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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.
Two bills that would change the default budget process for Senate Bill 2 towns and school districts had different fates before the Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee Tuesday.
The Department of Corrections will go without a secretary and a request to restore $100,000 in the governor’s budget was rejected as the Senate Finance Committee gets to work this week on recommendations to the full Senate for a new budget in tough economic times.
A bill that would have extended the state’s timber tax to properties enrolled in carbon sequestration programs has been changed by a Senate committee to a study committee and moratorium.
One person died and another is recovering in the hospital after a fire Monday at 12:18 a.m. at 19 Sonny Ave., according to a news release from the state Fire Marshal Sean P. Toomey, Fire Chief Shawn Murray and Police Chief Eric Sereno.
After last year’s kumbaya session with its bipartisan budget, and congratulations all around, the 2024 session began ugly with the war on trans youth and stayed that way until almost the very end.
It was a crazy busy day at the Secretary of State’s office Friday, the last of a 10-day stretch to file for office which saw former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig, a Democrat file to run for governor.
The installation of solar panels on historic district buildings in Portsmouth is currently under debate. At issue is whether or not those panels will be visible to the public affecting the character of those buildings.
And we have SIRI and her knowledgeable sisters who will answer all our questions quickly and amiably; recently we learned that SIRI will be “enhanced” with ChatGPT4 and OpenAI.
Brandon Couture, 38, was charged with one count of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. Couture was arrested on June 13, 2024, and will appear in federal court in Concord later today.
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Senate Democrats implored their colleagues to vote down what they called an “anti-sanctuary cities” bill, and their counterparts in the House did just that.
A bill that would set up a new approach to voters who show up at the polls without documentation to prove citizenship was effectively killed by the House Thursday after the Senate passed it along party lines 14-10.
Expanding the Education Freedom Account failed to graduate from the 2024 legislative session Thursday failing on a 185-168 vote of the House.
The state will have to wait at least another year to legalize adult use of cannabis after the House voted 178-173 to table House Bill 1633.
Former U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte of Nashua made official her candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor Thursday saying the issue before voters is about whether New Hampshire should become more like Massachusetts.
A Newbury woman pleaded guilty in federal court in connection to the diversion of dangerous narcotics by medical professionals, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
The House and Senate approved changing the state’s bail system to draw clearer lines on who should be held as a danger to the community and who should not.
Let’s get the bad news out of the way first. Eversource is coming for your money – lots of it.
Corey is now back on the job after a six-month suspension. Despite a town investigation finding that Anais Molina’s complaints were valid, Corey was allowed to return to his post last month.
With restoring reproductive rights on the top of their minds, three Democrats – all women – went to the State House Wednesday to sign up to run for Governor, Congress, and the state’s Executive Council.
Ride Against War in Gaza (RAW GAZA) will take off on a literal whirlwind two-wheel two-week tri-state 700-mile cycling tour through Northern New England — stopping in all the state capitals and largest cities in New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine — to protest the devastation and mass killings in Gaza.
Gov. Chris Sununu said if it makes it to his desk, the current adult use cannabis legislation in play could be a national model of safety and wise implementation, if passed.