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By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Benjamin Victor lost a lot of sleep last year.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Sara McNeil said she felt overwhelmed.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Crusading against a “broken” bail system, Gov. Kelly Ayotte made it an early legislative priority to overturn several of her predecessor’s reforms. A former prosecutor herself, the governor garnered support from law enforcement and county attorneys in her efforts.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

House lawmakers approved changes to the next state budget that would subtract an additional $271 million from Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s proposal, cut more than 320 state jobs and abolish several services.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Republican budget writers advanced a policy change on Tuesday that would place a prohibition on all diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in New Hampshire.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Eighteen months ago, curators at Canterbury Shaker Village embarked on an inventory of nearly 50,000 objects. They assess the health of each item to determine if any conservation measures are necessary to keep it in good condition.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

New Hampshire’s prison system is on the verge of losing funding for nearly 200 positions after the House Finance Committee endorsed reducing the Department of Corrections’ spending by 10%.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

After a final push this week, the House of Representatives and Senate have made it through the vast majority of their bills. Now, the state representatives are full steam ahead on hammering out the state budget as senators begin cycling through all the legislation passed by the House. Here’s what you need to know.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

From a ban on cat declawing to designating the state’s official marsupial, New Hampshire lawmakers thought outside the box when filing legislation this year.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

House lawmakers passed what’s effectively a statewide ban on sexual content in K-12 schools on Thursday, which would also create a complaint and appeals process for parents to challenge books they feel are inappropriate.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Selling state-owned properties, streamlining equipment purchases and outsourcing government services prevailed as some of the leading ideas among a group of New Hampshire business leaders as they spit-balled ideas to curb state spending.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Picture this: You’ve finished enjoying dinner and drinks at a restaurant, and you pour your alcoholic beverage into a to-go cup. You can bring it home or sip it as you wander around downtown.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Transgender-related legislation dominated the New Hampshire State House last week, with lawmakers advancing a handful of bills that could direct people to use the bathroom that corresponds with their biological sex, not their gender, as well as ban puberty blockers, hormone treatment and breast surgery for people under age 18.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The House of Representatives shot down a bill that would expand end-of-life care options on Thursday with a split that was as close as it gets – but its fate isn’t sealed yet.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Rebuking last year’s veto by former governor Chris Sununu, the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would permit the separation of people based on biological sex in bathrooms and other areas.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The interrogation started right out of the gate.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Tedd Benson’s company has worked with the same Canadian supplier for over 20 years and uses a certain type of engineered wood to manufacture houses at its facilities in Keene and Walpole.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

In the dusty basement of the State House Annex, the floor littered with chunks of cement dislodged from the construction above, a lawyer in a black suit clicked on his tape recorder.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The New Hampshire Legislature advanced several key bills last week, including Republican overhauls on education funding, rollbacks on bail reform and more. Here’s what you need to know.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

A heavy pause hung over the crowd in Loudon Elementary School. People shifted in their seats, waiting for the next words out of Lisa Laughlin’s mouth.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Michael Negrete believes he’s earned the benefits he receives from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. After all, he spent a decade of his life serving in the U.S. Marines and the U.S. Coast Guard.