A new attempt to end child marriage in New Hampshire

By TEDDY ROSENBLUTH

Dawn Tyree was a child back in 1985 when she married the man who impregnated her.A couple years later, after years of physical and sexual abuse, she decided to leave her husband at just 17.As Tyree made her way into the world as a child herself with...

New Hampshire House considers bill to call gender reassignment surgeries child abuse

By ETHAN DeWITT

For Alison Breault, the hormone treatment for her son wasn’t just a medical procedure. It was a new beginning.As a teenager, Breault’s son, who was assigned female at birth, had self mutilated and contemplated suicide, uncomfortable with his birth...

New legal protections for sexual assault victims in N.H. take effect this week

By ETHAN DeWITT

New Hampshire’s protections for victims of domestic and sexual violence were widely expanded this week, after a broad package of reforms pushed by lawmakers and signed by Gov. Chris Sununu this summer took effect.House Bill 705, known as the “Crime...

Sununu vetoes red flag law, mandatory PFAS testing bill

By ETHAN DeWITT

Gov. Chris Sununu vetoed a “red flag law” Friday, quashing a Democrat-led effort to allow for the temporary confiscation of firearms when a court deems a person at risk to themselves or others. The veto, which Sununu said he issued as a result of...

New Hampshire trying to comply with federal minimum age for tobacco and vape sales

By ETHAN DeWITT

State lawmakers are trying to clear up any confusion over the minimum age to buy tobacco products in New Hampshire.At the start of the new year, the minimum age to buy cigarettes or vaping products changed to 19, according to state law. However, a...

A brief history of the death penalty in New Hampshire

By ETHAN DeWITT

Barring any last minute delays, the New Hampshire Senate looks set to take up a veto override vote and repeal New Hampshire’s death penalty Thursday morning.And with 17 of 24 senators previously voting in favor of the repeal bill – which Gov. Chris...

Footage appears to show N.H. rep in porn; lawmaker says video doctored

By ETHAN DeWITT

A New Hampshire legislator accused of assaulting a California porn director – and denying any knowledge of the situation – appears to have been filmed in the nude in a pornographic film.State Rep. Frank Sapareto, a Derry Republican, is presently being...

New documents deepen harassment accusations against Sanborn

By ETHAN DeWITT

A new batch of interview transcripts released by the attorney general’s office have amplified accusations of harassment by state Sen. Andy Sanborn, prompting further attacks Wednesday from his opponent in his Congressional race.Released on Monday, the...

N.H. House passes ban on police sobriety checkpoints

By ETHAN DeWITT

House representatives passed a bill banning the use of “sobriety checkpoints” by state and local police departments Thursday, following long-running criticism that the practice is unconstitutional and ineffective.House Bill 1283, which passed by voice...

Sending nude photos without consent could land you on N.H. sex offender registry

By ALYSSA DANDREA

A bill proposing to expand the sex offender registry to include those convicted of disseminating private sexual images without the subject’s consent faced opposition at its first public hearing Thursday.House Bill 1426 would require a first-time...

Sununu signs full-day kindergarten bill

By HOLLY RAMER

With a crowd of youngsters looking on, New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu signed a bill Wednesday that achieves one of his top priorities: state funding for full-day kindergarten.Nearly 75 percent of New Hampshire communities already offer...

Former N.H. governor Craig Benson gets official portrait in State House

By HOLLY RAMER

Nearly 14 years after New Hampshire’s famed “Old Man of the Mountain” rock formation crumbled, its image endures on license plates, road signs and more. So, too, will the image of the man who led the state at the time, after the unveiling Thursday of...

N.H. House kills bill that would raise minimum marriage age to 18

By ALLIE MORRIS

It’s not often middle-schoolers get married in New Hampshire. But it’s still perfectly legal, after the Republican-led House killed a bill Thursday to raise the marriage age to 18.The rejection leaves intact a state law that lets girls get married as...

N.H. eliminates concealed carry license requirement

By ALLIE MORRIS

It’s now legal to carry a concealed, loaded gun in New Hampshire without a license. In his first bill signing since taking office, Republican Gov. Chris Sununu signed so-called constitutional carry into law Wednesday. “It is common-sense legislation,”...

Bill would shift N.H. into Atlantic time zone and kill daylight saving time

By DAVID BROOKS

Many proposed laws seek to move New Hampshire forward, but there’s one that wants to move us – or at least our clocks – sideways into the Atlantic time zone.The bill would shift New Hampshire away from the time zone used by New York City and...

Capital Beat: Sununu takes full salary, raise as governor

By ALLIE MORRIS

Twenty-thousand dollars is a big pay raise. That’s how much Republican Gov. Chris Sununu is making over his predecessor, after he broke with the past practice of accepting reduced pay. Sununu is set to make $132,592.30 this year, the maximum allowed...

Chris Sununu looks to make his mark as governor

By ELLA NILSEN

In 1983, a 10-year-old Chris Sununu stood on the ski slopes of Loon Mountain with his parents, then-governor John H. Sununu and state first lady Nancy Sununu, and five other siblings, all outfitted in puffy ski jackets, hats and goggles.It was the...

New Hampshire GOP Chairwoman Jennifer Horn to step down in January

GOP Chairwoman to step down in January New Hampshire Republican Party Chairwoman Jennifer Horn said she is stepping down after two terms.Horn, of Nashua, said Thursday she will retire from the State Committee when her term ends at the annual meeting...

Who took what: A look at pharmaceutical money in New Hampshire

By ELLA NILSEN

Pharmaceutical drug companies and lobbying groups spent $664,399 toward the campaigns of New Hampshire’s state and federal politicians, data from the Center of Public Integrity and the Associated Press shows.An investigation by the two groups shows...

Congressional candidate Estevez no stranger to questions about his credibility

By ALLIE MORRIS

Congressional candidate Eric Estevez claims many political and business achievements – founder of a consulting firm, recipient of a doctorate from Northeastern University, an endorsement by a sitting U.S. representative.But several of Estevez’s...