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Dave Solomon's Gate City: Hoping for the usual civility in Nashua on Election Day
LIKE MANY PEOPLE, I’m looking forward to Election Day with anticipation tinged by anxiety. It’s without a doubt the most consequential presidential election in my lifetime. → Read More
New Hampshire Bill Would Create Statewide Utility Database
If Senate Bill 284 is signed into law by Gov. Chris Sununu, it would establish a database that would allow customers to access and use information from their electric meters about how and when they consume energy. → Read More
N.H. Supreme Court rejects appeal of mom in death of Nashua toddler
CONCORD — The New Hampshire Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a Nashua woman convicted in the beating death of her 3-year-old daughter. → Read More
Death penalty repeal passes NH Senate with veto-proof majority
CONCORD – A bill to repeal the death penalty in New Hampshire cleared the state Senate with a veto-proof, 17-6, two-thirds margin Thursday, setting the stage for the end of → Read More
Manchester business owner facing deportation seeks pardon from Executive Council
When he opened Ataboys Auto Service in Manchester five years ago, Lebanese immigrant Alain Ata, 33, thought his American dream was coming true. → Read More
Teen suicide prevention bill clears Senate
CONCORD — The state Senate on Thursday defeated a bill on suicide prevention promoted by Gov. Chris Sununu in his inaugural address, opting instead to unanimously pass a more ambitious → Read More
Sununu pledges increases for NH mental health, school buildings in budget proposal
CONCORD – Gov. Chris Sununu unveiled a $13 billion two-year state budget proposal before the state Legislature on Thursday, with millions of dollars in one-time investments for mental health, school → Read More
Bill would outlaw NH's 'sanctuary cities'
CONCORD — A national anti-immigration group has identified Cheshire County and five New Hampshire municipalities, including Manchester, as providing sanctuary for illegal immigrants as the Legislature debates a bill that → Read More
Tuition-free associates degree about to become an option for NH high school grads
Tucked into Gov. Chris Sununu’s second inaugural address was a promise to create the New Hampshire Career Academy. → Read More
New Hampshire Trade Group Calls for Reversal of State FirstNet Decision
After Gov. Chris Sununu announced the state would not join the national first responders network, some of the largest employers are urging officials to reconsider. → Read More
New Hampshire to Release Voter Data to Election Commission
Now that a lawsuit filed to stop the release has been resolved, the Secretary of State will proceed with the release of information from voter checklists. → Read More
Union for NH prison guards warns of safety crisis as contract set to expire
CONCORD - The union representing prison guards at New Hampshire state prisons is warning of a safety crisis in the prison system as the current contract expires and the state struggles to hire new guards. The state's contract with the unionized prison guards expires June 30, with no resolution in sight. Negotiations between guards and state officials, which stalled earlier this spring, recently… → Read More
New Hampshire Lifts Net Metering Limits, Opens Doors For Solar
Many of the states with net metering laws have no limit on how many megawatts can be accommodated, and that’s where solar advocates wanted to see New Hampshire go. → Read More
Sunapee woman, 80, needs scores of stitches after attacked by bobcat suspected of being rabid
SUNAPEE - An 80-year-old Georges Mills woman is recovering at home after being jumped by a bobcat in an attack that required 50 to 60 stitches to her face, back and arm at New London Hospital, according to her son. → Read More
Minuteman Health to withdraw from NH Obamacare market
One of the four health insurance companies providing coverage in New Hampshire through the online exchange at HealthCare.gov plans to withdraw from the market. → Read More
Study: Inequality in education persists 20 years after Claremont ruling
As the 20th anniversary of the Claremont II education-funding decision by the state Supreme Court approaches, the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies has completed a detailed analysis of education funding in the state, and concludes that little has changed since 1997. → Read More
Lawmakers strike deal to add full-day kindergarten funded by Keno
House and Senate negotiators reached an agreement on state funding for full-day kindergarten on Thursday, approving an amendment presented by Sen. Jeb Bradley, R-Wolfeboro, that guarantees school districts that want full-day kindergarten an extra $1,100 per kindergarten pupil. → Read More
School nurse rules a bitter pill for some
Hiring school nurses is hard enough in New Hampshire, but it's about to get harder, according to some in the profession who are raising red flags about new certification requirements under review by the state Board of Education. → Read More
House passes fetal homicide bill
New Hampshire is poised to join 38 states that currently recognize a fetus as a victim in the prosecution of murder or other violent crimes, after the House voted 186-170 on Tuesday to pass SB 66, the so-called fetal homicide bill. → Read More
New Hampshire Official Shines 'Spotlight' on State Contractors
While acknowledging that his idea has little chance of advancing in the current political environment, Democratic Executive Councilor Andru Volinsky says you have to start somewhere. → Read More