New Hampshire lawmakers opened the 2024 State House session Wednesday by tackling a long list of bills left over from 2023. Here’s a summary of some of what they accomplished: Drug testing A bill legalizing the possession of drug-checking materials…
The Laconia School District is slated to return to court, endeavoring to overturn a Department of Labor decision directing it to pay $70,000 to a former administrator. The district was successful in its appeal earlier this year of a DOL…
On the day of Manchester’s city election last month, a person entered the Ward 5 polling location and registered to vote without showing a valid photo ID. In the past, that would-be voter could have signed a form attesting to…
Bills proposed in the N.H. Legislature would help farmers recover from millions of dollars in weather-related crop damage incurred this year, and would set aside money for future such problems. State Sen. Donovan Fenton, D-Keene, said Monday the agricultural industry…
A bipartisan group of lawmakers and behavioral health advocates want more oversight of substance use disorder treatment programs in New Hampshire. Advocates say a new bill, sponsored by Sen. Sharon Carson, was drafted in direct response to NHPR’s investigation into…
Christopher Eric Farris sues Troy for $2.5m due to lack of promised sewer, water connection
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office plans to open a community outreach office in Strafford County to serve innovators in the New England region, officials said Wednesday. The agency also will open a new regional office in Atlanta to serve…
Mark Brave announced his resignation as Strafford County sheriff in court Tuesday, leading state prosecutors to withdraw their request to revoke his bail on eight felony charges. Brave, 38, has been free on bail since August, when he was charged…
In the biting cold and early-evening darkness of a true New Hampshire December night, eight figures gathered under the fluorescent, gray-white glow of the street lamp at the intersection of Blueberry Lane and North Main Street in Laconia on Friday.…
A former state senator and casino owner accused of buying luxury cars with a fraudulently obtained COVID-19 relief loan kept financial records that were "sloppy at best" and nefarious at worst, an auditor testified Monday. But his attorney argued that…
