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Nine business days into her tenure as the executive director of Fish and Game, Stephanie Simek was called Thursday to present the department’s vision for the next state budget.Complicating her early-tenure task: At a time when agencies are preparing...

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...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Of the 64 state-owned dams classified as “high hazard” — meaning their failure could result in loss of life — 33 are in poor condition, said the chief engineer of the Department of Environmental Services’ Dam Bureau.“Each one of those high hazard...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

You may have been one of the more than 30,000 New Hampshire residents to recently receive an electronic survey asking your thoughts on the state’s management of big game like deer, turkeys, moose, and bears. The survey, conducted by the University of...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

How much time should those harmed by a persistent class of man-made chemicals have to sue polluters?That’s the question lawmakers will consider in the legislative session that kicks off in January. In 2021, they lengthened the statute of limitations...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

When a legislative oversight committee sends an agency back to work on regulations, it doesn’t necessarily mean the content of the proposal will change.It’s still to be seen if that will be the case with the Department of Environmental Services’...