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It’s been a decade since a Democrat was elected governor in New Hampshire. In less than two months, Democratic voters will head to the polls to select a nominee who hopes to break that drought. The party’s primary ballot includes two candidates who...

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Caelin Graber is now banned from entering the Market Basket grocery store in Milford, so she has to conduct an interview from across the street.“This was my Market Basket that I shopped at regularly,” she says, ducking into some shade on a recent...

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Around lunchtime on Feb. 8, 2023, inside an administrative office at Fort Eustis in Virginia, a sergeant with the Army’s 221st Military Police Detachment stood chatting with his supervisor.Another soldier on his way to an office refrigerator tried to...

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Nearly all federal court buildings around the country, including the Warren B. Rudman Courthouse in Concord, have a blanket policy: no recording, no electronics.It’s a policy Jason Gerhard knows well, but doesn’t accept.This past September, Gerhard, a...

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The largest change to New Hampshire election laws in recent history: That’s how some are describing a setof Republican-backed bills that would create new requirements for people looking to register to vote. The bills would also make New Hampshire...

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Abortion providers and some privacy advocates are rallying against a Republican proposal to collect abortion statistics, arguing the bill as written could put patient identities at risk.New Hampshire is one of four states that doesn’t collect and...

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Geno Marconi, the longtime head of the New Hampshire Port Authority, has been placed on paid administrative leave.The Pease Development Authority, which oversees the ports, declined to provide a reason for Marconi’s sudden removal from his post, only...

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Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man captured on video shattering two light sconces featuring the Star of David attached to the exterior of Temple Israel in downtown Portsmouth.The incident occurred around 8:30 p.m. Monday.“While...

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On its best days, Manchester-Boston Regional Airport has none of the annoyances that plague most other airports: no long delays at TSA, no shuttle buses, no lines to check a bag or buy a bad sandwich.But that’s not necessarily good news for the...

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New Hampshire Senate Republicans blocked an effort to enact an extreme risk protection order system, sometimes referred to as a “red flag” law.The proposal up for debate Thursday would have allowed someone’s relatives or law enforcement to petition a...

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A group of state lawmakers have unfurled a proposal to change New Hampshire’s official state flag: They want to add the phrase “Live Free or Die,” which would be the first update to the flag’s design in more than 90 years.The bill, HB 1016, seeks to...

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New Hampshire ski mountains were inundated with rain on Monday, washing away snow and forcing shutdowns.Waterville Valley Resort reported approximately 5 inches of rain in a 24-hour period, prompting the mountain to suspend alpine skiing on Tuesday...

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Five synagogues in New Hampshire were among hundreds nationwide that received bomb threats in recent days. The emailed threats, which the FBI said Tuesday don’t appear credible, come as the state is set this year to record the highest number of...

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The governor, a majority in the New Hampshire Legislature and the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources are all on board with spending $500,000 to erect a statue to honor the legacy of teacher and astronaut Christa McAuliffe.They want the...

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Melissa Countway, Gov. Chris Sununu’s nominee to New Hampshire’s Supreme Court, told the Executive Council that if appointed, she would bring a fair and impartial voice to the bench.Countway, 52, was tapped to fill the seat being vacated by Justice...

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A Bristol man is facing four federal charges for allegedly breaching the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.He’s the sixth person from New Hampshire to face charges in connection with the riot, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.Shawn...

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Civil liberties advocates say New Hampshire’s practice of affording patients who have been involuntarily committed due to mental health concerns an initial hearing over a telephone, instead of in-person, is a violation of their due process rights.The...

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The New Hampshire Attorney General’s office has hit another roadblock in its efforts to prosecute a white supremacist group, but plans to appeal its case to the state supreme court.A Rockingham County Superior Court judge has again rejected New...

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A new status report on the number of claims of physical and sexual abuse at state-run youth detention facilities in New Hampshire shows an increasing share of victims are opting to forgo trials in exchange for faster payouts.Former state Supreme Court...

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Growing up, Talesha Saint-Marc rarely saw lawyers who looked like her.After becoming a lawyer herself, she then saw few judges who were Black.“Sometimes it can be really difficult to think big, if you do not see people who reflect your life...