Business & Economy
Bills Would Ban Facial Recognition and Study Police-Shooting Oversight
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One bill looks at whether the state should set up a study committee to look at the idea of creating a citizens review board for police-involved shootings.
YDC Abuse Trial Delayed After Bogus Indictment Discovery
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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.
Group II Retirement and YDC Fund Administrator Change Dominate Senate Finance
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.
Distant Dome: This Is How Democracy Dies
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.
Radio Free New Hampshire: Lessons Learned and Long Shadows
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
Speaking of Words: Words for Numbers
Granite Recovery Centers’ Founder Indicted for Scheme to Harass, Intimidate NHPR Journalists
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Primary Decided
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Homegrown editorial cartoonist Mike Marland is keeping a watchdog eye on the State House in Concord and White House in Washington, D.C.
Health & Mental Health
Big Turnout Against Amendment Preserving Women’s Reproductive Decisions
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About 200 people turned out to testify on CACR 14 at the hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, almost all in opposition on the 47th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing abortion.
Business & Economy
Council Nixes Pay Raise for Education Commissioner Edelblut
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Executive Councilors Andru Volinsky of Concord, Michael Cryans of Hanover and Debora Pignatelli of Nashua, all Democrats, said Commissioner Edelblut fails to support education for all children in New Hampshire.
Business & Economy
Sununu Backs Feltes’ Bill To Import Prescription Drugs From Canada
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State Sen. Dan Feltes said: “Skyrocketing prescription drug prices are crushing Granite State families.”
Business & Economy
Lawmakers Disagree on Bills To Fund NH Roads and Bridges
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Everyone agrees more money is needed for the state’s highway system, but they also disagree about the fairest method.
Courts & Corrections
Trial Set To Hear Domestic-Violence Charges Against Ex-State Senator Woodburn
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Jeffrey Woodburn has pleaded not guilty to the charges and will argue self-defense.
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Senate Impeachment
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Homegrown editorial cartoonist Mike Marland is keeping a watchdog eye on the State House in Concord and White House in Washington, D.C.
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A Backyard Winter Run With My Corgi Maisy Breaking Trail
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A woodpecker was hammering away at a dead tree. There were tracks, likely a squirrel leaping through the powder.
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Political Popularity Versus Fixing Roads and Bridges in an Election Year
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The state’s Highway Fund pays for most of the state’s share of road and bridge work, but it is on a collision course with fuel efficiency and alternative fuels.
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‘Anyone But Trump’ at Portsmouth Women’s March, Surprise Stop By Bernie
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders made a special guest appearance, wearing a warm hat around his ears and sporting woolen mittens that could have their own Twitter account.
Courts & Corrections
AG: Officer-Involved Shooting in Nashua Was Legally Justified
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Incident occurred September 20, 2019 at 21 Hunt St., Nashua.
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A Misguided Call for Civil Disobedience in NH
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Regular readers of this column will recall that I am no fan of Merrimack Station, particularly because Eversource customers are paying off $400 million in costs resulting from the 2008 decision to build a mercury scrubber there instead of shutting the plant down.
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Radio Free NH: The Primary Seems So, Well, Insignificant This Year
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With the stakes so high, the players seem so small.
Business & Economy
Changes Sought To Make Gunstock’s Business Model ‘More Aggressive’
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“Going forward we want Gunstock to be able to be more flexible and more aggressive with its business model,” said state Rep. Raymond Howard.
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NH GOP Prez Primary
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Homegrown editorial cartoonist Mike Marland is keeping a watchdog eye on the State House in Concord and White House in Washington, D.C.
Business & Economy
Proposed Constitutional Amendment Would Soften Blow of a Broad-Based Tax
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It would require all the revenue from any new broad-based tax to be used to reduce property taxes.
Business & Economy
Media Testifies Against Bill Requiring Online Criminal Story Updates
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If the media fails to do so immediately after written notification, it “shall result in the liability of the New Hampshire news media organization for any damages incurred by the person caused by such failure,” the bill states.
Business & Economy
Committee Hears Bill To Tax Electronics To Fund Education in NH
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Public education needs more money and taxing electronic products at 4.3 percent would help fill the void, the House Ways and Means Committee was told Wednesday.
Business & Economy
Counterfeits Hit Home: Consumers Are Being Foiled by Fake Water Filters
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Refrigerator filters are an attractive target for unscrupulous sellers looking to make a quick buck.