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The presidential debate last week drew a crowd of voters to a Manchester bar hoping to learn enough to narrow their choices. Here's what they afterward.
After two hours of watching the first Republican presidential debate Wednesday night, many Republican voters appeared stuck in the same spot. They entered the debate with no set idea of who to vote for, and they left the debate the same way.
The state places dozens of children who are at risk of abuse or neglect in foster homes and institutions. Some of those placements are driving a federal lawsuit and concerns from the state's advocate for children.
Child Advocate Cassandra Sanchez was intentionally detailed and unsparing in describing what she saw and heard while checking on two boys the Department of Health and Human Services had sent to a Tennessee treatment facility. The media attention that followed helped Sanchez accomplish what she wante...
ICYMI: Women from Laconia High's Class of 1952 have stayed connected by gathering monthly at a restaurant. writes about the health risks of losing your social circle and how the state is addressing that.
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New Hampshire state officials will spend $300,000 to fund training exercises to help school leaders and city officials combat cyberattacks, as officials continue to raise the alarm about preparedness.
New Hampshire state officials will spend $300,000 to fund training exercises to help school leaders and city officials combat cyberattacks, as officials continue to raise the alarm.
While lawmakers nationally have been pushing job training and career readiness programs, they increasingly are addressing other factors that can keep people from joining the workforce, such as a lack of child care, affordable housing or mental health services. Some want to attract more immigrants.
INDIANAPOLIS — For years, Indiana’s GOP-controlled legislature has focused on creating a business-friendly climate by pushing favorable tax rates and regulations, aiming to foster the creation of good-paying jobs across the state. But it didn’t take long for lawmakers to realize how all those ...
Did you miss this week's news about Saint-Gobain in Merrimack? Catch up with our reporting here:
Saint Gobain Performance Plastics is closing its facility in Merrimack, the company announced Wednesday. Though not legally attributed in court, the state of New Hampshire has credited widespread PFAS contamination in Merrimack, Londonderry, Bedford, Litchfield, and Hudson to activities to the plast...
ICYM: Women from Laconia High's Class of 1952 have stayed connected by meeting at a restaurant once a month - for decades. writes about what losing your social circle can mean for your health, and how the state is addressing that.
For nearly 30 years, a group of women from Laconia High School’s class of 1952 has met monthly for dinner or lunch. They’ve seen one another through the deaths of husbands, swapped pictures of grandchildren, and reminisced about raiding their mother’s cabinets in the 1940s, in search of metal ...
Republicans took to the debate stage Wednesday night. Our reporter watched it at Murphy's Taproom in Manchester and got the pulse of voters. “Right now, I do not have any candidate in mind.”
After two hours of watching the first Republican presidential debate Wednesday night, many Republican voters appeared stuck in the same spot. They entered the debate with no set idea of who to vote for, and they left the debate the same way.
While culverts carry water under a road, they can block or fragment habitats, hindering necessary movement for fish to complete their life cycles by cutting off breeding grounds and food sources.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s new culvert grant program will send $421,600 to the city of Dover for the Bellamy River Fish Passage Restoration Project.
New Hampshire state officials will spend $300,000 to fund training exercises to help school leaders and city officials combat cyberattacks, as officials continue to raise the alarm about preparedness.
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New Hampshire state officials will spend $300,000 to fund training exercises to help school leaders and city officials combat cyberattacks, as officials continue to raise the alarm.
ICYMI: The Executive Council this week approved the purchase of 6,000 overdose prevention kits, while also renewing a state contract with the New Hampshire Harm Reduction Coalition. https://buff.ly/3OOaNvI
Reporter Ethan DeWitt watched Wednesday's Republican debate with voters at Murphy's Taproom in Manchester. Read his story here:
After two hours of watching the first Republican presidential debate Wednesday night, many Republican voters appeared stuck in the same spot. They entered the debate with no set idea of who to vote for, and they left the debate the same way.
A week after issued it a five-year operating permit, 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭-𝐆𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐢𝐧 abruptly announced Wednesday it was leaving NH. It will be remembered for being at the center of New Hampshire’s PFAS controversy. Don't miss our story from . https://buff.ly/3YQahll
Saint Gobain Performance Plastics is closing its facility in Merrimack, the company announced Wednesday. Though not legally attributed in court, the state of New Hampshire has credited widespread PFAS contamination in Merrimack, Londonderry, Bedford, Litchfield, and Hudson to activities to the plast...
For years, Indiana’s GOP-controlled legislature focused on creating a business-friendly climate by pushing favorable tax rates and regulations, aiming to foster the creation of good-paying jobs across the state. It had an unexpected consequence. https://buff.ly/3KTLEia
A new law has made it easier to get coverage for emergency mental health and substance use care through mobile crisis by prohibiting insurance companies from requiring pre-authorization. is calling it a win for Granite Staters. From
Insurance companies in New Hampshire can no longer require their members to get prior authorization before getting coverage for emergency mental health or substance use care when it is provided by a mobile crisis team, outside a licensed hospital.
Would you know what to do if someone nearby was overdosing? 6,000 overdose prevention kits are headed to New Hampshire, as the state looks at bystanders as key partners in thwarting drug deaths.
The Executive Council approved the purchase of 6,000 overdose prevention kits, while also renewing a state contract with the New Hampshire Harm Reduction Coalition.
“Uncontrolled hemorrhaging can take someone’s life in under five minutes." - Sen. Suzanne Prentiss on a new law that requires trauma kits and tourniquets to be put in highly--trafficked state buildings.
Unintentional injury and the uncontrolled bleeding that often follows are one of the top causes of death in New Hampshire among people 1 to 45. Sen. Suzanne Prentiss wants more people to know that and be able to intervene. A new law inspired by legislation she sponsored will require trauma kits cont...
Getting coverage for emergency care from a mobile crisis team for mental health or substance use challenges can no longer require pre-approval from insurance companies. called the new law "a very important change." .
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Insurance companies in New Hampshire can no longer require their members to get prior authorization before getting coverage for emergency mental health or substance use care when it is provided by a mobile crisis team, outside a licensed hospital.
“Don’t let Merrimack’s door hit you on the way out.” - Merrimack Rep. Wendy Thomas on unexpected news Wednesday that 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭-𝐆𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐢𝐧, which has been the center of New Hampshire’s PFAS controversy, is leaving the state. has the story.
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“Don’t let Merrimack’s door hit you on the way out.” - Merrimack Rep. Wendy Thomas on unexpected news Wednesday that 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭-𝐆𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐢𝐧, which has been the center of New Hampshire’s PFAS controversy, is leaving the state. has the story.
Today's story will sound familiar to Granite Staters: The state is short on housing and child care, and that's making it hard to find workers. talked with lawmakers around the country, and NH Rep. Brian Sullivan, about what they're seeing.
INDIANAPOLIS — For years, Indiana’s GOP-controlled legislature has focused on creating a business-friendly climate by pushing favorable tax rates and regulations, aiming to foster the creation of good-paying jobs across the state. But it didn’t take long for lawmakers to realize how all those ...
ICYMI: Reporter Annmarie Timmins writes about allegations that NH is over-reliant on congregate or institutional settings for older foster youth.
Child Advocate Cassandra Sanchez was intentionally detailed and unsparing in describing what she saw and heard while checking on two boys the Department of Health and Human Services had sent to a Tennessee treatment facility. The media attention that followed helped Sanchez accomplish what she wante...
We have the latest on the announced closure of Saint-Gobain Plastics Performance in Merrimack, the French multinational corporation at the center of New Hampshire’s controversy:
Saint Gobain Performance Plastics is closing its facility in Merrimack, the company announced Wednesday. Though not legally attributed in court, the state of New Hampshire has credited widespread PFAS contamination in Merrimack, Londonderry, Bedford, Litchfield, and Hudson to activities to the plast...
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Breaking: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has announced it will close its facility in Merrimack.
“This decision comes after careful consideration and strategic evaluation of what is best for achieving Saint-Gobain’s core business goals and is in line with the company’s mission and plan,” the company announced.
Hadley Barndollar reports:
Saint Gobain Performance Plastics is closing its facility in Merrimack, the company announced Wednesday. Though not legally attributed in court, the state of New Hampshire has credited widespread PFAS contamination in Merrimack, Londonderry, Bedford, Litchfield, and Hudson to activities to the plast...
In 2021, a group of child welfare advocates sued the state, alleging it was "unnecessarily" placing kids in institutions - not with foster families or relatives - after removing them from their own homes over abuse and neglect concerns.
Those advocates are now asking a judge to certify the suit as a class action, saying the problem is widespread.
Child Advocate Cassandra Sanchez was intentionally detailed and unsparing in describing what she saw and heard while checking on two boys the Department of Health and Human Services had sent to a Tennessee treatment facility. The media attention that followed helped Sanchez accomplish what she wante...
Since it launched a new telemonitoring program, the Granite VNA has helped nearly 50 patients with serious health issues send the organization daily updates on their vital signs, allowing providers to offer more immediate guidance or intervene if health concerns arise.
Since it launched a new telemonitoring program, the Granite VNA has helped nearly 50 patients with serious health issues send the organization daily updates on their vital signs.
Together, the federally funded projects - including one in Dover, NH - will improve approximately 550 miles of stream habitat nationwide.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s new culvert grant program will send $421,600 to the city of Dover for the Bellamy River Fish Passage Restoration Project.
State officials, private sector security experts, and former school administrators all agree: New Hampshire's K-12 schools are vulnerable targets for cyberattacks.
Now, advocates are urging school districts to take the threat seriously.
From Ethan DeWitt:
State and federal officials are working to ramp up financial and technical support for schools to better prepare themselves against future attacks.
In case you missed it: Yesterday, New Hampshire's AG announced an effort to ramp up resources to combat elder abuse and exploitation.
A significant increase in elder abuse and financial exploitation of Granite Staters has prompted the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office to expand its efforts to combat those crimes. Part of that is to educate people over 60 and those who care for them.
In a state that’s expected to see its over-60 population double by 2040, issues related to aging are increasingly described as critical. Social isolation is among them.
For nearly 30 years, a group of women from Laconia High School’s class of 1952 has met monthly for dinner or lunch. They’ve seen one another through the deaths of husbands, swapped pictures of grandchildren, and reminisced about raiding their mother’s cabinets in the 1940s, in search of metal ...
"Anyone in the field could tell you the landscape of public education has drastically changed over the last several years." As she steps away from public education, Stephanie White Ferland says thanks to the teachers who helped shaped her. https://buff.ly/3qxA6Ku
Reports of elder abuse and financial exploitation are up 71 percent in NH in the last five years. Meanwhile, the state is rapidly getting older. Attorney General John Formella is responding by doubling the staff in his office's Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation Unit. Here is what you should look for and do to avoid being victimized.
A significant increase in elder abuse and financial exploitation of Granite Staters has prompted the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office to expand its efforts to combat those crimes. Part of that is to educate people over 60 and those who care for them.
The Nature Conservancy has added another 870 acres to its Maidstone Bends Preserve on the Upper Connecticut River, and more than half of the land is located in a drinking water protection area.
The Nature Conservancy has added another 870 acres to its Maidstone Bends Preserve on the Upper Connecticut River.
In case you missed it: Read about how New Hampshire works to offset impacts to through compensatory mitigation.
“You want mitigation to be meaningful in the same place where there’s impact.”
At both the state and federal levels, there are laws aiming to even the scales of environmental impacts. It’s a concept called compensatory mitigation, included in Section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act.
Commentary: "Thank you, dear teachers. I am forever grateful." Longtime educator Stephanie White Ferland on the teachers who built her.
Earlier this summer I packed up my school belongings that found a home in my office as a school principal. Before that many of these prized possessions lived in various classrooms.
Social isolation poses a risk for health problems - depression, cardiovascular ailments, even premature death. Here's how women from Laconia High's Class of 1952 stayed connected for decades - and how NH is trying to make that possible for more people.
For nearly 30 years, a group of women from Laconia High School’s class of 1952 has met monthly for dinner or lunch. They’ve seen one another through the deaths of husbands, swapped pictures of grandchildren, and reminisced about raiding their mother’s cabinets in the 1940s, in search of metal ...
"There are large swaths of palustrine wetlands, like bogs, swamps, and marshes, that are heavily vegetated with winterberry, nannyberry, goldthread, and bunchberry." Why compensatory mitigation? To protect wetlands like this.
At both the state and federal levels, there are laws aiming to even the scales of environmental impacts. It’s a concept called compensatory mitigation, included in Section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act.
New Hampshire has now joined 15 other states and the District of Columbia in banning the "gay panic" defense.
Defendants in New Hampshire murder cases will no longer be allowed to use a victim’s perceived sexual orientation or gender identity as a defense, after a law signed by Gov. Chris Sununu this month.
A pair of school funding lawsuits are moving through New Hampshire courts. Here's what you need to know about each of them and what to expect down the line.
In recent years, two lawsuits have emerged challenging the way New Hampshire funds its schools.
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