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By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Expect school vouchers, budget shortfalls, and the rights of transgender students to divide the Legislature next year. School bullying could, too.Lawmakers behind the renewed efforts to rein in bullying say their goal is to address shortcomings in the...

By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN

The energy company Avangrid is accusing NextEra Energy, owners of the Seabrook nuclear power plant, of sabotaging the development of a transmission line meant to bring Canadian hydropower onto the New England grid.In a lawsuit filed last month,...

By TODD BOOKMAN

Attorney General John Formella, who previously served as Gov. Chris Sununu’s legal counsel, should be disqualified from a high stakes criminal case brought against a sitting Supreme Court justice, defense attorneys argued Monday. They contend that...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Plymouth State University is on track to be one of just two New England universities to offer a three-year bachelor degree for some programs next fall. Even nationwide, that faster and less expensive option is uncommon.The new “applied” bachelor’s...

By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN

Mount Washington famously lays claim to the world’s worst weather. Now, a new project from the Mount Washington Observatory will allow people to monitor that weather more closely.Last week, the observatory unveiled a project to expand the Mount...

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

Planned Parenthood of Northern New England is reporting a surge of patients booking appointments for long-acting birth control since Donald Trump’s reelection earlier this month.The reproductive health care provider — which has 15 locations across New...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Questions about who should be allowed to compete in school sports in New Hampshire played out before a federal judge and the body that sets eligibility rules this week.But none of those conversations clarified eligibility rules for one group of...

By TODD BOOKMAN

The New Hampshire Union Leader is in line to receive a $1 million loan from a state program, meant to help the newspaper pay down long-accrued pension expenses that are placing a severe burden on its balance sheet.The New Hampshire Business Finance...

By OLIVIA RICHARDSON

Two years since the state launched its Invest NH Housing fund, officials say it has helped to fund thousands of new housing units.The program used $100 million in COVID relief money to help private companies and municipalities build more housing and...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Eleven days after a security guard was killed at the state psychiatric hospital, in November 2023, the Department of Safety gave Gov. Chris Sununu a list of security enhancements for all state buildings. Sununu had requested the recommendations,...

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

To families with loved ones at New Hampshire Hospital, Bradley Haas was more than a security guard. Many got to know him on a personal level while visiting the state-run psychiatric hospital in Concord, recalled Susan Stearns, executive director of...

By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have been awarded $24 million to help build sensors that can track space weather and warn of dangers.The sensors will monitor solar wind — a stream of charged particles flowing out of the sun that can...

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

A federal judge has again given the state more time to end its practice of holding mental health patients in emergency departments for prolonged periods.For over a decade, people held involuntarily for mental health treatment have faced lengthy waits...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Lawyers for former Sen. Andy Sanborn have asked a judge to do what the state has so far refused: Help Sanborn sell his embattled casino by ensuring his buyer won’t suffer consequences should he or the casino be convicted of pandemic aid fraud.Their...

By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN

Under a canopy of fiery orange and red, Amey Bailey is taking a hike she knows well. It’s the second week of October, and maples and beech trees are showing off their colors. Every few steps, a piece of scientific equipment peeks out of the woods.“We...

By OLIVIA RICHARDSON

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found that rural votes can make or break presidential elections.Kenneth Johnson co-authored a study with UNH Professor Dante Scala, looking at what would happen if Democratic candidates won or lost...

By TODD BOOKMAN

New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi alleges that she notified Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald in advance of a meeting she hoped to have with Gov. Chris Sununu, and that MacDonald raised no concerns.That meeting, however, is...

By JOSH ROGERS

Republican Kelly Ayotte is continuing to criticize Democrat Joyce Craig for campaigning out of state alongside Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey.But the bulk of Ayotte's own financial support in the tight race for New Hampshire governor comes from...

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

Debates over the future of abortion policy in New Hampshire have shaped this year’s race for governor.Both Democrat Joyce Craig and Republican Kelly Ayotte say they’ll oppose any new restrictions on abortion. Both have also, in campaign ads, invoked...

By LAU GUZMAN

Michael Wolf loves handing out stickers on Election Day.During September’s primary elections, he got to try out his new role as moderator for Ward 11 on Manchester’s west side. Even though he was down a few poll workers that day, he said voting went...