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Vermont’s Scott could veto Legislature’s key social plans
05-18-2023 9:40 AM

By WILSON RING

MONTPELIER — Vermont’s fiscally conservative Republican governor said Wednesday he hasn’t decided whether to veto a number of key social programs passed by the state’s Democratic-controlled Legislature, but that he believes lawmakers are spending too...


New England haddock imperiled by overfishing
05-17-2023 10:28 AM

By PATRICK WHITTLE

PORTLAND, Maine — A staple seafood species caught by East Coast fishers for centuries is experiencing overfishing, and regulators have cut catch quotas by more than 80% to prevent the fish’s population from collapse.Haddock are one of the most popular...


Plaintiffs subpoena NH officials in youth center sex abuse cases
05-06-2023 7:41 AM

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — New Hampshire’s state police and the attorney general’s criminal bureau were subpoenaed by the lawyers for hundreds of people who say they were abused at a state-run youth detention center and are now demanding information they say has been...


Vermont becomes first to allow out-of-staters to use assisted suicide law
05-02-2023 6:12 PM

By LISA RATHKE

Vermont on Tuesday became the first state in the country to change its medically assisted suicide law to allow terminally ill people from out of state to take advantage of it to end their lives. Republican Gov. Phil Scott signed the bill that removes...


70% ineligible in start of New Hampshire Medicaid unwinding
04-28-2023 7:59 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — New Hampshire is among a handful of states that began removing people from Medicaid this month, but its efforts to ensure a smooth transition began nearly three years ago.After barring states from kicking people off the program during the...


Vermont passes bills aimed at protecting abortion pills
04-28-2023 10:25 AM

By LISA RATHKE

The Vermont Legislature passed reproductive and gender-affirming health care bills on Thursday with a late addition aimed at protecting access to a medication widely used in abortions even if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration withdraws its...


Consultants recommend southern NH town for new youth detention center
04-27-2023 11:10 AM

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — Consultants hired to evaluate three potential sites for New Hampshire’s new youth detention center are recommending property next to the state’s existing youth psychiatric hospital in Hampstead.SMRT Architects and Engineers assessed the...


Skipping civil rape trial, Trump coming to New Hampshire to campaign
04-27-2023 10:47 AM

By MICHELLE L. PRICE

MANCHESTER — Former President Donald Trump is returning to New Hampshire on Thursday for his first campaign appearance since President Joe Biden launched his own reelection bid, heading for a potential 2024 rematch.The appearance at 4 p.m. in downtown...


Longtime Concord Monitor editor, Pulitzer administrator Mike Pride dies at 76
04-26-2023 10:35 AM

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — Mike Pride, who cultivated excellence in journalism as a New Hampshire newspaper editor and later rewarded it as administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, has died. He was 76.Pride, who died Monday in Florida from complications of a blood...


School choice debate shifts to the New Hampshire Senate
04-26-2023 10:30 AM

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — New Hampshire’s school choice program was depicted as both a lifeline for struggling families and a blow to public education as debate moved to the state Senate on Tuesday.The Senate Education Committee heard testimony on two House-passed...


Maine jury: Developers have right to finish $1 billion power line
04-20-2023 3:44 PM

By DAVID SHARP

Developers have right to finish $1B power line, jury saysEds: UPDATES: This story updates with comment from environmental group.PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A jury that heard complicated testimony about construction schedules and constitutional rights...


Police: Maine man killed parents before firing on motorists
04-20-2023 10:14 AM

By PATRICK WHITTLE and DAVID SHARP

BOWDOIN, Maine — A man confessed to killing four people, including his parents, and then firing on motorists on a busy interstate highway, just days after being released from prison, police said Wednesday. Mike Sauschuck, commissioner of the Maine...


New Hampshire lawmakers debate parents’ rights, trans youth
04-19-2023 1:00 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — Parents seeking more control over schools and those trying to protect transgender youth converged at the New Hampshire Statehouse on Tuesday as lawmakers again took up what has become a national debate.Both the New Hampshire Senate and the...


First ocean fish farm proposed for East Coast
04-07-2023 4:58 PM

By PATRICK WHITTLE

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — A New Hampshire group wants to be the first to bring offshore fish farming to the waters off New England by raising salmon and trout in open-ocean pens miles from land, but critics fear the plan could harm the environment.The vast...


New Hampshire House passes bipartisan $15.9 billion budget
04-06-2023 7:26 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — In a surprising display of cooperation and compromise, the narrowly divided New Hampshire House approved a two-year state budget Thursday, sending the $15.9 billion plan on to the Senate.The total, which includes federal funds, would be more...


Bottle battle: Boston talks of banning tiny bottles of booze
04-06-2023 2:11 PM

By MARK PRATT

BOSTON — The little bottles of booze at Huntington Wine and Liquor are displayed prominently at the front counter of the Boston store, some stacked neatly in display cases, others tossed haphazardly in trays.Steven Rubin, whose family has owned the...


Fundraiser set to finish “Emily’s Hike” in New Hampshire
04-04-2023 9:55 AM

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — Hikers will honor a young Massachusetts woman who died in New Hampshire by climbing multiple peaks this summer and raising funds for a foundation created by her family.The event, dubbed “Emily’s Hike To Save a Life” is set for July 29, with...


Rallies in Vermont, elsewhere hope to build support for transgender amid backlash
03-31-2023 9:01 PM

By WILSON RING

MONTPELIER — Thousands of people rallied across the country Friday as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility in support of the rights of transgender people and their resilience amid what many denounced as an increasingly hostile...


FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan. Here’s what it means
03-29-2023 2:54 PM

By GEOFF MULVIHILL

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling the leading version of naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter.It’s a move...


New Hampshire House passes youth detention replacement bill
03-24-2023 1:14 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — The New Hampshire House rejected a measure aimed at sending fewer children to the state’s troubled youth detention center Thursday after child advocates argued it would have had the opposite effect. The disagreement arose as lawmakers inch...

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