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Ethics Committee won’t weigh in on Reardon and new recusal law
10-30-2024 5:24 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The state’s Legislative Ethics Committee declined to determine whether or not a new conflict of interest law would require Senate candidate Tara Reardon to recuse herself from certain legislation if she is elected next month primarily because she is...

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“Honoring the promise” – First responders want cuts to state pension system undone
10-31-2024 4:57 PM

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Firefighting was in Dan Randall’s family. His grandfather was a fire chief, as was his dad.Randall had no doubt it would be his career path too, but he waited until he was 35 years old to get hired to a department – competition at the time was...


Shurtleff casts final vote as state representative after 20-year career
10-17-2024 4:45 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

After 20 years, Steve Shurtleff has cast his last vote as a member of the 400-member New Hampshire House of Representatives.On Thursday, colleagues and friends gathered to honor the speaker emeritus, who also held the titles of House speaker, minority...


Hundreds gather for vigil marking first anniversary of Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel
10-08-2024 4:44 PM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Evelyn Miller knew people living in a kibbutz, or community, in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. When a neighboring kibbutz was attacked by Hamas, some of them ran over to help. Four of them were killed, she said.It’s part of the reason she attended a vigil on...


Matty Gregg wants to end hunger. So he’s running across New Hampshire to do it
10-04-2024 1:33 PM

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Matty Gregg’s story started with a movie and a bet.The 1983 film, The Terry Fox Story, chronicled 22-year-old Canadian Terry Fox as he attempted to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research after he lost his right leg to osteosarcoma.He...


Rand school funding trial to begin Monday
09-29-2024 12:00 PM

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

To help pay their tax bill, the second floor of John and Meredith Lunn’s Newport home is now a 600-square-foot apartment. Any source of income helps when they’re trying to pay an annual tax bill that only seems to grow year to year.In 2023, that bill...


State ethics committee continues consideration of conflict of interest rules despite Reardon opposition
09-16-2024 5:36 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

An attorney for state Senate candidate Tara Reardon urged the Legislative Ethics Committee to dismiss a request to decide whether a new conflict of interest law would prevent Reardon from working or voting on bills where her spouse or his firm has...


“A woman can run for anything” – New Hampshire’s all-female tickets for top state races build off rich state history
09-14-2024 1:56 PM

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Ashley Miller loves to tell visitors about Marilla Ricker when they walk into the State Archives. Years before women had the right to vote, Ricker demanded her name be on New Hampshire ballots.She was the first female lawyer in the state and demanded...


‘Unanswered questions’: Reardon wins Senate primary with conflict of interest ruling still ahead
09-11-2024 3:15 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Tara Reardon may have prevailed in a contentious three-way state Senate primary in the heavily Democratic Concord area, but a key test for her candidacy, and her potential first term, is still ahead.On Monday, the state Legislative Ethics Committee...


Reardon takes Senate District 15 race, topping McWilliams, Brennan
09-10-2024 10:22 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Tara Reardon, long-time former state representative from Concord and current county commissioner, won the Democratic primary for the state Senate representing the Capital Region by a 372-vote margin. In the three-way race between Reardon and two...


In Loudon, House seats draw narrow competition
09-10-2024 3:25 PM

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Dennis Jakubowski put on his washed green hat, stitched with a white peace sign, and headed to the Loudon polls Tuesday morning. Jakubowski, 70, hoped he could sway his neighbors to vote down ballot Democrat. In a narrowly divided legislature, every...


With an eye toward the economy, NH’s top candidates spend more outside of NH
09-07-2024 10:53 AM

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

In the bottom corner of campaign signs speckled on green front lawns, a white outline of the state is accompanied by the lettering “printed in New Hampshire.”It’s a small marker that Keystone Press in Manchester puts on signs for races up and down the...


As Warmington and Craig attack, Kiper hopes his ambiguity is an advantage
09-06-2024 8:39 PM

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Jon Kiper knows that when voters look at the ballot on Tuesday, they probably won’t recognize his name.He's held local office in his Seacoast town of 9,000 but he's not on people’s televisions in attack advertisements like his competitors. Unless they...


New England College students have a front-row seat to watch Morse and Ayotte battle over credentials
09-05-2024 5:00 PM

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Sumana Anand didn’t know much about Kelly Ayotte or Chuck Morse when she took her seat in the auditorium of New England College.The 17-year-old student from Derry kicked off her freshman year by attending her first candidate debate just before she...


On day of Georgia school shooting, NH GOP candidates for Congress supported gun rights with different approaches
09-05-2024 1:35 PM

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

In response to a shooting where four people were killed at a high school in Georgia – Lily Tang Williams cited her endorsement from 18 local gun shops and said gun-free zones can cost lives. She wants more Americans to arm themselves, which is their...


Ethics committee won’t make a ruling on Tara Reardon conflict of interest until after election
09-04-2024 5:31 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

New Hampshire’s Legislative Ethics Committee will determine whether Tara Reardon, if elected to the state Senate, would have to recuse herself on legislation that her spouse’s firm lobbies on — but not until after the primary on Tuesday.That means...


Under new law, Tara Reardon could not vote on issues her husband lobbies for, critics say
09-02-2024 10:32 AM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Tara Reardon, whose spouse is lobbyist and former Concord mayor Jim Bouley, won’t be able to vote on any legislation that involves her husband’s clients if she is elected to the State Senate due to a recent change to state law, her critics say.“Under...


‘Being closer to New Hampshire is better’: Sununu signs child welfare reforms, prioritizing in-state residential care
08-26-2024 3:40 PM

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Cassandra Sanchez’s visit to a Tennessee facility last year raised an alarm for the New Hampshire child advocate.One of the children held at the facility told her he had one goal: to do “whatever it takes” to return to the Granite State.A new law,...


Senate District 15 primary: Where the three Democrats stand on the issues
08-26-2024 8:54 AM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

The New Hampshire Senate is going to look different next year, as multiple high-ranking senators have stepped away — including in the Capital area.Three Democrats — Angela Brennan of Bow and Rebecca McWilliams and Tara Reardon, both of Concord — are...


In NH’s most competitive senate primary, three Dems vie for Concord’s seat
08-23-2024 5:37 PM

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

When State Sen. Becky Whitley made clear that she wasn’t running for re-election, two Democratic state representatives — both far younger than most New Hampshire legislators and eager to serve in higher office — dove into the race to fill her...


Parker Tirrell, a 15-year-old transgender girl, plays in first soccer scrimmage of the season
08-21-2024 5:14 PM

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Parker Tirrell went down after a hard foul in front of goal in the second half of a girls’ soccer scrimmage Tuesday night, and she drew a much-needed penalty for her team while down 1-0.Tirrell played for Plymouth Regional High School in a friendly...

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