There are any number of reports, surveys, and rankings that show how well — or how poorly — New Hampshire is doing on a range of issues. Everything from education funding to safety to having a baby to business opportunities to student loan delinquency — it seems everything can be measured in one form or another, often as a yardstick against other states.
In a recent ad, a candidate for Congress claimed that “two families have controlled New Hampshire politics for the last several decades,” or something to that effect. That rather curious claim referred to the alleged dominance of New Hampshire politics by the Shaheen and Sununu families. The notion that any family has or could dominate New Hampshire politics has to be dismissed.
Child care and early education are the initial focus of a Stay Work Play initiative called NH Nexus to identify and address key issues facing young residents of New Hampshire
As Granite Staters eye ever-increasing purchase prices for a single-family home, state and federal policy makers wrestle with solutions that create more housing supply. Among them is bipartisan federal legislation on housing that is being held hostage by President Donald Trump’s fixation on a bill that would require voters to provide proof of citizenship with such documents as U.S. passports or birth certificates.
Two New Hampshire cities are among the 10 best-run cities in the country, according to a WalletHub analysis of U.S. communities where residents get the most bang for their taxes. Manchester was rated No. 3, while Nashua was close behind at No. 5., based on a “Quality of Services” score that WalletHub developed using 36 metrics across six key service areas — financial stability, education, health, safety, economy and infrastructure/pollution.
A new report says an influx of new Granite Staters is coming primarily from neighboring Massachusetts, and most of them are younger, part of Gen Z, the cohort of people born roughly between 1997 and 2012. But another report says the newbies, like already established residents here, face affordability challenges when it comes to housing and child care.
The recently formed New Hampshire Forum has been whittling down — from 18 to four to one or two — important issues that will be addressed in the 2027 session of the state Legislature.
State Sen. Cindy Rosenwald, who represents Nashua and serves as the Senate deputy minority leader, announced earlier this month she won’t seek re-election in November, putting a cap on a 22-year career in state politics.
A federal judge heard opening arguments Monday, February 9, in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a 2024 state law that requires first-time voters in New Hampshire to show proof of U.S. citizenship when they register.
Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais delivered his State of the City on Tuesday, Feb. 10, framing a path to the city’s future through the lens of history. His speech, at times rapid-fire and metrics-driven and at others raised to the passionate, oratorial tone of a secular civic sermon, addressed a standing-room-only crowd of business and civic leaders at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College.
