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By ETHAN DeWITT

Gov. Chris Sununu has days to decide the fate of a bill that would require proof of voter identification with no exceptions in future New Hampshire elections, after the legislation arrived at his desk Monday. Opponents of the bill are attempting to...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

While bloom notices piled up ahead of Labor Day weekend, Gov. Chris Sununu claimed at an Executive Council meeting held in Wakefield last week that cyanobacteria are “not toxic.” But scientists have found that cyanobacteria, especially blooms,...

By ETHAN DeWITT

In five cases, families approved for an Education Freedom Account did not present sufficient documentation that they lived in New Hampshire, according to a Department of Education review.In two cases, families were found to be above the income limit...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

The state has chosen a new buyer for its 217-acre former Laconia State School property. The $10.5 million offer is about half what the state’s previous buyer offered but ultimately could not deliver.But a sale is not imminent.The Executive Council...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

When the state’s hospitals say they have problems at the front and back doors, this is what they mean.On a single day in early June, 79 much-needed hospital beds were occupied by people who were ready for discharge to a lower-level of care but...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Some seafood purchased at a Portsmouth seafood market in May 2022 met an unusual fate.Instead of getting fried up, three filets each of haddock, salmon, tuna, and cod, three lobster tails, and some shrimp and scallops were transported by researchers...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

The Department of Health and Human Services is hoping to use nearly $12.4 million in federal money to address security shortcomings revealed during November’s fatal shooting of a state hospital guard and to accommodate the addition of a new forensic...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Outside the Urban Forestry Center in Portsmouth in late May, a peaceful evening dotted with sparse clouds concealed the upheaval inside.Dozens of residents packed into a wood-paneled room lined with posters and rows of chairs to hear officials from...

By ETHAN DeWITT

After months of preparation, lawyers have submitted their first filings in the lawsuits concerning New Hampshire’s school funding system. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office is taking to the Supreme Court to argue that two groundbreaking...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Five years after the homicide of 5-year-old Dennis Vaughan Jr., a judge ordered his grandmother held without bail Monday in connection with his death, and on charges that she physically assaulted his three siblings and urged them to lie about...

By ETHAN DeWITT

For years, teacher pay in New Hampshire has remained low, with new teachers facing average salaries of $41,590. And for years, Democrats, teachers unions, and other advocates have urged increased state investment in public schools to direct money to...

By ETHAN DeWITT

As the State House voting chambers lie empty this summer, Gov. Chris Sununu’s desk has been flooded. Hundreds of bills passed by lawmakers in late spring have circulated from the Office of Legislative Services to the Secretary of State’s Office to the...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

A recent study of New Hampshire mothers led by a Dartmouth researcher found that mothers with higher PFAS levels were at greater risk of stopping exclusive breastfeeding early. Experts recommend infants be exclusively breastfed for the first six...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Gov. Chris Sununu vetoed a Republican-led bill this month that would have brought greater transparency to use of public comments in rulemaking and, according to one of its sponsors, formalized existing processes into law. Sununu wrote in his veto...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Consensus in politics can be rare, but on one issue, the gubernatorial candidates say they agree: The state should not allow a landfill to be built just half a mile from a pristine North Country lake.But, in interviews with the Bulletin, they split on...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

New Hampshire has been named the healthiest state in the country two years running by the United Health Foundation, largely because of its low rates of homicide, poverty, and unemployment. It’s doing considerably worse when it comes to deaths related...

By ETHAN DeWITT

Six years after approving a “bail reform” bill supported by defendants’ rights groups, Gov. Chris Sununu signed a follow-up bill last week that is set to overhaul the state’s bail system once more. Representatives of both parties have applauded the...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN and ETHAN DeWITT

New Hampshire has gone to Democrats in seven of the last eight presidential elections, including all five since 2004. But with its independent nature, and a tumultuous race, the state is no guarantee. In 2016, Hillary Clinton took the state over...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Dan Decoteau was on life support at Massachusetts General Hospital with a traumatic brain injury, hours from death, when the organ donor team asked his family to make an excruciating decision. Would they donate his organs and tissue to save other...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

New Hampshire lawmakers got the message last session. The state’s dire shortage of affordable child care options had reached crisis levels during the pandemic as providers lost staff to higher paying and less stressful jobs at retail stores and fast...

By ETHAN DeWITT

Years after the pandemic threw businesses into disarray, changing expectations around work and leading to widespread worker shortages, New Hampshire’s workforce demand is still strong. Currently, 85 percent of New Hampshire residents between 25 and 55...