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NINA MOSKE 

MANCHESTER – Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced his bid for president at a town hall at Saint Anselm College Tuesday night, joining the already-crowded pool of GOP candidates in the race.  Christie centered much of his announcement on...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Becky Whitley gets the chills when she thinks back to introducing Senate Bill 175 last year, in front of the Health and Human Services Committee. It’s niche excitement for a routine hearing, but as Whitley talked through her “MomniBus” package –...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

President Joe Biden will make his first appearance in the Granite State on Monday since before the presidential primary where his name did not appear on the ballot because of party politics.Biden is scheduled to deliver remarks on lowering costs for...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

New Hampshire attorney John Formella is accusing national Democrats of violating the state’s voter suppression laws by discouraging voters from participating in the primary later this month.Formella issued a cease and desist order on Monday in...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Liz Boucher, a mental health dietitian and a parent of two children attending Christa McAuliffe School, wants to bring a fresh perspective to the Concord School Board.Bruce ‘Gib” West, who spent 40 years working in public education, wants to offer his...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Under Gabriel Reynolds’ bed in his dorm at New England College, three white signs with black Sharpie letters are tucked away.One reads, “to take away our 26th amendment, you’ll have to take away our 2nd.” Another says, “no forever war in Mexico.” And...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

When Andrew Georgevits was a substitute teacher at Franklin Middle School a few years ago, he quickly realized that in the eighth grade class he was teaching, reading levels varied drastically between students.Many districts have found those learning...

By ETHAN DEWITT

During the 2022 elections, the New Hampshire Secretary of State’s Office audited voting machines in six different polling places, checking for accuracy and consistency as part of a one-time requirement by the Legislature.Now, Senate lawmakers are...

By ETHAN DEWITT

A trio of Republican House lawmakers are pushing to raise the entry requirements for candidates in New Hampshire party primaries, requiring significantly more money or signatures to get onto a primary ballot.But the measure has attracted opposition...

By DAVID BROOKS

The open-source software worked well but the hardware had a few issues.That’s the conclusion from audits of a new ballot-counting machine that was tested in three New Hampshire towns during the November election. The device, developed by a nonprofit...

By DAVID BROOKS

Last week’s election includes some perfect examples of why political parties don’t want to give up the job of drawing the boundaries of voting districts.Start with the five-person New Hampshire Executive Council, a poster child for the power of...