Business & Economy
New Hampshire Not Alone in Potential Budget Shortfall
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New Hampshire is not alone in facing budget cuts, increased taxes or tapping its rainy day fund in the next few years to balance its financial books.
Rep. Sweeney Warns It’s Time for UNH Police To Work With ICE
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Implying there are more illegal immigrant students than the three the University of New Hampshire System told him Wednesday, Deputy House Majority Leader Joe Sweeney threatened possible U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement involvement.
What Do You Think About Frisbie Memorial Hospital Since Bought by HCA?
The Healthcare Consumer Protection Advisory Commission will hold a public meeting at the Rochester Library Community Room on May 28, 2025, from 4:30 to 6:30 PM in person or virtually to share their healthcare experience since the acquisition of Frisbie Memorial Hospital by HCA.
Q&A for the OCA on Electric Rates
And I don’t have any reason to doubt that electricity rates in New Hampshire have climbed, on average, by 36 percent in the nine years I have served as the state’s official advocate for the interests of residential utility customers.
Sharing Our Reporting and Hiring: What’s New at InDepthNH.org After 10 Years
We are also thrilled to encourage all other news outlets to share our excellent reporting for free by using the “Republish This Story” link at the end of every story as we have been doing this year, and started out doing.
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Shaheen Leads Effort To Protect Connecticut River Watershed
Two Changes to Default Budgets Proposed
Senate Finance Rejects Governor’s Office Request To Restore $100,000 To Its Budget
News
Fatal Crashes Prompt Lawmaker To Introduce Bill To Increase Speeding Fines
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Two fatal crashes have been reported in as many days on state roads after a year that saw markedly increased deaths among those under the age of 21.
Education
Lawmakers Seek Education Freedom Account Expansion
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Under a cloud of shrinking state revenues some lawmakers are proposing a bill that could add $102 million or more a year in state spending.
Courts & Corrections
Sununu, Duprey Told Investigators Hantz Marconi Didn’t Seek Favors: Court Filing
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State Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi’s lawyer says the attorney general’s investigation shows neither Gov. Chris Sununu nor Steve Duprey believed she was asking for favors during the separate conversations with them that led to her being indicted.
News
Tourism Hopeful as Winter Weather Cooperates for Upcoming MLK Weekend
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With one important holiday period down and another coming up this weekend, the state’s ski industry is looking in solid shape, while the cross country areas could use a bit more snow and the snowmobile trails, with the exception of some in the Great North Woods, are still primarily not opened or groomed and hoping for snow.
Courts & Corrections
Records: Ex-Police Chief Set To Plead To Stealing Wages
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Ahead of his trial on charges he stole wages from the town of Richmond, former Police Chief Andrew Wood filed paperwork that he plans to plead guilty.
News
Marine Patrol Believes Woman Fell Through Ice and Drowned
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Authorities recover body of woman on Sunday who drowned after falling through the ice in Hampstead. on Saturday.
Op-Ed
Distant Dome: Lawmakers Increasingly Trying to Upend Local Control
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But in recent years, the New Hampshire legislature has been attempting what was once the unthinkable in our Granite State, trying to upend once precious “local control.”
Business & Economy
Ayotte, GOP Govs Back Trump’s ‘Government Efficiency’ Plan Drawing Criticism From Dems
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Gov. Kelly Ayotte is among 26 Republican governors backing President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed federal Department of Government Efficiency initiative.
Obituary
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Hanover Woman ‘Broke the Sound Barrier’
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The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community.
Courts & Corrections
NH Supreme Court Rules AG Violated Neo-Nazi’s Free Speech
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The constitution even applies to neo-Nazis, like the ones in NCS-131.
News
Pictorial: The Inauguration of Kelly Ayotte as Governor
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Thursday was a day of new beginnings at the State House when leaders past, present and possibly future gathered at the State House, warm from the bitter cold and blowing snow outside, for the inauguration of the first female Republican governor of the state and the first new governor in eight years.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: It is time for term limits
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There has never been a better example of the need for term limits than demonstrated recently in the mud wrestling over the federal budget.
News
Executive Council Sworn In With Two New Members
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The state’s five-member Executive Council was sworn in to office Thursday with two new members and a new Governor at the head of the table.
Health & Mental Health
Kelly Ayotte Sworn In as 83rd NH Governor Promises To Work For All Citizens
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Gov. Kelly Ayotte was sworn in as the 83rd governor of New Hampshire Thursday and said she will be a governor for all citizens.
Health & Mental Health
Manchester Establishes Warming Station Through Feb. 25
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The City of Manchester has established a Warming Station at Homeless Services, 39 Beech St.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Designation of the Frances Perkins Monument in Newcastle, Maine
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My former Sunday School students will recognize the name of Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve as a member of a presidential cabinet. It’s important to know about her and what she accomplished, and helped FDR accomplish.
About 4,000 Granite Staters May Be Out of the Workforce Due to Long-COVID
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This estimate highlights the significant and ongoing economic impact of the pandemic on the Granite State.
News
House Convening Day Fails To Change Many Rules
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Proposed amendments to existing rules for the House Representatives did not fare well on Convening Day Wednesday with a few exceptions which Democrats said will give the public less time and ability to attend when votes are taking place.
Business & Economy
Senate Republicans Lay Out Plans; May Include Banning Cell Phones in Classrooms
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From banning cell phone use in classrooms to passing a balanced budget and working to find more affordable housing units, Senate Republicans said they will keep New Hampshire among the safest states in the nation and along the path to prosperity, despite what is expected to be a tough economic period.