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By DAN BARRICK

Former Gov. Chris Sununu is passing on a run for U.S. Senate, after weeks of flirting with the prospect and strong encouragement from national Republicans, including President Donald Trump.

By TODD BOOKMAN

It’s a home fit for a governor — at least, one with very deep pockets.

By TODD BOOKMAN

A group of law enforcement officers, military veterans and civilians filed civil lawsuits against SigSauer last week, claiming the company’s popular P320 pistol fired without an intentional trigger pull, causing, for some victims, serious and life-altering injuries.

By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN

New Hampshire lawmakers are advancing a bill that would initiate a study into withdrawing from ISO-New England, the organization that operates the region’s electricity grid.

By TODD BOOKMAN

A newborn girl found in Manchester's Pine Island Pond last Thursday was likely placed there up to 48 hours prior, according to a new timeline released by the Manchester Police Department.

By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is releasing some funding for grants that helped farms and other businesses in New Hampshire build solar arrays and other small renewable energy systems.

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

Planned Parenthood of Northern New England says the Trump administration has frozen around $500,000 in family planning funds for its health centers in New Hampshire.

By ANNMARIETIMMINS

The crying from the infant room inside this Somersworth, N.H., child care center made clear: Nap time was over. A teacher rocked one boy in her arms. A parent wiped the nose of another child. Kathleen Collins, the center’s director, cradled 4-month old Harper and walked until her wails stopped.

By TODD BOOKMAN

State police say they’re cracking down against distracted driving, including increased patrols.

By TODD BOOKMAN

Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed an overhaul of New Hampshire’s bail policies into law Tuesday, the culmination of a swift legislative effort by new Republican majorities to undo a series of bipartisan reforms that raised the legal standard for keeping people in jail pretrial.

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

State lawmakers voted Friday to honor — for now — their commitment to settle with victims abused as children at New Hampshire's former youth detention center. But the future is uncertain for more than 750 victims with outstanding claims, because the state has not agreed to continue the settlement fund beyond June.

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Nearly a hundred New Hampshire educators and others rallied outside a Manchester high school Saturday, protesting President Trump’s order to close the federal Department of Education.

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Shivering and somber, dozens of people gathered in a Manchester park Friday night to mourn people who’d died young, sleeping in shelters and cars, and on the street.

By TODD BOOKMAN

President Donald Trump’s recent imposition of a 25% tariff on imported steel and aluminum is being hailed by some steel manufacturers in New Hampshire, while other businesses say it will harm their bottom lines and drive up consumer prices.

By JACKIE HARRIS

A New Hampshire refugee resettlement agency is laying off 19 people, citing President Trump's halt on refugee arrivals and related funding, and another major resettlement organization is also bracing for potential cuts.

By OLIVIA RICHARDSON

Dartmouth College has issued updated travel guidance to immigrant and international students, urging them to make sure they are carrying their immigration documents like passports and status papers whether they travel abroad or within the United States.

New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut — whose efforts to reshape where, how and what students learn endeared him to conservatives but alienated many educators — will step down at the end of this school year.

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

Republicans on New Hampshire’s Executive Council voted Wednesday to move forward with a promotion for a transgender National Guard captain, after previously holding it up for more than a month.

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Dozens of Plymouth State University students gathered on campus Tuesday to protest reports the university is considering eliminating 30 faculty positions in the humanities program to meet a budget shortfall.

By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN

An effort to dissolve New Hampshire’s Office of the Consumer Advocate got its first public hearing Wednesday in a House committee.

By LAU GUZMAN

A growing number of New Hampshire law enforcement agencies have been approved to join a federal program that deputizes local officers to carry out federal immigration enforcement, including serving warrants and detaining people suspected of being in the country illegally. No other law enforcement agency in any other New England state has asked to join the program this year.