Author: Daniel Weeks

17 steps toward a better year in 2017

Ways to make our communities and our country a little bit better

Democracy is missing from pipeline debate

The vast majority of Granite Staters can’t afford to hire lobbyists or candidates of their own

How we can all fix it

Leading candidates on both sides of the aisle are agreed that big money is corrupting our democracy

Let’s face the facts about democracy in NH

A new report finds that the storybook version doesn’t exist for the vast majority

Granny D's long walk for democracy continues

15 years later, citizens haven’t given up fighting for reform

Time to rebel against big money in politics

Five years after the Citizens United decision, elections for public office have become a private good

The political campaign that could have been

The vast majority of voters say they hate negative ads, and their hatred does not stop there

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Linda’s Closet

Linda’s Closet assists women in achieving life and career goals by providing donated clothing at no cost. The Closet offers a wide variety of clothing for all aspects of a woman’s life, from professional attire to casual wear, school clothes to formal gowns. Clothing also can be provided to fill emergency needs.

Summit Packaging Systems founder Gordon Gilroy dies at 101

Gordon Crossman Gilroy, 101, passed away peacefully at his home in Bedford, New Hampshire, on January 27, 2026. Gilroy founded Summit Packaging Systems, a Manchester-based company that makes aerosol valves.

Land For Good

Land For Good’s mission is to expand secure farmland access, tenure and transfer. We connect, assist and engage farmers, landowners, service providers, communities and policymakers to grow equitable farming opportunity and sustainably keep land in agriculture.

Mall at Fox Run owner, town eye tax district for new Seacoast Landing

Torrington Properties and Newington officials are discussing the creation of a tax increment financing district at the site of the soon-to-be-razed Mall at Fox Run, where the company is preparing to construct the new Seacoast Landing shopping district.

Take 5: College graduation rate, job prediction report, and health care insurance

NH Business Review's biweekly snapshot of business and industry statistics

NHPR launches “Your Neighbors, Your News,” introducing the faces behind local NH news

NH Public Radio’s new video series, “Your Neighbors, Your News,” introduces you to many of the nearly two dozen talented NHPR reporters, editors, hosts and producers who not only bring you the news that matters most in New Hampshire each day, but are your neighbors in the Granite State, committed to digging for answers you need to better understand our changing state.

State lawmakers deny Nashua funding to buy Daniel Webster College site

The state Senate Finance Committee voted along party lines January 13 against a bill that would give Nashua $20 million to purchase the former site of Daniel Webster College. Four Republicans voted in favor and two Democrats against.