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By DAVID BROOKS

This is the time of year when property taxes are on the mind of everybody facing town meeting, and although that isn’t usually considered a geek-centric topic, it can be.

By DAVID BROOKS

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: New Hampshire’s population grew slightly last year but only because of transplants moving into the state, since more state residents are dying than are born.

By DAVID BROOKS

This winter has been a little colder than average but much less snowy in Concord, which has been fine for winter sports but done nothing to help the state’s drought.

By DAVID BROOKS

By one measure, influenza is now more widespread in New Hampshire than during the huge flu spike at the end of 2022, part of the reason CDC says the state is seeing “very high” levels of all illnesses related to breathing.

By DAVID BROOKS

I don’t know about you but I’ve got more snow in my yard right now than I’ve had for at least three winters.

By DAVID BROOKS

Remember that line in “Jurassic Park” where Jeff Goldblum’s character says “Scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.”

By DAVID BROOKS

In the latest leg of a long-running debate, a House committee killed a bill that would have prevented public water fluoridation in New Hampshire.

By DAVID BROOKS

A bill to end a little-known group that buys childhood vaccines for the state drew a slew of opposition Wednesday from nurses and doctors who said it would not only be dangerous to health but bad for wallets.

By DAVID BROOKS

Magazines like to publish articles titled “30 under 30,” listing 30 newsworthy local folks who are under the age of 30. The state’s biggest electric utility has a different idea for that title. 

By DAVID BROOKS

Concord is about to see its first example of a fairly new trend in veterinary medicine: an urgent-care clinic for dogs and cats.

By DAVID BROOKS

Landing and taking off in a small plane can be tricky. Doing it on ice, as 164 people did last Saturday, must be a lot trickier. Right?

By DAVID BROOKS

Those of us whose jobs are spent inside buildings might be concerned about climate change but it’s nothing compared to folks whose livelihood depends on what happens outdoors.

By DAVID BROOKS

A small bay on Squam Lake doesn’t have a lot in common with the Gulf of Mexico, but as of Monday they share at least one attribute: The U.S. Interior Department has changed their name.

By DAVID BROOKS

Below-zero temperatures are a good excuse to find useful things to do indoors, so here’s an idea: Donate a pint of blood.

By DAVID BROOKS

Electric utilities in New Hampshire are changing the way they buy the power that they sell to us, raising the possibility that ratepayers can save money but also the possibility they’ll face big, unexpected bills.

By DAVID BROOKS

It’s common knowledge that lots of people moved to New Hampshire during the pandemic to escape city life and lockdowns. A new analysis shows that they brought a lot of money with them.

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