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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.
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.
Gov. Kelly Ayotte was sworn in as the 83rd governor of New Hampshire Thursday and said she will be a governor for all citizens.
The City of Manchester has established a Warming Station at Homeless Services, 39 Beech St.
If your for-profit or nonprofit local news organization has an annual budget of less than $1 million and reports for populations traditionally bypassed – or it’s based at an institution of higher learning– get ready.
This week may tell what the fate of expanding the Education Freedom Account program will be.
David Meehan bought a gun, clothing, and heroin in preparation to murder Jeff Buskey, the man Meehan says raped and brutalized him as a boy sentenced to the Sununu Youth Services Center, then called YDC, in the 1990s.
When I was a boy I was puzzled by the term “horsepower” as applied to the engine of an automobile.
There is nothing in our current minimum standards that articulates a minimum level of skills that a student must have to earn a diploma from a New Hampshire high school!
Think of it. If you followed the state’s approach, teachers would be fired each year and replaced with new grads who would teach grades of children all of which would be perfectly divisible by 25, because if there were 26 children in a class, the district would need two teachers each teaching a class of 13 children and this would break the cost model.
The state Department of Health and Human Services hopes to help transform the community mental health centers through a federal demonstration program.
InDepthNH.org is now offering obituaries through the Legacy.com service.
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Public Health Services (DPHS) is advising consumers not to eat Infinite Herbs Organic Fresh Basil packed in 2.5-oz clamshells and sold at Traders Joe’s stores. There is a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to this brand of basil.
Still haunted by the violent sexual abuse he suffered at the Sununu Youth Services Center, David Meehan had to stop his testimony Thursday when he became overcome by the guilt and shame he’s lived with every day since he was 15.
Senior citizens who get Meals on Wheels could also get tax-free food vouchers to use at participating restaurants under a bill passed unanimously by the state Senate Thursday.
Republican leaders in New Hampshire appear to be giving House Rep. Jon Stone a pass or ignoring allegations made public two weeks ago about his menacing behavior as a police officer 18 years ago, but some Claremont residents say they want him removed at least from local committees.
The man leading the fight to hold the state of New Hampshire accountable for decades of horrific sexual and physical abuse and coverup, David Meehan began telling his story to jurors Wednesday, speaking haltingly and fighting through the emotional scars forced on him.
Unlike California, New York and many other states, New Hampshire would prohibit any squatters’ rights allowing someone to remain in a building they occupied without an agreement with the owner.
Sen. Sharon Carson, R-Londonderry, issued a news release Tuesday to say that an ultrasound would not be required to establish gestational age to obtain an abortion, but Sen. Becky Whitley, D-Hopkinton who is running for Congress, disagreed.
Protecting these natural resources is a cause that a majority of NH residents support regardless of political orientation.
Gender bias often starts from the moment babies are born, as their assigned sex immediately begins to shape how they are treated, what opportunities they will receive, or what expectations people have according to the dominant gender norms in their society.
“We are so honored to recognize these individuals who have made such a profound impact on the New Hampshire community. This event will exemplify the importance of leadership in our Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities. The impact that these leaders have had can not be overstated. Congratulations!”
Michael Gilpatrick had trouble telling his story on the witness stand Tuesday, pausing and holding back his emotions as he recounted for jurors the first time he was gang raped by Sununu Youth Services Center staff.
Rep. Alicia Lekas, R-Hudson, introduced House Bill 1665 to increase the income threshold for Education Freedom Accounts to 500 percent of the federal poverty level Tuesday before the Senate Education Committee.