Politics
Transgender students at center of new bills in New Hampshire
By HOLLY RAMER
Advocates for transgender youth in New Hampshire say four bills being considered in three legislative committees would lead to one result: harm to an already vulnerable population.Two of the measures heard Tuesday would create a “parents’ bill of...
Bills address solid waste regulation, landfill safety
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
As New Hampshire strives to improve its solid waste management, state lawmakers have debated a number of bills aimed at strengthening landfill safety and promoting waste reduction.Bills related to landfill siting regulations and food waste disposal...
Democrats like Concord’s Steve Shurtleff are questioning Biden re-election bid
By STEVE PEOPLES
LACONIA, N.H. — Steve Shurtleff was at Joe Biden’s side in 2019 when he filed papers in the New Hampshire State House to run for president. He repeatedly trekked across the state with Biden to court primary voters. And when Biden ultimately won the...
RFK Jr. tells NH crowd he’s considering a presidential run
By JOSH ROGERS
During a visit to St. Anselm College on Friday, environmental activist and vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. told a capacity crowd that he’s considering a presidential run.“I’m thinking about it, and I’ve passed the biggest hurdle, which is my wife...
On the trail: Williamson returning to NH as Biden primary challenger
By PAUL STEINHAUSER
When spiritual adviser and bestselling self-help author Marianne Williamson returns to New Hampshire on Wednesday, she’ll be a declared candidate challenging President Joe Biden for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination.Williamson officially...
Bill proposed by Merrimack teen would require eating disorder hotline on student ID cards
By EILEEN O’GRADY
One year after the Jason Dickey Act placed the Suicide Prevention Lifeline phone number on student identification cards around the state, legislators are considering another bill that would add an eating disorder hotline as an additional...
On the trail: Sununu joins potential 2024 rivals at GOP donor confab in Texas
By PAUL STEINHAUSER
Gov. Chris Sununu joined a handful of other actual or likely 2024 Republican presidential contenders Friday at a conference in Texas that’s attracting some of the top donors in the GOP.New Hampshire’s four-term Republican governor will speak and...
Voting after the fact: Executive councilor defends practice
By ANNMARIE TIMMINS
Republican Executive Councilor David Wheeler has made his votes against funding for family planning and sex education well known at council meetings. But for years, he’s made other potentially controversial votes quietly by taking no position during...
On the trail: Nikki Haley packs them in at NH town halls
By PAUL STEINHAUSER
As she aims to win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination over her old boss – former President Donald Trump – Nikki Haley has a message for Granite State Republicans.The former two-term South Carolina governor and America’s first female governor...
Pay hikes, school funding, licensing reform highlight Sununu budget address
By ANNMARIE TIMMINS and ETHAN DeWITT
Gov. Chris Sununu has big plans for the state’s $330 million surplus and what he predicts will be ongoing strong tax revenue. He gave lawmakers a budget Tuesday that would give schools an additional $200 million a year and state employees a 10 percent...
Bill proposes support for childcare for both parents and providers
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
On any given day at the Waypoint Children’s Place and Education Center, Kelly Bozetarnik wears many different hats. Her formal role is the director. But most days at the child care center off of Loudon Road, she is a director, a teacher, an assistant...
NH House kills bill to collect race and ethnicity data during police stops
By JAMIE L. COSTA
State representatives voted down a bill that would have allowed New Hampshire law enforcement to regularly collect demographic data from people stopped and arrested in the state.House Bill 597 would have given residents the option to put their race...
Haley joins GOP race for White House
By MEG KINNARD
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, announced her candidacy for president on Tuesday, becoming the first major challenger to former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican...
New Hampshire House votes to delay youth center closure
By HOLLY RAMER
The New Hampshire House dealt a blow Tuesday to efforts to quickly close and replace the state’s troubled youth detention center.The Senate passed a bill last month that would require construction of a new 12-18 bed facility to be put out to bid by...
Ex-governor, UN ambassador will become first Republican to enter race against Trump
By MEG KINNARD and STEVE PEOPLES
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Few have navigated the turbulent politics of the Trump era like Nikki Haley.In early 2016, the then-South Carolina governor said she was “embarrassed” by candidate Donald Trump and decried his reluctance to condemn white...
On the trail: Gov. Sununu takes a concrete step toward running for president
By PAUL STEINHAUSER
Gov. Chris Sununu has been saying for weeks that he’s “having conversations” and “definitely thinking about” a run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.As those conversations continue during a four-day swing through the nation’s capital,...
Bipartisanship elusive in minimum-wage debate
By RICK GREEN
There has been much talk about the need for bipartisanship in this year’s closely divided N.H. Legislature, but when it comes to the hourly minimum wage, a clear partisan division was front and center on Tuesday.Democratic lawmakers argued for an...
Bill requiring single-sex school bathrooms divides parents, students
By ETHAN DEWITT
New Hampshire House lawmakers are considering a bill that requires all multiple-stall bathrooms in public schools to be restricted to one sex, continuing a years-long debate around rights for transgender students.Sponsored by Rep. Michael Moffett, a...
Amid applause and boos, Biden tells a divided Congress: ‘Finish the job’
By ZEKE MILLER, SEUNG MIN KIM and LISA MASCARO
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden exhorted Congress Tuesday night to work with him to “finish the job” of rebuilding the economy and uniting the nation as he delivered a State of the Union address aimed at reassuring a country beset by pessimism and...
Highlights of the week ahead in the NH House and Senate
By BOB SANDERS
Minimum wage hikes, labor and tenant protections and a host of energy-related bills are on the agenda for the NH legislature this week.TuesdayThe House Science, Technology and Energy Committee will hold hearings Tuesday on HB 558, which would regulate...
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