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By ETHAN DeWITT

For years, teacher pay in New Hampshire has remained low, with new teachers facing average salaries of $41,590. And for years, Democrats, teachers unions, and other advocates have urged increased state investment in public schools to direct money to...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

City Councilor Jim Schlosser is hoping Concord will take a step forward in the city’s response to end homelessness and hire a paid program manager. The request comes with caution – “It’s early in this work.” The city’s steering committee on the plan...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

A lucky buyer with a $1 bill can purchase a historic bridge spanning the Warner River on Route 127. The bridge in southeast Warner is slated to be replaced by the state’s Department of Transportation. In an effort to preserve the materials – the...

By ETHAN DeWITT

As the State House voting chambers lie empty this summer, Gov. Chris Sununu’s desk has been flooded. Hundreds of bills passed by lawmakers in late spring have circulated from the Office of Legislative Services to the Secretary of State’s Office to the...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Democratic candidates Maggie Goodlander and Colin Van Ostern made their case to voters Monday night at Dartmouth College, doubling down on their widely similar plans to represent New Hampshire’s second district in Congress.Some voters left the forum...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN and SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

If the Concord School District is forced to backtrack on the location of the new middle school, it wouldn’t jeopardize any state building aid for the project.That information — confirmed by a state education official Monday — is in direct contrast to...

By JONATHAN P. BAIRD

Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot. After the coup attempt on Jan. 6, 2021, and considering Donald Trump’s refusal to recognize the results of the 2020 election, it is hard not to worry about election schemes Trump might have up his sleeve. Sometimes...

Concerning the politics of abortion, I support neither the imposition of a particular religious and legal perspective that human personhood begins at conception nor the assertion that a pregnant woman’s bodily autonomy should always trump the rights...

AllenstownThe Allenstown Supervisor of the Checklist will hold voter registration on Aug. 31 from 11 to 11:30 a.m. at the Allenstown Town Hall, 16 School Street. The Town of Allenstown will hold the state primary election on Sept. 10 from 7 a.m. to 7...

I am 86 and a vet. I am very concerned about the proposal in Project 2025 to replace senior civil servants with Trump loyalists “to carry out the President’s desires” (p.20). The proposal reverses history. The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of...

By RHIANWEN WATKINS

Work release programs have been phased out at New Hampshire's county jails, the result of a shift in the criminal justice system that has reduced the number of eligible prisoners.As incarceration rates for lower-level offenses have dwindled, jails...

By ALLAN HERSCHLAG

Allan Herschlag lives in Concord. Recently, Concord’s Board of Ethics determined no violation occurred when the chairperson of the city’s Transportation Policy Advisory Committee (TPAC) spoke to an agenda item (their company is contracted with the...

Hours after President Biden announced he was exiting the presidential race, I joined the twenty four other NH Democratic National Convention Delegates on a call where we unanimously pledged to endorse Vice President Harris. Each of us chose to unite...

By ETHAN DeWITT

Six years after approving a “bail reform” bill supported by defendants’ rights groups, Gov. Chris Sununu signed a follow-up bill last week that is set to overhaul the state’s bail system once more. Representatives of both parties have applauded the...

Project 2025, Trump’s how-to manual from the Heritage Foundation, is a plan to take the country from democracy to dictatorship in only 922 pages. Don’t believe Trump when says he doesn’t know anything about it – his own team helped write it. The crux...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

In a step toward inclusivity, the State Department of Health and Human Services announced a rebranding of its bureau that supports adults and older adults.Formerly known as the Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services, serving adults and individuals over...

Monitor staff

Concord has a new city planner, opting to promote Acting Planner AnneMarie Skinner into the permanent role, effective Wednesday.Skinner has served as acting city planner since October when the top post was vacated by Heather Shank, who became senior...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Some showed up because they admired her stance on the issues: economic policy, reproductive freedom, a ceasefire in Gaza. Others came because they can’t bear the thought of another Trump presidency.Others gave a one-word answer to why they attended:...

J. D. Vance’s remark about “childless cat ladies” has rightly been condemned for its misogyny and cruelty towards step and adoptive parents (and towards people who are childless by choice, which to me is a not irrational decision in this warming...

By KATE DARIO

When you buy a plane ticket online, have you ever paid a few extra dollars to make up for your flight’s carbon footprint? That’s a carbon offset: a program that aims to counteract the environmental impact of a purchase.This is often done by protecting...