The $5 million shortfall in Concord was driven primarily by an unexpected $2 million bill the district received on Oct. 1 from the risk pool that administers its health insurance and by student services expenses that appear set to more than double what the district had projected in the spring.

President Trump is demolishing the East Wing to make room for a ballroom. His administration says he's continuing a presidential legacy of White House renovations, but this is the biggest in decades.

Both communities are revising their immigrant-friendly policies after a change in state law and are preparing to hear from residents next month before they are finalized.

Sununu, who lives in Rye and is the older brother of former Gov. Chris Sununu and son of former Gov. John H. Sununu, says if elected his focus would be on the economy, jobs, debt and affordability.

The WIC program for new parents and young children received USDA funding through at least November 7.

Dartmouth was one of nine colleges and universities asked to sign the White House’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” The compact offered schools preferential access to federal funding in exchange for adopting several Trump administration policies.

The flurry of cease-and-desist orders and fines amount to something relatively rare in New Hampshire politics: the enforcement of campaign finance laws against political leaders in Concord.

Tensions between Gov. Kelly Ayotte and members of the state’s Executive Council boiled over this week, as the council tabled more than 20 state contracts to protest what they say is a withholding of information by the governor.

During the federal government shutdown, the overwhelming majority of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workforce is exempted from the furlough, leaving most of the 7,700-plus workforce at the navy yard no choice but to work without pay.

The legislation is one of several Democratic proposals aimed at bringing greater public accountability to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s 287(g) program, under which ICE partners with state and local law enforcement in New Hampshire.