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By ETHAN DeWITT

For Alison Breault, the hormone treatment for her son wasn’t just a medical procedure. It was a new beginning.As a teenager, Breault’s son, who was assigned female at birth, had self mutilated and contemplated suicide, uncomfortable with his birth...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

Adult victims in New Hampshire have six years to report the most egregious sexual assault crimes to law enforcement before the clock runs out.Children sexually abused before age 18 have 22 years, or until they turn 40, to bring forward an allegation...

By ETHAN DeWITT

House representatives passed a bill banning the use of “sobriety checkpoints” by state and local police departments Thursday, following long-running criticism that the practice is unconstitutional and ineffective.House Bill 1283, which passed by voice...

By ALYSSA DANDREA

A bill proposing to expand the sex offender registry to include those convicted of disseminating private sexual images without the subject’s consent faced opposition at its first public hearing Thursday.House Bill 1426 would require a first-time...

By LOLA DUFFORT

A Hooksett district court judge dismissed one of four charges in the DWI case against state Rep. James Spillane on Tuesday and could issue a ruling on the remaining counts as soon as Wednesday.Spillane was arrested a little after 11 p.m. May 4, on...

By HOLLY RAMER

Nearly 14 years after New Hampshire’s famed “Old Man of the Mountain” rock formation crumbled, its image endures on license plates, road signs and more. So, too, will the image of the man who led the state at the time, after the unveiling Thursday of...

By ALLIE MORRIS

It’s not often middle-schoolers get married in New Hampshire. But it’s still perfectly legal, after the Republican-led House killed a bill Thursday to raise the marriage age to 18.The rejection leaves intact a state law that lets girls get married as...

By ALLIE MORRIS

Twenty-thousand dollars is a big pay raise. That’s how much Republican Gov. Chris Sununu is making over his predecessor, after he broke with the past practice of accepting reduced pay. Sununu is set to make $132,592.30 this year, the maximum allowed...

By ALLIE MORRIS

Congressional candidate Eric Estevez claims many political and business achievements – founder of a consulting firm, recipient of a doctorate from Northeastern University, an endorsement by a sitting U.S. representative.But several of Estevez’s...

By ALLIE MORRIS

Mikayla Bourque guarded military outposts in Germany while serving in the U.S. Army. She rushed into burning buildings as an Allenstown firefighter and EMT. But these days, what makes Bourque most uncomfortable is walking into a public...