ACLU-NH Client Jeff Pendleton Dies at Valley Street Jail

The ACLU of NH is deeply saddened to learn about the death of Jeff Pendleton, an ACLU client who was a defender of constitutional rights. He died died Sunday in his cell at Valley Street Jail in Manchester and an autopsy is scheduled.

State Files Motion to Revoke Owen Labrie’s Bail After Tweets Prompt Travel Probe

UPDATE: The state asserts that Owen Labrie, who was convicted of sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and certain use of computer prohibited, against a 15-year-old girl at St. Paul’s School, has violated a condition of his release by failing to comply with his curfew, travelling outside the parameters of his curfew at least eight times. Manchester Attorney Jaye Rancourt is handling Labrie’s appeal. “We’re waiting for more specific allegations from the state. We’d like to file our response in a couple of days,” Rancourt said.

Portsmouth Protesters Gather Monday Night Against Peirce Island Plant

Roger Wood InDepth caught up with a number of the residents who oppose the more than $80 million Peirce Island Wastewater Treatment Plant, which passed its hurdle of $75 million dollars in bonding by an 8 to 1 Portsmouth City Council vote, with Councilor Eric Spear voting from telephone.

Celebrate Open Government in NH March 13-19 Sunshine Week

InDepthNH.org invites you to help us celebrate Sunshine Week in our series Here Comes the Sun with stories, Roger Wood podcasts and a personal history from founder Nancy West on her experience with right-to-know issues over the last three decades. Watch here, please, and share your right-to-know stories by emailing nancywestnews@gmail.com. Help us hold government accountable. What is Sunshine Week? Click headline to find out.

The Battle for Superdelegates, This Time, It’s Not About Money

Each candidate wants as many of these as possible in his or her corner; the superdelegate system explains why, for instance, Clinton came away from the New Hampshire primary with just one delegate fewer than Sanders, despite taking a 22-point drubbing.

Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Voter ID Laws

More than 30 states have enacted some version of voter ID law in recent years. How much do these laws change voting rules and what impact could they have on the general election?

Arnie Arnesen ‘Celebrates’ InDepthNH.org with Founder Nancy West

Arnie Arnesen’s The Attitude airs Monday through Friday on WNHN 94.7 FM in Concord, N.H., and online at wnhnfm.org. Arnesen also contributes as a political analyst on WGBH Public Radio Boston, Iowa Public Radio, WGIR AM in Manchester, N.H., WKBK AM in Keene, N.H. and WTPL 107.7 FM in Concord. On March 4, Arnesen hosted Nancy West of InDepthNH.org talking about her series about serious medical errors in New Hampshire hospitals. They also discussed nonprofit news outlets that are filling in the gaps left by staff cuts at legacy newspapers.

Monica Reads – ‘War of TWO,’ Sedgwick On the Great Duel

Welcome to Monica Reads: Well, are you ready to talk about the salaciousness of the candidates, the awkward way in which personal affronts and vicious brashness of sexual innuendo and printed prose occur on a daily basis either written of passed on as gossip at dinner parties and other meetings?

Ailing Vietnam Vets Hunt Through Ships’ Logs to Prove They Should Get Benefits

Neither the Navy nor the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has a comprehensive list of which ships went where during the Vietnam War. As a result, veterans themselves often have to prove their ships served in areas where Agent Orange was sprayed.