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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.

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 CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

A Manchester apartment building burned down, and its new owner was looking to rebuild; a Meredith duplex owner wanted to add another unit; a developer wanted to build 65 market-rate apartments in Pelham.

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

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

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

Gov. Kelly Ayotte notched a policy victory early in her political tenure.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut will depart from his role at the end of the current school year, Gov. Kelly Ayotte announced Thursday afternoon.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted to remove income requirements for the state’s school choice program starting in July 2026 in a win for the Legislature’s increased Republican majority.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

An attempt by Democrats to reaffirm access to abortion in New Hampshire seemed to fall flat with the Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Janice Kelble bundled up to brave the biting wind Friday morning. At the intersection of Pleasant and South streets, in front of the James Cleveland Federal Building in Concord, she held up a sign to passersby that targeted Elon Musk: “Billionaires are the real parasites.”

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The New Hampshire Senate passed a parental bill of rights that would prohibit school districts from knowingly withholding or denying the existence of information about a parent’s child.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

While the federal Department of Government Efficiency has come under fire in the past month for sweeping layoffs and cuts to government services, New Hampshire’s version of the effort has sought to assure the public that it is looking at things with a more fine-toothed comb.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Mackenzie West, who moved to New Hampshire last year, is doubting her future in the Granite State because of Republican-led bills surrounding transgender issues.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Heather Robitaille hadn’t realized her daughter felt different from her peers when she first got glasses at age 4 – until they read a book together that featured a bear that wore glasses.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

This Presidents’ Day, several hundred people shouting on Concord’s City Plaza in front of the New Hampshire State House had a message for the nation’s current commander-in-chief: Donald Trump is “not my president.”

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

New Hampshire voters have long valued their independent-mindedness by avoiding registering with either major political party except for the day of a primary. 

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Susan is reluctant to pay her taxes.