Sruthi Gopalakrishnan - Concord Monitor

NH Rep. Juliet Harvey-Bolia, the prime sponsor of House Bill 1184, said it is “very loose” how schools, towns, cities, and other public entities issue no-trespass orders. However, town and school leaders raised several questions about it duirng a Senate hearing this week.

As of January, New Hampshire’s Medicaid program has ended coverage for GLP-1 drugs like Saxenda, Wegovy and Zepbound for weight loss. The state still covers the medications when they’re part of a treatment plan for other chronic conditions. A bill under consideration at the State House would require the state to provide GLP-1 medications under the state Medicaid plan as a treatment for people with obesity.

Retired Manchester Fire Chief Andrew Parent, 62, died on April 7 after a battle with stomach cancer. His death came just one day after the state of New Hampshire launched a pilot program to screen firefighters for cancer and provide early treatment.

The New Hampshire Council for Responsible Gaming was launched April 10, 2026, to aim to reduce the harms of problem gambling and encourage responsible betting.

The New Hampshire Association of Realtors said the median sales price for a single-family home in the state reached $530,000 in March, marking a 1% increase compared to the same time last year.

Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested in Bradford, New Hampshire, on July 2, 2020, on charges that she helped procure and groom underage girls for the well-connected financier.

New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella announced April 2 that law enforcement officers were legally justified in the use of force in separate police shootings in Keene and Hampstead.

All these costs are baked into Hopkinton’s $29.3 million school budget, a 4.7% increase over last year. Voters approved the budget in a ballot vote of 220 to 67 on March 14, 2026.

The annual town meeting in Bow, New Hampshire, lasted over four hours as voters requested secret ballots to decide an unusually high number of warrant articles.

The Oliverian Everlasting Burial Ground in Benton Flats is New Hampshire’s first natural burial ground, providing an alternative to conventional cemetery practices.