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By ETHAN DEWITT

In the 2000 presidential election, Democrat Al Gore lost the state of New Hampshire narrowly, by 7,211 votes. Under the state’s “winner take all” system, all four of the Granite State’s Electoral College votes went to Republican George W. Bush, a win that would prove consequential in Bush’s overall victory. 

By ETHAN DEWITT

The signs that New Hampshire’s business tax revenues might be faltering first emerged in late 2023. Now, they’re unmistakable.

By ETHAN DEWITT

The New Hampshire Supreme Court held that a local white supremacist group, NSC-13, did not violate the state’s Civil Rights Act when it displayed a banner reading “KEEP NEW ENGLAND WHITE” from an overpass. 

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN and ETHAN DEWITT

New Hampshire’s 2025 legislative session is kicking off this month. But the flood of legislation proposed by lawmakers this year means State House staff are scrambling to get it all ready. 

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

New Hampshire now has a registry of properties in the state enrolled in carbon credit programs, through which trees are kept standing and sequestering carbon to serve as offsets to the greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change.

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Among New Hampshire’s most treasured natural beauties are its lakes. But those water bodies face a number of mounting stressors: climate change, pollution runoff, aging dams, cyanobacteria blooms, and more.Some of those challenges will be the focus of...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Researchers at Plymouth State University will use a two-year, $192,000 federal grant to look at almost a century of snowpack data in the Northeast and create the first “Snow Drought Index” in the nation.The index “will look at measurements of depth...

By ETHAN DEWITT

The new year brings a wealth of changes to New Hampshire, from the governor’s office to the Legislature. It also includes a number of new laws. While most of the 378 laws signed by Gov. Chris Sununu in 2024 have already taken effect, many were timed...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Of the 64 state-owned dams classified as “high hazard” — meaning their failure could result in loss of life — 33 are in poor condition, said the chief engineer of the Department of Environmental Services’ Dam Bureau.“Each one of those high hazard...

By ETHAN DEWITT

About once every year for the past eight years, New Hampshire lawmakers had their shot at a moment with Gov. Chris Sununu.Away from the press, and off the legislative calendar, the governor’s staff would open up the Executive Council chambers, spread...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

You may have been one of the more than 30,000 New Hampshire residents to recently receive an electronic survey asking your thoughts on the state’s management of big game like deer, turkeys, moose, and bears. The survey, conducted by the University of...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

How much time should those harmed by a persistent class of man-made chemicals have to sue polluters?That’s the question lawmakers will consider in the legislative session that kicks off in January. In 2021, they lengthened the statute of limitations...

By ETHAN DEWITT

After two weeks of delay amid concerns over accountability, the Executive Council approved a partnership Wednesday between New Hampshire and Dartmouth Health to take over and operate the state’s mental health hospital in Hampstead.In a 4-1 vote, the...

By EMILY CUMMINGS

Mount Washington is known for having the worst weather in the world, so the week before Christmas, most people would expect the summit to be consumed by snowy conditions. But on Dec. 17-19, 2023, precipitation on the mountain fell as rain. The...

By ETHAN DEWITT

Two Londonderry Republicans will lead the New Hampshire House and Senate for the next two years, after being formally voted in by their peers Wednesday. Sherman Packard was reelected House speaker, beginning his third term in the job with a much more...

By ETHAN DEWITT

The Executive Council tabled a proposal Wednesday to create a public-private partnership and allow Dartmouth Health to run the state’s Hampstead Hospital, after councilors argued they needed more time to review the contract.The proposal would allow...

By ETHAN DEWITT

New Hampshire’s Department of Health and Human Services is proposing a public-private partnership with Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital – a branch of the Dartmouth Health system – to take over the state’s Hampstead Hospital and Residential Treatment...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

When a legislative oversight committee sends an agency back to work on regulations, it doesn’t necessarily mean the content of the proposal will change.It’s still to be seen if that will be the case with the Department of Environmental Services’...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

In a unanimous decision, a legislative panel issued a preliminary objection Thursday to the Department of Environmental Services’ proposed updates to its landfill regulations, planning to bring the agency back for consideration next month.Advocates...

By ETHAN DEWITT

The number of reported bullying incidents among New Hampshire public middle school students ticked up 12.5% this past school year, state data shows, after it had appeared to plateau since the pandemic.But other metrics have been more steady. The...

By CLAIRE SULLIVAN

Nine business days into her tenure as the executive director of Fish and Game, Stephanie Simek was called Thursday to present the department’s vision for the next state budget.Complicating her early-tenure task: At a time when agencies are preparing...