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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 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 CLAIRE SULLIVAN

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

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 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.

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

A proposal would make New Hampshire the first state in the nation to ban adhesive-based rodent traps.

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is asking anglers for their help collecting information about the state’s striped bass populations.

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

There are proposals emanating from the House, the Senate, and the governor’s office to put a pause on new landfills in the state. Over the next few months, they’ll have to reach an agreement on just how long that pause should be.

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

The House approved legislation Thursday that would allow adults to have several weapons that are currently prohibited under state law.

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Business isn’t always a piece of cake for homestead sellers.

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

The House approved legislation Thursday to peel back parts of government aimed at encouraging the development of offshore wind.

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

The House voted Thursday to remove certain penalties for incorrectly applying fertilizer, moving to change a law legislators passed in the fall over the veto of then-Gov. Chris Sununu.

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Gov. Kelly Ayotte, a month after she vowed to prevent a contentious project from coming to fruition in the North Country, endorsed a one-year moratorium on new landfills in the state. She also proposed creating a new site evaluation committee for future landfills.

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

As warming seas pose difficulties for seafood globally, a $3 million gift will help the University of New Hampshire develop an international, community-based seafood production program, the university announced this week.

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Gov. Kelly Ayotte on Wednesday signed an executive order implementing a hiring freeze in state government, carving out some exceptions.

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

New Hampshire now has a registry of properties in the state enrolled in carbon credit programs, through which trees are kept standing and sequestering carbon to serve as offsets to the greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change.

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

The Department of Environmental Services is accepting applications to reimburse schools, businesses, local and state government agencies and departments, and others for eligible diesel emissions reduction projects.

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Among New Hampshire’s most treasured natural beauties are its lakes. But those water bodies face a number of mounting stressors: climate change, pollution runoff, aging dams, cyanobacteria blooms, and more.Some of those challenges will be the focus of...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Researchers at Plymouth State University will use a two-year, $192,000 federal grant to look at almost a century of snowpack data in the Northeast and create the first “Snow Drought Index” in the nation.The index “will look at measurements of depth...