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By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Kelly Ayotte has a new policy priority: Ban cell phones from New Hampshire classrooms.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Before he made it to Kelly Ayotte’s inauguration Thursday morning, Randall Clark had already received three phone calls from tenants in distress.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

James Thibault spent his final hours before the start of the 2025 legislative session on a tour of the New Hampshire State House.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Jean Slepian visits the State House anywhere from six to 10 times a year. A retired medical librarian from Stoddard and a longtime animal rights activist, she typically works on smaller bills that don’t get much attention.Now, she fears a...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The Concord Police Department starts 2025 with several positions still vacant.Deputy Chief Steve Smagula hopes funding from Congress – $73,000 that’ll be used for evidence recovery technology and training – will help attract more candidates to work...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Anthony Foote has challenged the Bow School District twice in the past two years – once over a book he believed was inappropriate for schools, and now in a lawsuit over his pink armband protest at a girls’ soccer game.In 2025, a new law could cement...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Each day when Courtney Eschbach walks into the New Hampshire State House, what lies ahead is anyone’s guess.She might be asked to draft election procedures and simultaneously write proposed legislation to let New Hampshire residents own pet...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

With a new Republican governor and expanded majorities in the House of Representatives and Senate, conservatives in the State House will have the chance to deliver on long-sought-after priorities in 2025.While conversations around education and the...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

It’s not a phase, Concord.At least, that’s what Starsea Deoss hopes for the city’s thriving emo scene. It’s a motto of sorts for a crowd of more than 100 people clad in skinny jeans, tattoos and lots of black clothing who flock to the Feathered Friend...

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The longstanding Concord child care center founded by late Concord state Rep. Mary Stuart Gile decades ago has closed permanently, citing insurmountable financial pressures.The Children’s Place, which was taken over by the nonprofit Waypoint NH in...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

In his 14 years in government, Chris Sununu has seen a lot.One of his favorite moments? He was an executive councilor and was about to vote on funding for Planned Parenthood. Activists from opposing sides crowded the council chambers as they debated...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Hundreds of students were rejected from receiving Education Freedom Accounts in 2024 because their families earned more than the program’s income limits.If Republicans have their way in the State House this session, any family, regardless of how much...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Andy Sanborn, the owner of the Concord Casino who is facing felony theft charges, is appealing the revocation of his gaming license by arguing it was “unreasonable and unlawful.”Sanborn filed an appeal asking a Merrimack County Superior Court judge to...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Will Brochu was up on a ladder, stringing up Christmas lights when he got the email: He and another Concord student, Ryan Casey, are headed to Washington, DC.“I sprinted inside and gave my mom a hug and celebrated with my family,” Brochu said. “I...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Earlier this year, New Hampshire lawmakers banned transgender girls from competing on girls’ school sports teams and prohibited some gender reassignment surgeries for minors.Those efforts will continue next year as several Republicans have filed draft...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

It will be one-and-done for Chris Ager as the head of the New Hampshire State Republican Party.Ager, who led Republicans to sweeping wins throughout the state on Election Day, announced Monday he won’t run for reelection after a single term as party...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

In Rick Ladd’s 16 years in the State House, he’d never seen so many education bills.That is, until 2022, when they skyrocketed – so much so that Ladd, a Haverhill Republican and chair of the House Education Committee, said lawmakers can no longer...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

On election night, Republicans in New Hampshire delivered what many thought of as a slam dunk. But outgoing Gov. Chris Sununu doesn’t see Republicans’ trifecta control of the governor’s office, the House and the Senate in Concord as a free pass.The...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Congresswoman-elect Maggie Goodlander warned that President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, doesn’t bode well for Donald Trump’s impending return to the White House.“I’m concerned about the precedent that this pardon sets and the ways it...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

It’s no secret that New Hampshire’s headed toward leaner times. Outgoing Gov. Chris Sununu hoped to get ahead of the revenue problem by asking state agencies to reduce their budgets requests.Still, this year’s proposals totaled nearly $17 billion...