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President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security accused U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of successfully lobbying the prior administration in 2023 to remove her husband attorney and Democratic activist William Shaheen from a government watchlist.
The state Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the state legislature’s 2020 redistricting map, rejecting an appeal in a lawsuit brought by the cities of Dover and Rochester and 10 residents of other towns without their own state Representatives.
The state’s Executive Council approved $5 million from the Housing Champion Grant Program to 11 designated recipients to improve infrastructure and build affordable housing units across the state.
Along party lines, the Senate Finance Committee voted 6-2 Tuesday to pass its version of a budget for the next two years at about $16 billion despite Democratic concerns that it does not meet the needs of the citizens of the state who are just trying to get by.
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.
With the stakes so high, the players seem so small.
“Going forward we want Gunstock to be able to be more flexible and more aggressive with its business model,” said state Rep. Raymond Howard.
Homegrown editorial cartoonist Mike Marland is keeping a watchdog eye on the State House in Concord and White House in Washington, D.C.
It would require all the revenue from any new broad-based tax to be used to reduce property taxes.
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.
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.
Refrigerator filters are an attractive target for unscrupulous sellers looking to make a quick buck.
Martin Toe of Manchester said it is wrong for people to have to work three jobs just to make enough to live.
As amended, the bill would set state PFAS maximum contaminant levels at the same levels recommended by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services in 2019.
New Hampshire’s news media should not be shackled by the state Legislature to change the very foundation on which news is gathered and reported. Correcting a legitimate error is one thing, but being mandated to rewrite history to present day is unconstitutional.
Meeting Monday for the first time, the commission picked a leader and agreed to hold forums around the state as the members work to develop recommendations for the next legislature that serves beginning in 2021.
Last week, I drove 300 miles north of the Lakes Region of New Hampshire to Quebec to ski and visit with my Canadian cousins at Tremblant.
The lawsuit filed by Rilee and Associates says it represents 36 individuals so far.
Telling a journalist something is a secret is nothing more than the issuing of a challenge. It’s in our DNA to want to know some bit of information when someone closes the door in our faces.
The Moms Demand Action meeting will not be open to the press, but former Mass. Governor Deval Patrick will hold a press availability after the meeting’s conclusion.
Next week is the beginning. Much more lies ahead. Stay tuned to Garry Rayno’s Distant Dome and InDepthNH.org State House coverage daily.
“My friends in California are working on robot trucks that can drive themselves. They tell me that they’re 98 percent of the way there,” Andrew Yang said.
I feel like this man at least thirty times a day.
The failure of some facilities, including the Sununu Youth Services Center, to end the use of prone restraint and reduce the use of all restraint has significant long-term consequences for our children.