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Abortion-rights supporters prevail in New Hampshire House
03-24-2023 1:09 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

In a victory for abortion-rights supporters, the Republican-led but closely divided New Hampshire House on Thursday rejected multiple bills to further restrict abortion access while also approving legislation to protect it.The eight abortion-related...


Northeast digs out from winter storm, faces power outages
03-15-2023 3:53 PM

By RODRIQUE NGOWI and KATHY McCORMACK

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Parts of New England and New York were digging out of a nor’easter Wednesday that caused tens of thousands of power outages, numerous school cancellations and whiteout conditions on the roads.The storm began Monday night and lasted...


New England bracing for winter storm
03-13-2023 1:01 PM

By WILSON RING

Parts of New England, upstate New York, northeastern Pennsylvania, and northern New Jersey were bracing Monday for a winter storm that could drop more than 12 inches of heavy, wet snow.The National Weather Service says the storm was supposed to begin...


NH Republican House member arrested for obstructing snowplow
03-10-2023 8:08 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — A Republican lawmaker in New Hampshire was arrested Friday for allegedly screaming and swearing at a snowplow truck operator who recorded the confrontation and later reported him to police.Rep. Jeffrey Greeson, 51, of Wentworth was charged...


Senate backs Medicaid expansion bill
03-10-2023 11:57 AM

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — A unanimous New Hampshire Senate gave preliminary approval Thursday to continuing the state’s expanded Medicaid program and making it permanent.The 24-0 vote to send the bill to the Finance Committee highlighted the Legislature’s evolution...


House votes to expand vouchers
03-10-2023 11:57 AM

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — School choice supporters scored multiple victories Thursday when the state House advanced two bills expanding the state’s education freedom account program, and the state Senate blocked an attempt to limit it.The voucher-like program...


NH Republicans reject codifying abortion rights in state law
03-10-2023 11:55 AM

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — The New Hampshire Senate on Thursday refused to affirm abortion as an explicit right, but lawmakers are still considering a slew of bills on both sides of the issue.The Republican-led Senate voted 14-10 along party lines to reject a bill...


Maine motorists appeal to keep naughty license plates
03-10-2023 11:52 AM

By DAVID SHARP

AUGUSTA, Maine — A Maine vegan whose custom license plate contains the word “tofu” is one of the motorists caught in a state crackdown on vulgar tags. Car owners across the United States can pay an extra fee to customize license plates, sparking...


Northern border immigrant death highlights crossing spike
02-23-2023 7:47 PM

By WILSON RING

The death of a Mexican man who had just entered the United States from Canada illegally is highlighting the spike in illegal crossings along the border between Quebec and parts of New England, officials say.The number of illegal border crossers is...


New Hampshire House gives initial OK to marijuana legalization
02-22-2023 4:45 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD — A bipartisan bill to legalize recreational marijuana in New Hampshire passed its first big test Wednesday.On a 234-127 vote, the House voted to advance a legalization bill to its Ways and Means Committee. Supporters hope New Hampshire will...


Mormon church fined $5M for obscuring size of portfolio
02-22-2023 11:33 AM

By SAM METZ

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its investment arm have been fined $5 million for using shell companies to obscure the size of the portfolio under church control, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...


Discarded cigarette butt, DNA tests solve 52-year-old murder
02-21-2023 6:32 PM

By WILSON RING

BURLINGTON — A discarded cigarette found near the body of a 24-year-old Vermont school teacher in her apartment nearly 52 years ago helped lead investigators to an upstairs neighbor who they say strangled her after having a fight with his wife, police...


Sununu outlines 2-year $14.9B budget proposal in address
02-15-2023 12:53 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

Sununu outlines 2-year $14.9B budget proposal in addressEds: UPDATES: With AP Photos.CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Promoting what he called “pathways of opportunity,” New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu proposed a two-year $14.9 billion budget Tuesday that...


New Hampshire students protest urinal ban in gender debate
02-11-2023 10:39 PM

By PATRICK WHITTLE

MILFORD, N.H. — Dozens of students walked out of their New Hampshire school after the district banned urinals in a compromise to a proposal that would have blocked children from using facilities based on their gender identity.The school board decided...


Ex-NH adviser implicated in youth center abuse lawsuits
02-10-2023 1:29 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

MANCHESTER — The girls at New Hampshire’s youth detention center called their dormitory leader “Peepin’ Dave” because they say he leered at them through a bathroom window. But David Ball, later promoted to chief of operations, also is accused of much...


Fall trial planned for man charged with killing mother
02-08-2023 1:02 PM

By LISA RATHKE

RUTLAND — A federal judge on Tuesday set an October trial for the man charged with killing his mother at sea during a 2016 fishing trip off the coast of New England in what prosecutors say was a scheme to inherit millions of dollars.Nathan Carman, 29,...


Federal appeals court hears case of hidden Vermont Law School murals
01-28-2023 11:30 PM

By LISA RATHKE

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court in New York is considering whether a law school in Vermont modified a pair of large murals when it concealed them behind a wall of panels against the artist’s wishes after they were considered by some in the school...


NH Senate votes to delay closure of troubled youth center
01-19-2023 6:22 PM

By HOLLY RAMER

CONCORD, N.H. — The state Senate gave preliminary approval Thursday to legislation that would keep New Hampshire’s troubled youth detention center open for nearly two more years.Debate over the future of the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester...


Harvard changes course, offers fellowship to rights activist
01-19-2023 5:29 PM

By MICHAEL CASEY

BOSTON — Harvard University announced Thursday that it plans to offer a fellowship to a leading human rights activist after its initial denial sparked widespread criticism.Kenneth Roth, who was the executive director of Human Rights Watch, or HRW,...


Maine gets 1st Mega Millions jackpot with $1.35B grand prize
01-14-2023 3:07 PM

By BRIAN P.D. HANNON

Maine scored its first Mega Millions jackpot — and someone beat the ill fortune of Friday the 13th — when a ticket purchased in the state matched the winning numbers for the lottery’s estimated $1.35 billion grand prize.The lucky combination of...

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