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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.

By LAU GUZMAN

Housing is the biggest concern for Granite Staters, according to the most recent Granite State Poll from the University of New Hampshire. Researchers asked over 1,300 people about the biggest problem facing New Hampshire, and nearly a third said housing – followed by taxes and education.

By JACKIE HARRIS

Skiers triggered two separate avalanches in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains Wednesday.

By LAU GUZMAN

The ACLU of New Hampshire is asking the federal government to disclose whether it plans to use a prison in New Hampshire to house immigration detainees.

By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN

Two groups of high schoolers, one from Lebanon High School in New Hampshire, the other from Fajardo Academy in Puerto Rico, found themselves in several snowy situations last weekend.

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

Some people who get their health insurance through Medicaid would have to start paying monthly premiums under Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s proposed budget.

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

The organization that governs sports for New Hampshire public schools told districts they must comply with a recent executive order from President Trump forbidding transgender girls from playing on girls sports’ teams.

By TODD BOOKMAN

Police in Hampton, N.H., are responding to a wave of recent complaints from residents who have fallen victim to cryptocurrency scams and say that the scammers’ level of sophistication and organization are concerning.