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By ETHAN DEWITT

When the Concord School District experienced a cybersecurity attack in 2016, Pamela McLeod was the director of technology. The aftermath, she recalled, was crushing.The infiltrators swept up the W-2 wage and tax forms for all of the district’s...

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New Hampshire’s latest cannabis legalization effort is moving toward familiar territory: approved by the House but with uncertain chances in the Senate. That crossover has historically been perilous; the Senate has consistently voted down cannabis...

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Canadian Consul General for New England Bernadette Jordan has a message for New Hampshire residents: “I think our border’s working very well.”The federal official, who was appointed to the post in the Boston consulate in December, said the U.S. and...

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Aaron Share’s dog Blue has graced the cans – and premises – of To Share Brewing Company in Manchester for years. The black and white pit bull is the mascot of one of the brewery’s longest running labels: “Hugs and Belly Rubs.” Cans for the oatmeal...

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New Hampshire lawmakers are considering new guidelines for public school sex education that would bar teachers from discussing LGBTQ sexual relationships – and require all parents to opt into the instruction before students receive it.House Bill 1185...

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In high school, Alice Wade spent a year planning how they would come out as transgender. And to be safe, they planned what to do if it went poorly.“When I was 15, I made plans for what I would do, and which friend’s house I would go to, and how I...

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House Democrats are advocating for an ambitious bill to change how New Hampshire funds its schools. But not all school funding advocates are supporting it.Sponsored by Rep. Dave Luneau, a Hopkinton Democrat, House Bill 1586 proposes allocating state...

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The New Hampshire House passed a bill to ban gender-affirming procedures for minors Thursday, in a 199-175 vote that edges the bill closer to Gov. Chris Sununu’s desk.House Bill 619 would prohibit a doctor or other health care professional from...

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Beverly Cotton had lived in Weare for more than 30 years. But it took retirement – and the disruption of COVID-19 – for her to take interest in her town’s elections.By then she had cast her ballot in countless elections – local, state, and federal....

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New Hampshire school districts have been competing to retain and recruit new teachers for years. But some say schools in rural areas of the state are facing bigger challenges than others.The work can be uniquely challenging – and more lucrative...

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Facing a surge in received complaints since it launched in 2017, New Hampshire’s Civil Rights Unit is expanding its staff, Attorney General John Formella announced Thursday.Formella said the Department of Justice would be adding a law enforcement...

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New Hampshire is sending too little state money to its public schools and is violating the state’s constitution, a superior court judge ruled Monday, in a groundbreaking decision that could significantly change education funding and require the state...

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Long before the conversation, Michelle Cilley Foisy had known her child Jack was not happy.Jack had withdrawn since the outbreak of COVID. They had experienced intense migraines since January, and had shared thoughts of suicidal ideation since...

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New Hampshire is outpacing the country in an unfortunate category: the decline in students attending its colleges.The number of students enrolled full time in the state’s public colleges and universities dropped 13.6 percent from 2019 to the 2022-2023...

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Nearly 4,000 New Hampshire Democratic voters changed their party affiliation ahead of the state’s presidential primary next year, the New Hampshire Secretary of State’s Office announced Wednesday – a possible indication that they plan to participate...

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The New Hampshire state primary is a year away, but the race to succeed Gov. Chris Sununu in the corner office is well underway. Four major candidates have emerged so far, two competing for the Republican nomination and two for the Democratic...

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The program is designed around a simple tradeoff. A public school with a sufficient percentage of low-income students agrees to provide free school meals for all students. In return it receives additional funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture....

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When Franklin-area police departments arrest someone in the middle of the night, they often call Paul Leary to set that person’s bail. And when Leary, a New Hampshire bail commissioner, wakes up to help them, he’s supposed to receive $40 in fees from...

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Defendants in New Hampshire murder cases will no longer be allowed to use a victim’s perceived sexual orientation or gender identity as a defense, after a law signed by Gov. Chris Sununu this month.House Bill 315 adds a new limit to the conditions...

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For over a year, a group of taxpayers have waged a lawsuit against the state of New Hampshire, seeking to prove that the state’s school funding model is unfair. This month, lawyers behind that effort made an ambitious ask.In a proposed settlement...

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New Hampshire officials are attempting to recover $6 million in unemployment benefits that have been incorrectly paid out to Granite Staters since 2017. But how the state enforces those collections has sparked debate. Currently, residents who wrongly...