William Skipworth - New Hampshire Bulletin

U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan’s letter cites “troubling allegations” against a methadone clinic's business practices and care.

The switch means Republicans’ majority in the New Hampshire House now grows from 214-178 to 215-177.

GO-NORTH was created after New Hampshire received roughly $200 million through the federal government’s Rural Health Transformation Program this year. The state expects to receive similar amounts every year through 2030.

Loses depend largely on how state lawmakers interpret new changes to Medicaid provisions and requirements under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

In New Hampshire, 71 people have died of influenza, according to the state's Department of Health and Human Services, including two children.

Providers for adults with developmental disabilities cited long response times by the state to complaints alleging abuse or neglect, among other issues.

“New Hampshire has the lowest vaccination rate for measles in New England,” Rep. Jessica LaMontagne, a Dover Democrat, said in a floor speech before the vote. “Do you want to be the legislature that ushers in the next outbreak of measles?”

One bill seeks to eliminate nearly all vaccine requirements. But others are more limited in scope and don’t target the requirements as much as specific aspects of the state’s broader vaccine policy.

Former U.S. Marshal William Hart was appointed by Gov. Kelly Ayotte in August 2025 to be commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Corrections.

The Republican-backed bill sought to create exceptions to the state’s antidiscrimination law, which protects people from discrimination on the basis of “gender identity” and other characteristics. Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed a nearly identical bill last year.