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NH to spend additional million dollars to improve suicide prevention hotline
New Hampshire health officials are continuing an overhaul of the national suicide prevention hotline and have accepted federal money to improve the state’s response.
More money headed toward cyanobacteria remediation
The Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee on Oct. 18 approved $500,000 in federal funds to address cyanobacteria blooms, the often-toxic growths that can pose health risks to pets and humans.
NH Business Notebook: 'Anything but run of the mill,’ but a mill runs through it
The 7,000 Manchester-area jobs expected to be created over the next several years associated with the nonprofit Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute is driving downtown development.
State pushes back on Andy Sanborn’s attempt to terminate criminal investigation against him
The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office is asking a judge to dismiss Andy Sanborn’s attempt to terminate the ongoing criminal investigation against him or disqualify the current investigating team from continuing to pursue the case. Sanborn, the owner of the Concord Casino and the Draft Sports Bar and Grill on South Main Street in Concord, filed a lawsuit claiming state investigators obtained and accessed privileged documents that included private attorney-client communications while executing a search warrant at his business.
Can new law help day care log jams in NH?
A new state law that went into effect in September could make day care more available in residential neighborhoods
Craig's mayorship, Ayotte's finances topics of gubernatorial debate
The Oct. 24 gubernatorial debate hosted by the Greater Manchester Chamber continued in the same vein as the negative slugfest that has been playing out in debates and TV commercials for months, with each candidate attacking their opponent as much as touting themselves as they close in on the Nov. 5 election.
Lawmakers file proposal to repeal 'divisive-concepts' law
A federal judge ruled on May 28 that the 2021 statute is unconstitutionally vague and violates free speech guarantees, but the N.H. Attorney General’s Office is appealing
Medicare changes in NH roil senior health market
Medicare recipients enter disruptive enrollment period as insurance carriers have changed plans, exited certain counties or decided to leave the state altogether
Percentage of low-income families receiving school vouchers dropped since start of EFA program
More New Hampshire families that don’t qualify as low-income are receiving publicly funded school vouchers to pay for private, religious and homeschooling expenses through the state’s Education Freedom Account program.
