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By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Lawmakers overrode two of Gov. Chris Sununu’s vetoes on Thursday, putting into law two bills that aim to increase transparency on the impact of public input and limit the use of fertilizers containing phosphorous to reduce cyanobacteria.Three other...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Evelyn Miller knew people living in a kibbutz, or community, in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. When a neighboring kibbutz was attacked by Hamas, some of them ran over to help. Four of them were killed, she said.It’s part of the reason she attended a vigil on...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Five soldiers from the New Hampshire National Guard are deploying to Florida early this week to help prepare for Hurricane Milton.Troops will head to Camp Blanding in the northeast corner of the state, about halfway between Gainesville and...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

This week, New Hampshire lawmakers get their yearly opportunity to double down on policies that made it through the Legislature but met defeat on the governor’s desk.The state’s House of Representatives and Senate will convene on Thursday to consider...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Dogs, turtles and even a snake accompanied their owners to the lawn in front of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Concord. Some people, like Kelly Cleland, stumbled upon it – the opportunity to have their pet blessed by a pastor.Cleland, who was downtown...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

A judge refused to dismiss a discrimination case against a Neo-Nazi group that protested outside of a drag queen story hour in downtown Concord last year. The protest outside the Teatotaller cafe and bakery in June, 2023, included men wearing masks...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire, three voting rights organizations and five current and future voters sued the state over what they say places a burden on Granite Staters’ right to vote.They’re challenging a bill signed by Gov....

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

After the results of her primary election came in, Maggie Goodlander waded through a sea of supporters, hugged her family members and took the stage, describing it as an “out of body” experience.Yet the location was anything but foreign.That very...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

New Hampshire’s top military officer defended the National Guard’s response to sexual harassment complaints within its ranks, following a CNN investigation published earlier this month that said the agency failed to protect female soldiers.Major...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Joyce Craig’s tenure as Manchester mayor remains a central focus of the race for governor as the Democratic nominee drew on her experience in executive office while her Republican opponent, Kelly Ayotte, continued to attack her leadership record...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Lily Tang Williams keeps a bulky, dated photo album at her house in Weare. It creaks when she opens it – the sticky plastic protectors holding the photos to the pages don’t do their job well anymore. Inside are dozens upon dozens of black-and-white...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

As New Hampshire’s 424 state lawmakers gear up for the general election in November, some are planning ahead for the 2025 legislative session. Already, about 170 legislative service requests, or LSRs – in which lawmakers get help from the legislative...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The first time 18-year-old Valerie McDonnell voted, she voted for herself.She ran for the N.H. House of Representatives in 2022 during her senior year of high school, which gave her a front-row seat to witness many of her classmates’ apathy for...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

For those who voted in the Democratic primary for New Hampshire’s next governor this week, it probably wasn’t for Jon Kiper.Most people have never heard of him, much less know his policy positions. He was the underdog: Kiper received just under 10% of...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Gov. Chris Sununu signed a long-awaited bill eliminating voter affidavits, a reversal from concerns he’s shared for months.It’s a move to protect integrity in the voting process, he said in a statement on Thursday. Voting rights advocates say it’ll...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Paige Beauchemin showed up at Ledge Street Elementary School in Nashua at 5:45 a.m. on Election Day came with a mission.The state representative for the city’s fourth ward said she’ll be camped out by the polling place throughout the day and plans to...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

With contested races at the top of the ballot, voter turnout in Tuesday’s state primary election is expected to exceed 250,000, a number somewhat on par with previous years.Secretary of State David Scanlan predicted 147,500 Republicans and 103,500...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Colin Van Ostern and Maggie Goodlander exchanged a blitz of accusations about their backgrounds, funding and past political work, all of which have been prominent themes in their tense race for New Hampshire’s second congressional district.During a...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

As the Sept. 10 state primary election draws ever closer, candidates are going full-throttle with attack ads. Last week, the attack-du-jour was between Democratic candidates for governor, Joyce Craig and Cinde Warmington.Warmington, an executive...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

A massive crowd of New Englanders rallied in New Hampshire’s Seacoast region, as pump-up music by artists ranging from Aretha Franklin to Taylor Swift to Olivia Rodrigo blasted through the speakers and they sampled the event’s signature drink: the...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Former governor John Lynch and Gary Hirshberg, Colin Van Ostern’s former boss, flipped their endorsement away from the Concord Democrat in favor of Maggie Goodlander in the primary for New Hampshire’s second congressional district.Lynch, who served as...