Business & Economy
Earned Interest Saves Day for State Revenue Picture
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By the grace of interest earned on federal and state money, state revenues ended the second month of the 2025 fiscal year with a surplus.
What Do You Think About Frisbie Memorial Hospital Since Bought by HCA?
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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.
Shaheen Leads Effort To Protect Connecticut River Watershed
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, is leading the New England Senate delegation in reintroducing a bill that will promote and fund restoration and protection efforts in the five-state Connecticut River Watershed.
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Two Changes to Default Budgets Proposed
Senate Finance Rejects Governor’s Office Request To Restore $100,000 To Its Budget
Forest Carbon Capture Bill Headed To Moratorium and Study
Business & Economy
Fish and Game Backs Off Plans To Change Rules Related To Fly Fishing
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Fish and Game has backed off a plan to change trout fishing rules for the state’s 29 fly fishing-only water bodies.
Op-Ed
It’s time to talk about effective funding practices in local news
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Do not mistake mere content production for serious local journalism. Journalism is not about writing or producing compelling stories. It is also not about beautiful graphic design and interactive features. It’s not about using the best and fanciest technology.
Arts and Entertainment
Chandler Center Takes the Lead at SNHU to Encourage Students to Vote; Primary is Tuesday
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An adult 18 years or older can register to vote before the deadline or register and vote at the polls on Election Day. They must fill out a Voter Registration Form.
News
What To Expect in the Race for Executive Council
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CONCORD – None of the current five members of the state’s Executive Council have a primary fight on Tuesday night, but they are looking for the results of competitive races on the other ticket or are just not pursuing another term.
Feature
Distant Dome: Revisiting Claremont Education Decisions Comes at Your Peril
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The arguments presented in the attorney general’s, Bradley’s and the 31 Republicans’ briefs urge the Supreme Court to at least review the two original Claremont education decisions and in the case of the lawmakers to overturn those decisions.
News
Nancy Sununu, Former NH First Lady and Governor’s Mother, Dies After Battling Alzheimer’s
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Former New Hampshire First Lady Nancy H. Sununu, mother of current governor, Chris Sununu, has died.
Courts & Corrections
Chief Justice Dissents, Says Troopers Who Inflated Stats Belong on ‘Laurie List’
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Three retired New Hampshire State Troopers admit they submitted bogus activity logs by inflating the number of traffic stops they initiated but appealed a lower court ruling that kept them on the state’s Exculpatory Evidence Schedule(EES), also known as the Laurie List.
Business & Economy
Immigration, Abortion, Housing Debated By 4 GOP Candidates Hoping To Unseat Pappas
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Four of the seven candidates on the ballot next Tuesday for the Republican Congressional District 1 primary race debated the issues Friday night at the last of the week-long live events on WMUR.
Arts and Entertainment
Merrimack’s FIRST Robotics Team to Host Annual Mayhem in Merrimack on Sept. 14
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“This will be our 20th Mayhem in Merrimack event and this year we have 24 teams from all across New Hampshire and Massachusetts participating in the event.”
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Needlessly Cruel: Is that the NH Way?
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It’s appalling that Governor Sununu aims to spend his last few months in office targeting the very people he’s tasked with representing and protecting.
Business & Economy
House Speaker and GOP Lawmakers Seek to Overturn Claremont Education Decision
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The Speaker of the House and 30 other Republican lawmakers argue the state Supreme Court should overturn the landmark Claremont education decisions as the justices erred in determining the state had an obligation to provide every child with an adequate education and to pay for it
Obituary
Notable New Hampshire Deaths: Former Nashua Pirate; Food Pantry Founder
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InDepthNH.org scans the websites of New Hampshire funeral homes each week and selects at random some of our friends, relatives and neighbors to feature in this column.
Energy
Goodlander, Van Ostern Debate on WMUR for CD2 Democratic Primary
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What is believed to likely be a close primary race between Colin Van Ostern of Concord and Maggie Goodlander of Nashua for the Democratic nomination for the Second Congressional District turned into a learning session for a half hour debate on WMUR-TV Thursday night.
Business & Economy
3 Top GOP Candidates for Congressional District 2 Debate Issues for Primary Voters
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National border security, the economy and inflation were among the issues that three of the 13 candidates for the Republican primary in the Congressional District 2 race got a chance to debate before a live television audience in a WMUR debate Thursday night.
Feature
A Shell of a Summer for Susan Dromey Heeter
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I collect shells for a purpose, I’ve been relearning the art of decoupage and creating some lovely images.
Business & Economy
Lake Winnipesaukee Cyanobacteria Update Sept. 5; Statewide Lakes Added
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The cyanobacteria warnings have been decreased to watches for Governor’s Island, The Broads, and Wolfeboro areas of Lake Winnipesaukee. The watches remain for the Alton and Tuftonboro areas.
Arts and Entertainment
22nd Annual New Hampshire Film Festival Announces 2024 Film Lineup and Special Guests
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The 22nd Annual New Hampshire Film Festival (NHFF) lineup includes over 100 independent films that will be screened at the four-day event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on October 17–?20, 2024.
Business & Economy
Dem Gubernatorial Debate Gets Nasty Over Candidate Histories on Opioids, Homeless Issues
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With recent polls showing more than 20 percent of likely voters have yet to decide on a candidate, three seeking the Democratic nomination for governor of New Hampshire debated Wednesday night about their positions on abortion, legalization of cannabis, housing and education.
Courts & Corrections
AG Wants Enhanced Sentences for Mother Accused of Torture, Murder of Son, 5
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Accused of murdering her five-year-old boy and leaving his broken body in a shallow grave, Danielle Dauphinais shouldn’t count on any breaks from the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office.