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By ETHAN DEWITT

In August, the Kearsarge Regional School Board took up a thorny question: How should it comply with a new law barring transgender girls from middle and high school sports?Earlier that summer, Gov. Chris Sununu had signed the law, House Bill 1205,...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

The five-year journey Ed Mezzanotte and his wife, Lorraine, traveled before she lost her life to Alzheimer’s disease in August was marked by heartache, fear, loss, and tragedy. Lorraine wandered from home in the wee hours and vacillated between...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

The state’s nonprofit health centers that serve 85,000 patients in mostly rural parts of the state are getting $5.9 million to help with operating losses. As part of the federal funding approved Wednesday by the Executive Council, the nine “federally...

By ETHAN DEWITT

The New Hampshire Department of Justice is projecting it will spend about $200,000 in the next year to defend the state’s school finance laws from a pair of lawsuits.The estimate, which covers the 2025 state fiscal year, is part of a $6.7 million...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

A 38-year-old hiker who injured her leg and could not continue on. A 56-year-old man who had a medical emergency on a remote trail. A 70-year-old who slipped and injured her ankle while hiking.These are just a handful of the hikers who needed the help...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

A judge has again given Andy Sanborn at least 50 more days to sell Concord Casino, a significant win, saying the additional time would cause little harm to the state and undoubtedly benefit public education and the charities that rely on casino...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Of the more than $13 billion Granite Staters spent on food, beverages, and alcohol in 2022, only 3.2 percent came from regional sources, according to an analysis by the New England Food System Planners Partnership. A strategic food and agriculture...

By ETHAN DEWITT

When Kansas passed a law requiring all voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote, the effects were swift.Three years after the law took effect, 31,089 voter registration applicants – 12 percent of all applications – were...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Lawmakers will have a chance to override more than a dozen vetoes from Gov. Chris Sununu when they convene for “Veto Day” on Oct. 10.If a vetoed bill receives a two-thirds majority vote in both the House and Senate, it becomes law over the governor’s...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

The judge deciding the fate of Andy Sanborn’s Concord Casino said Thursday there is ample public interest in a new owner buying and reopening the casino and resuming funding to charities, contrary to the state’s arguments. But administrative law Judge...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

In a new filing, a lawyer for embattled casino owner Andy Sanborn said that contrary to the state’s arguments, there is significant public interest in giving Sanborn more time to sell the business the state shut down in December.Under a new owner,...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

The approximately 800 charities that collected $31.2 million in casino revenue last year may see legislative changes that could leave some with less money and give others their first chance at gaming proceeds.That’s not the only aspect of the state’s...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Andy Sanborn is seeking a second extension of the state’s Sept. 30 deadline to sell his casino, this time alleging the state is purposely delaying its required review of the buyer in order to thwart the sale.The extension request could leave Sanborn’s...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

In the wake of recent floods and other damaging weather events, the Insurance Department announced Tuesday it was launching a weather catastrophe response team.After the immediate hazards of a storm have cleared, the team will host community outreach...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

New Hampshire will have a woman leading Fish and Game for the first time in the department’s history. The state Executive Council on Friday unanimously confirmed Stephanie Simek of Olympia, Wash. Simek has 30 years of natural resource experience and...

By ETHAN DEWITT

In five cases, families approved for an Education Freedom Account did not present sufficient documentation that they lived in New Hampshire, according to a Department of Education review.In two cases, families were found to be above the income limit...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

The state has chosen a new buyer for its 217-acre former Laconia State School property. The $10.5 million offer is about half what the state’s previous buyer offered but ultimately could not deliver.But a sale is not imminent.The Executive Council...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

As many as 19,300 Medicare holders in New Hampshire could see their medication costs go up if Republicans succeed in repealing newly enacted federal caps on drug prices and out-of-pocket costs, according to a new report from AARP. The Biden...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

New Hampshire Fish and Game gets only a tiny sliver of its revenue from the state general fund. But as its responsibilities and costs grow, legislators are being told that needs to change for the department to survive.“I don’t know how much longer...

By ETHAN DEWITT

The New Hampshire Lottery Commission brought in record revenue the past fiscal year — money that will help fuel the state’s Education Trust Fund.In state fiscal year 2024, which ran from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, New Hampshire took in a total...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Some seafood purchased at a Portsmouth seafood market in May 2022 met an unusual fate.Instead of getting fried up, three filets each of haddock, salmon, tuna, and cod, three lobster tails, and some shrimp and scallops were transported by researchers...