The Disability Rights Center in New Hampshire is investigating the state’s disability care system following reporting from the New Hampshire Bulletin, which revealed allegations of systemic abuse and neglect.
Congressional Republicans made some significant changes to Medicaid this year, but they need states like New Hampshire to figure out a system for implementing those changes.
We discuss these stories and more on this week’s edition of the NH News Recap.
Guests:
- William Skipworth, New Hampshire Bulletin
- Kate Dario, NHPR
Top headlines from around New Hampshire this week:
Disability Rights Center launches investigation into New Hampshire’s disability care system
The Bulletin’s reporting uncovered systemic abuse and neglect, sometimes fatal, within the state’s intellectual and developmental disability care system.
NH Republicans seek to implement Medicaid changes as Democrats work to reverse them
Lawmakers in both Concord and Washington, D.C., spent much of 2025 debating cuts and changes to Medicaid, the nation’s public health care program for low-income people and those with disabilities. Now, state lawmakers are preparing to debate how to implement the changes in 2026.
How is NH’s drought impacting Christmas trees?
New Hampshire’s long-running drought has hurt many local seasonal traditions, from whitewater rafting in the summer to leaf-peeping in the fall. But how, now as the holidays approach, are local Christmas trees affected?
More New Hampshire headlines:
NH needs to find $5 million to cover overruns from design mistake at new psych hospital
Former White Mountains trail director to plead guilty to fraud charges
