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By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN
New Hampshire trails other New England states in building out renewable energy sources. But solar projects are in development all across the state. More than a hundred have cleared the first hurdle of the development process: finding a location. But...
By TODD BOOKMAN
Nearly all federal court buildings around the country, including the Warren B. Rudman Courthouse in Concord, have a blanket policy: no recording, no electronics.It’s a policy Jason Gerhard knows well, but doesn’t accept.This past September, Gerhard, a...
By KATE DARIO
Last year, extreme temperature swings wiped out entire apple and peach crops across New Hampshire. This spring and early summer things are looking different.“There are enough apples that growers are currently having to thin their apples so more fruit...
By TODD BOOKMAN
The largest change to New Hampshire election laws in recent history: That’s how some are describing a setof Republican-backed bills that would create new requirements for people looking to register to vote. The bills would also make New Hampshire...
By JULIA FURUKAWAand MICHELLE LIU
The debate over whether to legalize cannabis for recreational use continues in the New Hampshire State House. Attempts have failed over the past decade, and today, New Hampshire is the only state in New England without legal marijuana.So, for May’s...
By SARAH GIBSON
The U.S. District Court of New Hampshire is the first in the country to strike down a state law that restricts classroom discussions on racism, sexism and other forms of oppression. But this might not be the last word on the matter, as the state mulls...
By KATE DARIO
New Hampshire has joined a coalition of Republican-led states asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block lawsuits against fossil fuel companies filed by Democratic state attorneys general.The request, filed May 22, targets five states — California,...
By JOSH ROGERS
The Republican primary for New Hampshire governor features two candidates who have been in state politics for years: former Senate President Chuck Morse and former U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte. Both have deep roots in the party’s establishment wing, but...
By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH
For the last year, New Hampshire has been staring down a deadline for ending a persistent problem: patients languishing in emergency rooms for days or weeks, due to a lack of inpatient mental health care.Last May, a federal judge ruled that had to end...
By KATE DARIO
At the start of every growing season for the past 14 years, James Steever, who co-owns Generation Farm in Concord, works his fields, plants his seeds — and hand-delivers his organic certification application to the New Hampshire Department of...
By KATE DARIO
Representatives from the New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles, the Transportation Security Administration and the Manchester-Boston regional airport kicked off a year-long campaign encouraging New Hampshire residents to obtain a REAL ID ahead of...
By TODD BOOKMAN
Abortion providers and some privacy advocates are rallying against a Republican proposal to collect abortion statistics, arguing the bill as written could put patient identities at risk.New Hampshire is one of four states that doesn’t collect and...
By JASON MOON
A now-retired social studies teacher who taught at the former Youth Development Center (YDC) for over 30 years testified Monday she reported her suspicion that David Meehan was being abused to child protective services in the mid-1990s, but never...
By OLIVIA RICHARDSON
Students of the University of New Hampshire gathered on Thompson Hall Lawn in Durham Thursday to demand that the school divest from Israeli-based companies and any businesses that could be aiding the country in the war in Gaza. They also want the...
By JASON MOON
The former head of human resources at New Hampshire’s Department of Health and Human Services told a jury that in 1994, a group of staff at the former Youth Detention Services Unit (YDSU) met off-site to raise concerns with department leaders about...
By TODD BOOKMAN
Geno Marconi, the longtime head of the New Hampshire Port Authority, has been placed on paid administrative leave.The Pease Development Authority, which oversees the ports, declined to provide a reason for Marconi’s sudden removal from his post, only...
By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN
On a chilly Wednesday night in early spring, a group of students from across New Hampshire gathered in a small classroom at the MAXT Makerspace in Peterborough to learn about energy efficiency. They passed around bags full of insulation, learned how...
By SARAH GIBSON
Kamren Munz knew they wanted to be a teacher from a young age. They grew up in a family of educators. They worked as a substitute for a few years and eventually settled in as a middle school art teacher in Nashua, one of the largest and most diverse...
By JOSH ROGERS
As jury selection begins this week in the hush-money trial of former President Donald Trump, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu says he doesn’t believe many voters view Trump’s criminal indictments, his actions on Jan. 6, 2021, or his election denialism...
By TODD BOOKMAN
On its best days, Manchester-Boston Regional Airport has none of the annoyances that plague most other airports: no long delays at TSA, no shuttle buses, no lines to check a bag or buy a bad sandwich.But that’s not necessarily good news for the...
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