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By RICK GREEN

CONCORD — A New Hampshire House committee got a bit squirrelly this week, upending a proposal to cut two weeks from the state’s gray squirrel hunting season into one that would establish a permanent open season on the furry creatures.The House Fish...

By RICK GREEN

Legislation sponsored by Democratic State Sen. Donovan Fenton of Keene would appropriate $5 million to help people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.Under Senate Bill 406, the money would be provided to towns and cities, which would use the...

By RICK GREEN

CONCORD — N.H. Senate Democrats on Tuesday touted their bills to protect reproductive rights, boost affordable housing, increase access to child care, raise the minimum wage, limit evictions and improve gun safety.But they can’t pass these bills on...

By RICK GREEN

Legislation aimed at restoring and protecting the Connecticut River, its tributaries and surrounding land in New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine and Connecticut has been introduced in the U.S. Senate and House.The effort is intended to...

By RICK GREEN

The state has issued record numbers of warning advisories for high levels of potentially dangerous cyanobacteria in lakes and ponds this year as warm and rainy weather worsened this pollution, according to the N.H. Department of Environmental...

By RHIANWEN WATKINS

When the nation’s COVID-19 public-health emergency ends May 11, New Hampshire residents will need to find alternatives to expanded benefits they’ve had for the past three years.Changes to Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,...