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By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Women hold top spots in New Hampshire politics, including the governorship and three-quarters of the congressional delegation. In the Legislature, though, they remain significantly underrepresented.

By WILLIAM SKIPWORTH

During a busy two days of voting last week, the New Hampshire House of Representatives approved several Republican-backed bills seeking to lift or prevent certain public health-centered requirements for children.

By ETHAN DEWITT

If a New Hampshire parent wants to remove a book from their school district for being too obscene, the process depends on their district.

By WILLIAM SKIPWORTH

The federal government, under President Donald Trump, announced Tuesday it was revoking $11.4 billion of unspent, leftover, post-pandemic COVID-19 relief funding from state and local governments, $80 million of which is coming from New Hampshire.

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

New Hampshire’s ski slopes and lakes are among its iconic natural attractions. They also face contamination from “forever chemicals” present in some recreational activities.

By WILLIAM SKIPWORTH

Amid a yearslong debate over how to make sure ambulance patients aren’t surprised with massive bills even when they have health insurance, the New Hampshire House of Representatives approved a bill aimed at solving the issue.

By ETHAN DEWITT

Reegan DePasquale had just moved to Hampton. On March 11, she attempted a rite of passage: participation in town meeting. 

By WILLIAM SKIPWORTH

By a single vote, the New Hampshire House of Representatives decided to table a proposal to legalize assisted suicide.

By WILLIAM SKIPWORTH

As New Hampshire lawmakers look for ways to cut the state budget, Republicans in the State House want to eliminate the state’s Office of the Child Advocate, the Commission on Aging, and the Housing Appeals Board.

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Even under the ice, cyanobacteria have been blooming in Partridge Lake.

By ETHAN DEWITT

A planned reduction of the duties of the U.S. Department of Education by President Donald Trump has rattled teachers and administrators throughout the nation. But educators and state officials have differing views on how much the cuts could affect New Hampshire. 

By ETHAN DEWITT

New Hampshire Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut is ending his eight-year tenure this spring because Gov. Kelly Ayotte “is going to go in a different direction,” he said in an interview Tuesday.

By ETHAN DEWITT

The New Hampshire House passed a bill that would set automatic budget caps for all New Hampshire school districts, sparking intense debate over local control and local property taxes.

By ETHAN DEWITT

The New Hampshire House and Senate passed two separate bills to remove income caps from the state’s education freedom accounts program Thursday, heralding a shift among Republicans since the program began. 

By WILLIAM SKIPWORTH, ETHAN DEWITT and CLAIRE SULLIVAN

As the lengthy New Hampshire state budgeting process unfolds in the State House, residents were finally given the opportunity to weigh in during a hearing last week.

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Lead can cause serious health problems, especially in young children. In April, the state is offering free soil testing to root out one path to exposure.

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

In late May, a Charlestown farm was preparing to plant a crop of carrots and potatoes. Then, 4.5 inches of rain and hail fell in a little more than an hour. 

By WILLIAM SKIPWORTH

A new proposal to ensure New Hampshire’s Medicaid program doesn’t pay for circumcisions unless medically necessary was approved in the state House of Representatives by a single vote Thursday.

By TODD BOOKMAN and JOSH ROGERS

It took three trips, but Brooke Yonge was finally able to cast her ballot.

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

President Donald Trump has tapped a six-term Salem lawmaker who co-chaired two of his campaigns in the state to run New England’s regional federal emergency office.

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

As recent data prompts concern about childhood lead poisoning in the state, the New Hampshire House shot down two bills last week aimed at addressing the issue.