Author: Annie Kuster

What you should know about the coronavirus outbreak

There is strong bipartisan cooperation to address the issue

Let’s turn the tide on opioid misuse

When Annette Escalante learned she was pregnant in 1985, she had been battling the disease of substance use disorder for much of her adult life. Annette’s opioid addiction had grown so strong that it was straining her relationships with her…

Bipartisanship needed to avert sequestration cuts

Any approach to deficit reduction that fails to distinguish between wasteful spending and critical investments would undermine our economy and security

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Derry, Salem methadone clinics under investigation

Two for-profit methadone clinics in Derry and Salem are under investigation as part of a statewide initiative looking into unnecessary barriers patients might face when seeking treatment for opioid addiction.

Exeter residents file lawsuit against RiverWoods

More than 100 residents are suing the town and RiverWoods over a proposed “massive” health care facility they say would disrupt the character of their neighborhood.

Trump tariffs add to woes for coffee shops

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Amid Claremont crisis, Pittsfield school district works to dig out of its own million-dollar hole

As a crippling financial crisis uncovered in recent weeks in Claremont makes headlines, Pittsfield, too, is reckoning with a budget shortfall of more than a million dollars as a new school year gets underway. Pittsfield’s deficit, discovered early this year, is roughly $1.8…