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Documents: AG Formella Knew About Withheld Evidence in Prison Murder Case

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | 6 hours ago

Attorney General John Formella knew that then-Department of Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks conducted interviews in Jason Rothe’s death after she was told not to, yet he did not share his knowledge, according to documents unsealed this week.

State’s First Outdoor Industry Day Celebrated in Manchester with Pop-Up Festival

New Hampshire’s $3.9 billion outdoor industry, which supports over 30,000 jobs and 1,000 small businesses from the Seacoast shoreline to the Great North Woods, was celebrated by Gov. Kelly Ayotte and Manchester City Mayor Jay Ruais and others on Tuesday.

NH Supreme Court Overturns Education Funding Decision

Christmas came early for more than 40 property-wealthy communities when the State Supreme Court Tuesday issued a 3-1 decision that the current Statewide Education Property Tax collection scheme is constitutional, overturning a lower court decision.

Ayotte Signs Parental Bill of Rights and Expands Education Freedom Accounts

Surrounded by children and Republicans who made it happen, Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed into law the so-called “Parents Bill of Rights” and a bill that expands Education Freedom Accounts to all families regardless of income Tuesday.

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GOP County Chair Stone Loses Appeal Over Racist, Homophobic Comments
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Harvard Students Sing for Common Man for Ukraine Fundraiser Amid Trump Turmoil

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | June 3, 2025

Children who are the victims of war in Ukraine got some help in a last-minute fundraiser on their behalf Monday night in which the singers of the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum lent their youthful voices to the cause after having to cancel events in Canada due to this nation’s political climate.

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YDC Abuse Trial Delayed After Bogus Indictment Discovery

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | June 2, 2025

A prosecutorial blunder found at the 11th hour is throwing one of the Sununu Youth Services Center sex abuse cases into disarray.

Courts & Corrections

Group II Retirement and YDC Fund Administrator Change Dominate Senate Finance

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | June 2, 2025

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.

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Distant Dome: This Is How Democracy Dies

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org | May 31, 2025

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.

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Radio Free New Hampshire: Lessons Learned and Long Shadows

By Michael Davidow | May 31, 2025

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.

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A NH Fly Fishing Adventure

By George Liset | May 31, 2025

    One reason is that I usually catch fish at most of the spots I fish. As the late John Gierach wrote, “You don’t leave fish to find fish.”

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Speaking of Words: Words for Numbers

By Michael Ferber | May 31, 2025

       When we learn to count, we rattle off the first ten numbers as a set of arbitrary sounds as if they were proper names and have no other meaning.

Business & Economy

Granite Recovery Centers’ Founder Indicted for Scheme to Harass, Intimidate NHPR Journalists

By News Release | May 30, 2025

The founder and former Chief Executive Officer of a for-profit drug and alcohol treatment company, Granite Recover Centers in New Hampshire, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for allegedly orchestrating a conspiracy to stalk journalists employed by New Hampshire Public Radio in retaliation for unfavorable reporting.

Courts & Corrections

Judge Orders Deposition of DOC Personnel Head, But Not Ex-Commissioner Hanks in Prison Guard Murder Case

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | May 30, 2025

Ex-Department of Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks won’t have to explain why she destroyed her notes from witness interviews she conducted in the aftermath of patient Jason Rothe’s April 2023 death at the Secure Psychiatric Unit at the men’s prison in Concord.

Business & Economy

Plan Advances To End Motor Vehicle Diagnostic Testing, No New Car Inspections

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | May 30, 2025

Onboard diagnostic testing for vehicles and air quality provisions would be eliminated from state vehicle inspections by 2027, and for the first three years of a new car’s life, it could skip motor vehicle inspections entirely under an amendment to the budget agreed to Friday by the Senate Finance Committee.

Obituary

Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Hanover Attorney Bradley, Nashua’s Rev. Svenson

By Staff Report | May 29, 2025

The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community.

Courts & Corrections

Defense Lawyer: YDC Abuse Suspect Indicted Without Evidence

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | May 29, 2025

There’s a serious problem with the indictments a grand jury handed up against former Sununu Youth Services Center, formerly called YDC, staffer James Woodlock in 2021. One of them seems to be fictional, according to his lawyer.

Arts and Entertainment

Senate Finance Agrees To $33M More for USNH Than House, Floats Arts and PFAS Fund

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | May 29, 2025

Better financial news for the University System of New Hampshire, communities impacted by PFAS contamination and the arts came out of the Senate Finance Committee Thursday compared to House budget actions.

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UNH Poll: Granite Staters Oppose Trump’s Foreign Policy Choices, Divided on State Bills

By Andrew E. Smith, Ph.D. | May 29, 2025

Approval of President Trump’s job performance has declined slightly among Granite Staters since his inauguration. On foreign policy, most New Hampshire residents think Trump’s plan to accept a jet from Qatar is inappropriate.

Courts & Corrections

Ayotte Nixes Latest Pam Smart Request for Commutation Hearing

By Nancy West | May 29, 2025

Pam Smart, now 57, was turned down yet again for the chance to share what she has accomplished in her prison rehabilitation after serving three and a half decades of a life sentence for being an accomplice to the 1990 murder of her husband Gregg Smart in Derry.

Business & Economy

Upcoming Bike Week June 14-22 Could Be Indicator of Canadian Summer Travel

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | May 29, 2025

The 102nd Laconia Motorcycle Week is coming up June 14-22 and it could be a real indicator of where Canadian travel stands for the summer season.

Courts & Corrections

State Doesn’t Want Ex-DOC Head Helen Hanks Questioned in Prison Guard Murder Trial 

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | May 29, 2025

Prosecutors assigned to former corrections officer Matthew Millar’s second-degree murder case don’t want former Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks answering questions about her destruction of evidence in the matter.

Courts & Corrections

Dartmouth Grad Wants Rape Conviction Overturned

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | May 28, 2025

The Snapchat video made by Kyle Clampitt’s reported rape victim moments after the assault took place on a Dartmouth fraternity roof should not have been part of the trial evidence, according to an appeal notice filed by Clampitt’s attorney.

Arts and Entertainment

Budget Progress with Improved Revenue and Maybe a Plan for the Arts Moving Forward

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | May 28, 2025

With only a few days left before the Senate Finance Committee needs to pull together its own two-year budget, there appears to be some good news and differences from the House’s version while big ticket items remain to be debated.

Business & Economy

Rep. Weyler Calls School Boards ‘Corrupt’

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org | May 28, 2025

Rep. Kenneth Weyler, R-Kingston, called the boards corrupt because he claimed they have not done anything to raise student performance levels.

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