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By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

In May, the state paid a victim of sexual and physical abuse while at the former Youth Development Center $1.5 million, its largest award yet. The man’s former attorneys, who had urged him to take his case to court instead, are seeking 40 percent of...

By AMANDA PIRANI

This summer, Dartmouth scientists will be studying six New Hampshire lakes to learn more about PFAS in lake food webs. The study “will examine PFAS movement from lake sediment and water to fish and other organisms,” according to the project...

By HADLEY BARNDOLLAR

A new National Institutes of Health study suggests prenatal exposure to PFAS is linked to slightly higher body mass index and obesity risk in children. Some of the data used came from New Hampshire.The New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study – operated out...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

As Lisa Barndollar was leaving a receptionist job five years ago, she asked her boss of a year and a half if she would have hired her had she known Barndollar has mental illness. The woman said no. That conversation could have sent Barndollar, 59, in...

By ETHAN DEWITT

New Hampshire will devote more than $500,000 in federal funds to help resettle up to 400 Ukrainian refugees in the state over the next three years, after an Executive Council vote Wednesday.The council approved contracts with two organizations – the...

By HADLEY BARNDOLLAR

Tucked away on a busy Concord thoroughfare dotted with big-box stores, fast food chains, and automotive services is 10 acres of recreational green space. At Keach Park in the city’s Heights neighborhood, a flat, shaded walking trail loops around a...

By ETHAN DEWITT

As federal COVID-19 support programs fade away, evictions in New Hampshire are on the rise.Data from the state’s judicial branch indicates that the average number of “landlord tenant writs” – the first official phase in an eviction process – filed per...

By AMANDA PIRANI

A bill to study the amount of out-of-state waste entering the Granite State will now head to Gov. Chris Sununu’s desk after passing both the House and Senate by a voice vote. Last Thursday, the House passed Senate Bill 159, which will establish a...

By BEATRICE BURACK

In New Hampshire, as in many states, highways are maintained with revenue from the state gas tax. But a 2020 Department of Transportation report projected that as more drivers trade in their gas-powered cars for electric vehicles, that revenue stream...

By HADLEY BARNDOLLAR

Liquid simmers and gurgles in the bulbous flasks sitting atop a multi-unit heating system. Drenched in fluorescent light, the complex chemistry contraption is continuously bathing clumps of soil, window caulking, concrete, paint chips, and sediment in...

By BEATRICE BURACK

Clover, a 6-month-old infant with a pink bow on her head, spent May 2 at a Senate Finance Committee hearing with her mom, Isabelle Plante. Clover didn’t have much to say, but Plante was “fired up” about the lack of accessible child care in the...

By ETHAN DEWITT

Days before the New Hampshire House takes up a contentious vote on a “parental bill of rights,” a group of church leaders are voicing opposition. In a letter Monday, 80 religious leaders, including pastors, priests, rabbis, and nuns, urged the House...

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

Officials have shared little about what happened leading up to Jason Rothe’s death at New Hampshire’s Secure Psychiatric Unit on April 29, except that he died after a “physical altercation” with six correctional officers, who remain on leave pending...

By HADLEY BANRDOLLAR

A bipartisan omnibus amendment introduced this week in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee combines five energy-related bills.In an effort to “advance both House and Senate priorities,” the amendment is co-sponsored by Republican Sen....

By ETHAN DEWITT

A key Senate committee recommended killing a cannabis legalization bill Tuesday, dealing a setback to an effort that passed the House with bipartisan support.In a 3-2, party-line vote, Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans voted to recommend House...

By ETHAN DEWITT

The first time Maureen Psaradelis suspected that artificial intelligence had infiltrated her high school English classroom came after an assignment about “The Great Gatsby.”Psaradellis had assigned an essay to analyze the themes of F. Scott...

By ARIANA FIGUEROA  

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday announced Democrats’ plans to mark up legislation to increase the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour, pointing to an increase in the cost of living.Outside the U.S. Capitol, Sanders, a Vermont independent and...

By ETHAN DEWITT

For Thomas Anderson, a phone call at 2 in the morning is an invitation, not a nuisance. On the other line is likely a police department and a person who has just been arrested and charged. And as a bail commissioner, Anderson is one of 100 people in...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Two years ago, the public found much to criticize in the state budget. During a nine-hour public hearing in May 2021, the Senate Finance Committee heard a great deal about the budget’s abortion ban, restriction on teaching “divisive concepts,” and the...

By HADLEY BARNDOLLAR

American kestrel #42329 spent its winter around Masonboro Island on the southern coast of North Carolina, before starting its annual flight north on April 14. On its way toward New Hampshire, it was tracked in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,...