Despite being approved for hire, nearly 150 new workers at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard have yet to begin their employment due to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management holding up their processing, according to New Hampshire and Maine U.S. senators.
Private schools should have to play by the same rules as public schools
After failing to reach an agreement on a new contract during seven months of negotiations, Dartmouth student workers informed the college on Wednesday, May 14, of their plan to strike.
As they shape the “big, beautiful bill” President Trump has promised, House Republicans have looked at offsetting tax cut costs through Medicaid cuts. This has drawn blowback from moderate Republicans.
Leading substance use professionals, advocates and family members from around New Hampshire gathered to discuss the harmful impacts that changes included in the state budget proposal could have on prevention, treatment and recovery programs.
A group representing New Hampshire’s hospitals filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a state tax on hospitals — the latest turn in an ongoing dispute over hundreds of millions of dollars in health care funding.
Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, urged new Secretary of the Navy John Phelan to expand the branch’s fleet of submarines, ships and aircraft carriers to better compete with China.
To tap into alternative revenue streams, state Rep. Dan McGuire is proposing to legalize slot machines in New Hampshire’s bars and restaurants.
No one will feel the effects of the two-year budget passed by the New Hampshire House more, if it is enacted, than New Hampshire low-income residents who need help paying for, and accessing, health care.
Kelly Ayotte took the stage at Saint Anselm College’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics on Wednesday, April 16, for the first time since her gubernatorial debate last fall, now as governor and following the NH House’s revisions to her proposal for the state’s next two-year budget.
