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Liquor Commission Scraps RFP Process for Hampton I-95 Welcome Centers

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | 2 hours ago

The state Liquor Commission has scrapped current plans to redevelop two parcels of land on either side of Interstate 95 into welcome centers at Hampton.

Hundreds Gathered May 1 in Concord and around NH To Stand with Immigrants, Workers

May Day was celebrated in Concord and around the state on Thursday.

NH Supreme Court Overturns Precedent To Protect Mental Health Records

An alleged victim of childhood sexual abuse was about to have records of her counseling and therapy sessions handed over to her abuser.

Zoning Ordinances in the House’s Crosshairs Again

The legislative effort to limit local zoning ordinances took another step forward Thursday when the House approved a cap on parking requirements.

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Senate Opposes Immunization Requirement Changes, Allows State Bitcoin Investment

Indicted Justice Hantz Marconi Seeks Undisclosed Evidence, Witnesses From AG

No Pot of Gold for NH Budget Writers Anywhere

Business & Economy

NH Nonprofit Organization Earns National Award

By Beverly Stoddart | December 24, 2024

The New Hampshire Association of Special Education Administrators (NHASEA) has been awarded the 2024 CASE Exemplary Small State Unit Award. CASE, Council of Administrators of Special Education, is an international nonprofit professional organization providing leadership, advocacy, and professional development to more than 5,700 administrators responsible for the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).”

News

Hundreds of Families Gather For Toys for Tots Holiday Giving

By Jeffrey Hastings | December 23, 2024

Hundreds of families gathered at the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel in Manchester for the opportunity to select Christmas and holiday gifts for their children, thanks to the generosity of donors and the efforts of local volunteers.

Feature

Democracy Needs Us All During News Crisis

By Nancy West | December 23, 2024

I believe we are in the midst of a news crisis in New Hampshire and need your help to turn it around.

News

State Police Investigate Death of Male Employee at NH Insurance Department

By News Release | December 23, 2024

Around 9 a.m. today, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, State Troopers responded to 21 S Fruit Street in Concord for a report that an adult male employee had been found deceased. Troopers secured the scene and an investigation remains ongoing.

Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Garry Rayno Speaks About 2025’s State House

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org | December 22, 2024

Thirty years ago Republicans had long controlled state government until Jeanne Shaheen and other Democrats helped make NH a two-party state in the latter part of the 20th Century.

Courts & Corrections

Tulloch’s Sentence in Zantop Murders Heads To Supreme Court Despite State’s Objection

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | December 20, 2024

Prosecutors with the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office do not want the state Supreme Court to consider the constitutionality of a life sentence without parole for convicted killer Robert Tulloch.

Feature

Distant Dome: Christmas Comes for Some in New Hampshire

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org | December 20, 2024

New Hampshire lawmakers have decreed that most of the “gifts” from the state do not go to the needy, but to those on the other end of the economic spectrum.

Education

Another Union Forms at Dartmouth College

By ARNIE ALPERT | December 20, 2024

The teaching staff at the Dartmouth College Child Care Center has voted to unionize and affiliate with Local 560 of the Service Employees International Union, which already represents hundreds of campus workers.

Obituary

Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Nashua Community College President

By Staff Report | December 20, 2024

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

Feature

Immigrant Advocates Urge Ayotte to ‘Be Governor to All NH Residents’

By ARNIE ALPERT | December 20, 2024

In a letter delivered Wednesday to Governor-elect Kelly Ayotte, more than one hundred New Hampshire immigrant advocates have called for the state to avoid involvement in President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportation.

Health & Mental Health

NH Supreme Court To Consider Appeal in Camp Fatima Sex Abuse Lawsuit

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | December 19, 2024

Even though New Hampshire removed the statute of limitations to allow victims of sexual abuse to bring lawsuits decades later, the old limits still apply to a man trying to sue the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester.

Feature

Christmas Shopping for Your Angler

By George Liset | December 19, 2024

I just finished putting up my Christmas tree. Is it just me or do the manufacturers of tree lights put in extra bulbs to just mess with you?

Education

Reaction Forceful to Sununu’s Decision To Withdraw State Librarian Nomination

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | December 19, 2024

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

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | December 19, 2024

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.

Courts & Corrections

Department of Corrections Ordered To Explain Right-to-Know Redactions

By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org) | December 18, 2024

Fired after his bosses reportedly covered up evidence in a use of force investigation, Department of Corrections Lt. Thomas Macholl continues to be stalled in his search for truth.

Op-Ed

The Imperial PUC Takes on Net Metering, Again

By DONALD M. KREIS | December 18, 2024

Utility regulation in New Hampshire is broken. Exhibit A for that proposition is the endless squabbling at the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) over net metering.

Business & Economy

Executive Council Approves Hampstead Hospital Lease with Dartmouth Health

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | December 18, 2024

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.

Op-Ed

The Supreme Court Argument in ConVal-State Wants to Make Claremont Mythical; Court hints at avoiding Judicial Norms.

By ANDRU VOLINSKY | December 18, 2024

The lawyers made their arguments in the ConVal case to a depleted Supreme Court on December 10th. Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald recused himself from the ConVal case (but not from our Rand case) because he was the Attorney General during the first year or so of ConVal. Justice Hantz Marconi is suspended while she fights criminal charges stemming from her speaking to Governor Sununu about an investigation of her husband.

News

Electoral College Votes Cast in Concord Featured Trans and Ethnically Diverse Women

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | December 17, 2024

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

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org | December 17, 2024

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.