Casey McDermott
Senior News EditorI oversee our coverage of health and equity, youth and education, and mix of other issues affecting people in New Hampshire. I work with reporters on stories that aim to help people feel more connected to their fellow Granite Staters, better equipped to understand complicated systems that affect their daily lives, and to hold powerful people and institutions accountable to the people they’re supposed to serve.
Contact Casey at cmcdermott@nhpr.org.
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The House Election Law Committee unanimously voted against a bill that would have required all future elections in New Hampshire to be hand counted. Voters across the state also rejected similar mandates in town elections this week. -
A new report released by Gov. Chris Sununu’s office on Friday suggests that New Hampshire’s child protection agency missed several potentially key opportunities to ensure the safety of the 7-year-old before she was declared missing in December 2021. -
A potential crisis for New Hampshire's emergency rental assistance program appears to have been averted. -
As New Hampshire’s hospitals run low on staff, they're already overloaded with COVID-19 patients and others in need of intensive medical care. -
The Granite State Organizing Project's Clergy Caucus launched Tuesday with a rally outside the State House, attended by more than three dozen people representing a mix of faith communities across New Hampshire. -
The proposal drew hesitation from election officials who said it was neither necessary nor practical. -
Revisa las alarmas, ten cuidado con los calentadores de ambiente y ten un plan de escape. -
Check your smoke alarms, be careful with space heaters and have an escape plan. -
The bill would give most New Hampshire tenants facing eviction due to repairs, renovations or a property sale more time to find a new place. -
Health care workers at some of the state’s busiest facilities say they’re still under intense strain as they prepare to enter a third year battling the pandemic.
