign to keep many people home on voting day.
Trump gained no mandate. Neither he nor his supporters should think he did.Trump gained no mandate. Neither he nor his supporters should think he did.
Ahead of the upcoming NH Maple Weekend, March 18 and 19, when almost 200 sugarhouses in the state are open to the public, Gov. Chris Sununu tapped a century-old maple on the grounds of the Remick Farm Museum with students from the Madison Elementary School Monday.
There has been considerable confusion about Tuesday’s town meetings after the Secretary of State and Attorney General said at 1:14 p.m. today Monday that people could vote by absentee today Monday March 13 if they lived in a town with a National Weather Service winter weather warning, but then changed after some towns postponed their meetings.
Secretary of State David Scanlan and Attorney General John Formella sent out a news release at 1:14 p.m. today, Monday, reminding people they can absentee vote today in a municipal election under a National Weather Service winter storm warning.
The National Weather Service in Gray, Maine, has issued Winter Storm Warnings for Southern New Hampshire from Monday evening through Wednesday afternoon. The New Hampshire Department of Safety’s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) urges residents and visitors to take action.
The revelations that Lebanon put two armed officers into a dangerous situation in which they were prepared to use deadly force, despite the fact they had been drinking, comes from a right-to-know request filed by Scott Traudt, the man who has been fighting the department for 16 years, ever since he was convicted of assaulting now Chief Phil Roberts during a 2007 incident.
With a powerful nor’easter expected to hit New England Monday night through Wednesday, Eversource is closely monitoring the weather forecast and is ready for the heavy, wet snow and strong winds that are expected to impact New Hampshire.
Thursday’s regular House calendar has 15, yes 15 bills, that will come to the floor without a committee recommendation meaning the committee split 10-10 or 12-12 or some other evenly divided party line vote.
News item: Roald Dahl’s publishers have decided to change his language to better suit modern sensibilities. People in his books will no longer be called “fat,” for instance.
Rep. Jeffrey Greeson, 51, of Wentworth was arrested Friday after the local road agent recorded him allegedly obstructing snow removal efforts during the storm last Saturday on March 4 at 8:15 a.m., according to a state police news release.
Results from the 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) have been released, showing both encouraging and concerning trends among New Hampshire teens and their behaviors.
Even though Tiffany Foss had reason to believe Department of Safety Commissioner Robert Quinn broke the law when he requested a background search for an acquaintance, her whistleblower complaint can’t go forward since she no longer works for Quinn, according to a ruling issued this week.
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Bills to restrict gun rights and expand tenant rights in housing matters got nowhere in the House, but bills related to expanding the state’s Education Freedom Account program got the green light to proceed to the Senate Thursday by narrow votes.
Grafton County taxpayers were charged close to $9,000 to investigate an alleged affair between county employees, but they don’t get to know about it.
New Hampshire Senate voted 14-10 to reject SB 181, legislation that would enshrine abortion rights in state statute before 24-weeks.
There are currently 26 hospitalized patients being treated for COVID-19. In New Hampshire, since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 378,428 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed.
The Youth Conservation Corp (YCC) is a summer employment program for area youths ages 15-18 who will work, learn, and earn together in the great outdoors. The purpose of the YCC program is to accomplish needed conservation work on public lands, while providing an educational experience. The program is sponsored by the Pemigewasset Ranger District, White Mountain National Forest in Campton NH.
Judge Peter Bornstein denied an injunction to keep the citizens of Dalton from voting on abolishing the Planning Board and Conservation Commission during the upcoming town meeting at a hearing Wednesday in Coos County Superior Court.
The Attorney General’s Office has received five complaints this week regarding political advertising that does not identify who is responsible for it.
Gov. Chris Sununu said he thinks hospitals have a lot of explaining to do when it comes to helping communities find mental health solutions and should be part of the all-hands-on-deck approach rather than going to court to fight to keep those patients out of their emergency rooms.