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Negotiations between the faculty union and the administration at the University of New Hampshire broke down for the second time in a year yesterday.NHPR’s…

New Hampshire has some of the highest health insurance rates in the country. The state’s insurance department held its first hearing ever on some of the…

U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte is opening an office in Berlin next week, according to a news release.“This location will serve as a base of operations for my…

Monday was the deadline for employees at the Union Leader to ratify a new 2-year contract. Company negotiators said failure to reach a new deal would…

At the start of the day Tuesday, Public Service of New Hampshire had 135,000 customers without power due to this weekend's storm.Now the utility has given…

Although we are a nation of immigrants, the first laws to enforce who could be an American citizen and who couldn't didn’t appear until the late 1880s.…

Tom Waits talks to Terry Gross about performing, being a father and writing his haunting melodies. Also, actor Bill Nighy talks about his latest project Page Eight and rock historian Ed Ward reviews The SMiLE Sessions from The Beach Boys.

David Rowell's debut novel puts public and personal timelines alongside each other as he recounts June 8, 1968. That's the day a train made a slow, momentous journey from New York to Washington, D.C., to deliver the body of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy for burial beside his slain brother.

Both candidates delivered speeches at a summit for the conservative group Americans for Prosperity on Friday. While Mitt Romney seemed at times to be a corporate executive at a board meeting, received with warm applause, Herman Cain came on as a kind of conquering hero, greeted by standing ovations.

Welcome to NHPR.org's new website, with a new look, improved performance and new features.After we complete the transition on Nov. 21, all NHPR news,…