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Gov. Chris Sununu signed two bills Friday related to individuals and families raising other people’s children.Senate Bill 172, sponsored by Sen. Sharon Carson, a Londonderry Republican, will allow people who take in children unrelated to them to get...

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In the six months since the state launched a $100 million fund to settle claims with people abused at the former Youth Development Center, 92 people have requested almost $83 million. As of June, the state had resolved 11 claims for a total of $4.8...

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Little Antlers Learning Center in Plymouth gets calls daily from parents desperate for a spot, like many child care providers. It’s also hearing from organizations interested in recreating its model.That’s not a surprise.Unlike many providers, Little...

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When Fish and Game gets emergency calls for help in the northern part of the state, such as those from hikers caught in a storm, it often looks to local search and rescue groups for help. That volunteer help is much harder to find in the southern part...

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Forty-four states have gotten approval from the federal government to extend a program that helped lower-income families afford groceries for their children during the pandemic. The money began as a replacement for free- and reduced-price school meals...

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Dartmouth College can repurpose money a deceased alumnus left for the “sole purpose” of maintaining the school’s golf course to support other “golf-related” purposes, such as the study and design of golf practice areas or golf team expenses, the state...

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This year, the Claremont Opera House prioritized getting kids back to the theater after the pandemic kept them away by hosting field trips, giving them free tickets to shows, and holding no-cost activities every Friday morning. Now it’s turning its...

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Three months after the state agreed to cover basic dental care for adults on Medicaid, less than 15 percent of the state’s 850 dentists and oral surgeons have signed on. And fewer are actually taking patients.Almost half of those 125 providers in the...

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When the COVID-19 health crisis hit, New Hampshire was quickly able to allow nearly 60,000 out-of-state physicians to practice in the state by accepting their state’s credentials for licensure here. That practice will now apply to all professions...

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State officials are stepping up efforts to investigate social media’s negative effects on young Granite Staters’ mental health. Tuesday, Attorney General John Formella announced his office wants to hear from people who’ve seen social media affect the...

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Developers behind the ambitious and at times contentious redevelopment of the former Laconia State School say they are on track to buy the 220-acre property from the state in September — for $21.5 million. But they’ve scaled back their plans...

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Patients are protected from “surprise” medical bills when they seek care within their insurance network but unknowingly get treated by a more expensive out-of-network provider. Now there is a website to help them understand their rights and use those...

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The state looks to the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence to assist victims, from running a 24-hour crisis line to providing emergency shelter. It’s also a partner in helping survivors of abuse avoid homelessness. Housing can...

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In May, the state paid a victim of sexual and physical abuse while at the former Youth Development Center $1.5 million, its largest award yet. The man’s former attorneys, who had urged him to take his case to court instead, are seeking 40 percent of...

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As Lisa Barndollar was leaving a receptionist job five years ago, she asked her boss of a year and a half if she would have hired her had she known Barndollar has mental illness. The woman said no. That conversation could have sent Barndollar, 59, in...

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Gov. Chris Sununu sent the House a budget in February that upped spending significantly over his last one, with a notable increase for Medicaid beneficiaries and other vulnerable populations that advocates say aren’t getting the services they need.The...

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Two years ago, the public found much to criticize in the state budget. During a nine-hour public hearing in May 2021, the Senate Finance Committee heard a great deal about the budget’s abortion ban, restriction on teaching “divisive concepts,” and the...

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Like those before her, the woman came to the Cross Roads House homeless shelter in Portsmouth in crisis. She’d lost her car, which she’d been living in for four years, in a fire. She’d also recently lost her son.Unlike most at the shelter, the woman...

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Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the state’s largest insurance company, owes the state’s hospitals nearly $300 million in unpaid claims, according to a report released Wednesday by the New Hampshire Hospital Association. It said Anthem has not...

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Several years before his death in 2002, at age 88, Robert T. Keeler drew up a will to make his intentions clear. His wife and family were his primary beneficiaries. Also on the list were his secretary and housekeeper, a church, seminary, and medical...