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By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

A dozen flights to New Hampshire for refugees hoping to resettle in the United States have been canceled after President Donald Trump announced the suspension of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program on the first day of his presidency.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Kelly Ayotte admits that in today’s market, it would have been unlikely for her and her husband to have afforded their first home.They were in their 30s, newly married and buying a condominium. From there, they purchased their first house. Nowadays,...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

New Hampshire housing prices continue to remain at an all-time high as median sales in November sat at $500,000 – an 11% increase from this time last year.Perspective home buyers won’t be surprised that this was the most expensive November to buy a...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The legs of the black Baphomet outside the State House stood standing, but its head was on the ground, robes crumpled and panel of Seven Fundamental Tenets shattered.On Tuesday morning, Rep. Ellen Read, a Newmarket Democrat, was picking up the pieces...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Danielle Bee thought Warner, N.H., residents had made it clear — many in town did not support more sidewalks, public transportation and new housing developments. To her, the state’s Housing Champions program — a tool for communities to be eligible for...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Jose Cambrils has had his eyes on Whitney Hill Road in Canterbury, N.H., for years.He bought a 30-acre plot of land where the trees were spared from logging and wildlife roams about and another 95 acres just down the street in hopes of building a...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Danielle Feole knew the drill taking her son Joey, 6, to see President Joe Biden.The wait to hear the president would be long, so she packed an iPad and Grey, the stuffed animal wolf that’s attached to her son’s hip.The afternoon in Concord would be...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

New Hampshire is known for many firsts: the first to declare independence from England and its first-in-the-nation primary.New Hampshire is also the first state where residents of a manufactured housing community purchased their park, forming a...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Cassandra Sanchez’s visit to a Tennessee facility last year raised an alarm for the New Hampshire child advocate.One of the children held at the facility told her he had one goal: to do “whatever it takes” to return to the Granite State.A new law,...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Based on their income levels, registered nurses can afford a two-bedroom apartment at $1,833 a month in the state’s rental market. Public school teachers and electricians make enough for a typical one-bedroom at $1,430.Since rental costs are on the...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

At the end of the month, Edmund McGahey plans to load up his U-Haul with the American flag neatly rolled behind his front door, take his wind chimes down from his front porch, pack his eight potted Christmas cacti, and leave for Texas.With an...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Words like institutional and hardened type of secure construction raise alarm bells for Cassandra Sanchez.When the Office of the Child Advocate supported legislation to build a new youth detention facility, a requirement was that the center take on a...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

With the Hunger Free New Hampshire Act, Becky Whitley wanted a buffet of solutions to eliminate food insecurity. In the end, Gov. Chris Sununu signed a small portion of her original bill into law. Students who are eligible for free and reduced lunch...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The overdue tax bill facing John Jones felt like a death sentence.The lifelong resident of the Live-Free-or-Die state had been late to pay his taxes before, but this time was different.Jones, 66, owed $5,097.44 to the city of Franklin, a working-class...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

At the start of the pandemic, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu wanted to make sure no one lost their home.Like governors around the country, he used his executive powers to suspend mortgage foreclosures and issued a moratorium on evictions. And in the...

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

On Father’s Day last June, a drag story hour at Teatotaller Cafe drew families and children inside. It also attracted nearly two dozen members of NSC-131 to stand outside in protest, chanting and performing Nazi salutes through the cafe’s first-floor...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The Allenstown school district spends five times more than the amount the state of New Hampshire gives to pay for an adequate education.This lopsided equation relies heavily on local taxpayers to make up the difference to pay for everything from...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

The New Hampshire housing shortage is squeezing businesses trying to recruit workers, taxing families looking to find an affordable place to live and has become a focal point for state politicians trying to chip away at a solution. The statistics are...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

It only took Tonya McMurray’s child a few seconds to realize something that was said in a moment of anger would become words to regret.In a heated conversation, a back-and-forth between teenagers taunting each other, McMurray’s child threatened...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Gavin Dubois sometimes doesn’t have the words to express how he feels. But when he picks up a pair of drumsticks, he can read his emotions as clearly as notes on a sheet of music. Amid the sounds of the snare, the melodies of his marimba, his rage...