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By ETHAN DEWITT

New Hampshire’s “Summer EBT” program will still be distributing funds to low-income families this year, officials say. It will just happen in late fall and winter.The program, approved by the Legislature last spring, uses federal dollars from the U.S....

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

The Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee on Friday approved $500,000 in federal funds to address cyanobacteria blooms, the often-toxic growths that can pose health risks to pets and humans.The Department of Environmental Services was awarded the funds...

By ETHAN DEWITT

New Hampshire health officials are continuing an overhaul of the national suicide prevention hotline and have accepted federal money to improve the state’s response.On Oct. 18, the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee approved an additional $979,000 in...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Concord Casino owner Andy Sanborn’s arrest Oct. 16 for alleged pandemic fraud is the most recent but not sole COVID-19 fraud case brought by state and federal authorities in New Hampshire since 2022. In all, authorities have announced charges against...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

When food ends up in landfills, it releases large amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas much more potent than carbon dioxide. A state law that goes into effect early next year aims to cut that source.The Department of Environmental Services is ramping...

By ETHAN DEWITT

Republicans on the House Transportation Committee are recommending legislation allowing families to provide a “home school” version of driver’s education.House Bill 55 would end the requirement that teenagers between 15 and 18 years old take an...

By ETHAN DEWITT

Director of the New Hampshire Port Authority Geno Marconi was indicted Thursday on two felony charges of witness tampering and falsifying physical evidence — a day after his wife, Supreme Court Associate Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi, was also...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

The next governor will inherit a statewide child care crisis that has persisted despite recent state and federal investments totaling more than $160 million. And to tackle it, she will get a tight budget that’s lost two key revenue streams: millions...

By ETHAN DEWITT

Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi has been indicted on two felonies by a grand jury for allegedly interfering with the criminal investigation of her husband, according to the New Hampshire Attorney...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Hopes dashed that the state would clear the way for him to sell his casino by a Friday deadline, Andy Sanborn has moved to keep the clock running in hopes he can still close a deal. The state is objecting, arguing that Sanborn shouldn’t have gotten...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Living on Arlington Pond in Salem, N.H., Republican Rep. Lorie Ball saw the state’s cyanobacteria problem up close. The blooms, and frustration from neighbors, led her to sponsor a bill to stem the fertilizer runoff that can feed them.That bill made a...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

There has been a sharp decline since before the pandemic in the share of Granite Staters who feel they matter in their communities, researchers found in a report released Tuesday.It’s one of several indicators of civic health — defined by researchers...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

The Legislature on Thursday overrode the governor’s veto of a bill that puts limits on fertilizers with the aim of reducing cyanobacteria blooms.The measure, House Bill 1293, further restricts the use of certain phosphorus-containing fertilizers and...

By ETHAN DEWITT and CLAIRE SULLIVAN

When New Hampshire state agencies seek to pass new administrative rules, they must hold public hearings and hear suggestions. But they aren’t required to follow those suggestions, and if they choose not to, they do not need to give a reason why.That...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Andy Sanborn’s fight against the state to keep his gaming license long enough to sell his casino has played out publicly for over a year. Since at least May, his lawyers have been waging a second battle behind closed doors, this one over records and...

By ETHAN DEWITT

The standoff began over email.A day before the Bow High School junior varsity girls’ soccer team was set to face off on home turf against the Plymouth Regional High School’s team — a team that included a transgender female player — Bow’s athletic...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Miniature herb gardens and compact hydroponic farms are headed to New Hampshire schools after the Executive Council approved using federal funds for the purchases last week.For about $12,000 total, 1,200 mini herb gardens will be distributed to...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

The latest poll from the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College suggests voters continue to be open to splitting their ticket in November.Vice President Kamala Harris led former President Donald Trump by seven percentage points in...

By ETHAN DEWITT

 The New Hampshire Supreme Court appears unlikely to overturn the landmark Claremont school funding decisions from the 1990s in the latest round of school funding lawsuits, according to a court order.The announcement signals that the court is not...

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,...