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By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Dubbed by some as state-sanctioned suicide and by others as a means to alleviate the suffering of those with terminal illnesses, a bill providing end-of-life options heads to the full House of Representatives with a favorable recommendation.After...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Twenty years ago, on a cold winter day, with snow blanketing the ground and sunshine barely piercing through the clouds, Margaret Drye, an EMT, received a call to respond to a distressing report – a baby had been left outside.The newborn still with...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

When the Legislature reconvened in January, the new session was met with a record number of housing bills. But Elissa Margolin is holding off on crowning this session as the “year of housing” – until she sees what policy makes it to the governor’s...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Members of New Hampshire’s National Guard will be deployed to the Southern Border in Texas, after the legislature authorized $850,000 in funding Friday. Governor Chris Sununu asked the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee for the funding after he...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Governor Chris Sununu is not shy when it comes to presenting New Hampshire as the “envy of the nation.” He’s said it in speeches in Concord, on national television and once again in his final State of the State address.“Our economy was ranked as the...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Brandon Lemay choked up when he talked about housing instability in New Hampshire. Looking at his own lease that ends in February, his rent will go up by $1,000 a month.Housing is already hard to come by statewide, he said. Vacancy rates are low,...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

To solve the state’s housing shortage, the solution to Rep. David Preece, a Manchester Democrat, is to provide incentives in zoning codes to spur development. Rep. Tim Cahill, a Raymond Republican, has an alternate approach and wants to bring down...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

People in wheelchairs, others relying on crutches, some facing terminal illness and some caregivers packed a hearing Wednesday for a bill that would allow medically assisted dying in New Hampshire.While most of the attendees expressed support for...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The state’s education funding formula will be the focus of a select group of lawmakers this session hoping to make it more equitable and pass constitutional muster.The bipartisan group, comprised of members of the House committees on education and...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

When Judge Andrea Johnston swore in 60 new U.S. citizens this summer, she told the crowd that citizenship was not a passive status. It’s an act of democracy.It’s the ability to serve on a jury. It is the freedom of the press and the right to practice...

By LINDA HARRIOTT-GATHRIGHT and DAVID MEUSE

Rep. Linda Harriott-Gathright (D-Nashua) and Rep. David Meuse (D-Portsmouth) serve as ranking and deputy ranking member on the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. In recent years, New Hampshire’s legislature undertook a significant...

Members of the Concord General Services department help guide the Concolor Fir tree at city plaza in front of the State House on Tuesday. The holiday tree, donated by Concord Parks & Rec, was brought in from Blossom Hill Cemetery and put in place for...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Forget Mount Rushmore. For Kathy Holmes, former president Donald Trump deserves his own granite glory. Outside the State House on Monday, she waved a homemade sign high over head with Trump’s face as the Old Man on the Mountain.Holmes stood with her...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Rental fees and the proliferation of casinos within the state were two of the topics that came up before a new study committee responsible for examining charitable gaming operations in New Hampshire.State Senator Timothy Lang expressed concern about...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI 

This year, new reports pinned a daunting number on the scope of New Hampshire’s housing crisis: 23,000 units needed today, to meet the current demand. And it only grows – 60,000 units by 2030, up to 90,000 by 2040. These large-scale numbers quantify...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

For years, advocates pushing for marijuana legalization have highlighted that when it comes to policy, the live-free-or-die state stands on an island. With Maine and Massachusetts legalizing marijuana in 2016 and Vermont following suit in 2020, the...

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The New Hampshire Senate rejected a marijuana legalization bill Thursday, leaving it the only state in New England that makes smoking pot recreationally a crime.Republicans, who control the Senate in the Live Free or Die state, dismissed the bill on a...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The mix of storefronts, apartment buildings and historic homes just off Main Street is the fabric of the City of Concord’s downtown. There’s a reason there aren’t large homes with front lawns next to the State House or apartment complexes in the...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

A five-day work week quickly becomes six at Community Mental Health Centers across the state, as managers consistently pick up extra shifts.As staffing shortages overlap with an increased demand for services, working extra is the new normal, according...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

If you ask Matt Wilhelm, affordable housing, public education and access to health care are core issues that drive voters to elect New Hampshire’s 400-member legislative body. These three factors were also the backbone of a bipartisan amendment...