Workforce Issues Exacerbated By the Pandemic

The Great Recession impacted men more than women and more women were employed in private industry than men from 2007 until 2015, but since that time more men are working than women.

Planning for Fly Fishing ‘Fails’

I like to travel light, but it is the unexpected that is hard to plan for. Pittsburg is not like a fly into Newfoundland, where if something goes wrong, you are sorry out of luck.

Manchester Police Search for Missing 12-Year-Old Girl

Manchester Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 12-year-old Manchester girl. Olivia Weber was last seen this morning (7/2/21) around 6 a.m. in the area of Somerville and Taylor Streets.

As Maine Goes, So Goes New Hampshire?

Bastille Day is nigh, and ratepayers in Maine are storming the gates of the fortress with torches and pitchforks.

NH Supreme Court Strikes Down GOP-Backed Voting Law

The Republican-backed 2017 voter registration law known as Senate Bill 3 must be struck down, the New Hampshire Supreme Court said, because it violates equal protection guarantees of the state Constitution and places an unreasonable burden on the right to vote.

Dems Target Sununu and GOP Lawmakers Who Passed Abortion Limits

Political leaders who made abortion restrictions law last week are hearing from retired physicians, local political leaders and citizens who with the backing of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, plan to keep spreading the word.

Abortion Providers Must Give Financial Data To State Under New Law, Council Told

CONCORD – Family planning clinics that provide reproductive health care along with other services will need to provide financial information to the state following legislation that passed last week, and that might impact future care, Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington said.

Health-Care Providers’ ‘Burnout’ Care in Limbo After Council Vote

Nurses, LNAs, and other health-care providers facing burnout and other health issues that could impact patient care do not have a professional care provider for those problems after the Executive Council voted down a contract for a rival contractor on the expiration day of the current contract.

Sununu Hears From Casella Protester

Perseverance paid off for Jon Swan of Save Forest Lake in Dalton when he came to the State House Wednesday and briefly got the ear of Gov. Chris Sununu, although he didn’t seem optimistic about their conversation.

10 of 17 Members of Sununu’s Diversity Council Resign

Ten of the 17 members of the Governor’s Council on Diversity and Inclusion resigned Tuesday because of the budget language that included a watered-down version of the prohibition against teaching “divisive concepts” such as racism and sexism.

Prepare for a Swimming Emergency

I keep a bathing suit and towel in the back of my car for swimming emergencies, have been known to change behind a tree and jump in too cool off when the air conditioning is just not enough or simply does not work in my 2004 Passat wagon.