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By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Hopkinton Rep. David Luneau wants to nearly double New Hampshire’s contribution to public education.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
New Hampshire is an outlier in the region when it comes to collecting abortion statistics. A bill by Sen. Kevin Avard seeks to change that.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
As the Concord Board of Education weighs where to place its new middle school, a big piece of the puzzle remains uncertain – and it isn’t up to them.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Before working for the Secretary of State, longtime public school teacher Lily Woo admits she didn’t know much about the state’s election process.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
When leaders at Project S.T.O.R.Y. noticed there were no events celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Concord, they decided that needed to change.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
When a town’s only firetruck with an aerial ladder is 20 years old and on the fritz, towns or cities have to weigh the cost of buying a new one.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Nine Republican state representatives filed a bill this week that would make abortion illegal after 15 weeks. It includes exceptions for medical emergencies and fetal abnormalities that are “incompatible with life.”
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Newly inaugurated Gov. Kelly Ayotte ran on a promise to stifle New Hampshire’s fentanyl and opioid crises by raising the mandatory minimum sentences. She may just get her wish.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Twelve-year-old Hunter Gebo clutched a sheet of paper and dragged his gloved index finger along the sentences, reading to a crowd of about 100 people outside the New Hampshire State House.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Senate conservatives are pushing a bill that would reallocate the state’s four electoral votes, splitting them up instead of allocating them completely to whichever candidate wins the popular vote.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Marching down Main Street in Concord on a snowy, slushy Saturday, Rebekah Fox was surrounded by her family. They walked together, with more than 100 other people, to advocate against abortion in New Hampshire’s annual March for Life.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Alexander Pepin and his family waited months to move in.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Kelly Ayotte has a new policy priority: Ban cell phones from New Hampshire classrooms.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Before he made it to Kelly Ayotte’s inauguration Thursday morning, Randall Clark had already received three phone calls from tenants in distress.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
James Thibault spent his final hours before the start of the 2025 legislative session on a tour of the New Hampshire State House.
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Jean Slepian visits the State House anywhere from six to 10 times a year. A retired medical librarian from Stoddard and a longtime animal rights activist, she typically works on smaller bills that don’t get much attention.Now, she fears a...
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
The Concord Police Department starts 2025 with several positions still vacant.Deputy Chief Steve Smagula hopes funding from Congress – $73,000 that’ll be used for evidence recovery technology and training – will help attract more candidates to work...
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Anthony Foote has challenged the Bow School District twice in the past two years – once over a book he believed was inappropriate for schools, and now in a lawsuit over his pink armband protest at a girls’ soccer game.In 2025, a new law could cement...
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
Each day when Courtney Eschbach walks into the New Hampshire State House, what lies ahead is anyone’s guess.She might be asked to draft election procedures and simultaneously write proposed legislation to let New Hampshire residents own pet...
By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY
With a new Republican governor and expanded majorities in the House of Representatives and Senate, conservatives in the State House will have the chance to deliver on long-sought-after priorities in 2025.While conversations around education and the...
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