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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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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