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The NH Executive Council voted down the proposed $36 million design contract for the state men's prison on Wednesday, which may mean a delay in a rebuild of the prison in Concord that is now expected to cost at least $700 million.
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NH's highest court affirmed that the penalty was “necessary to enforce compliance” with New Hampshire’s Right-to-Know Law, RSA 91-A, and “Hanover knew or should have known” that declining to release arrest records for two students taken into custody while staging a protest at Dartmouth College violated the law, according to the eight-page decision.
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The teen birth rate continues its decades-long downward trend. Researchers say many factors are at play, including less sexual activity and more access to contraception and abortion.
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Republican Kevin Smith of Londonderry and Democrat Donna Soucy of Manchester are state co-chairs of the New Hampshire Forum, which seeks common ground for bipartisan legislative action at the State House.
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The abortion pill mifepristone must undergo a safety review by the FDA, the judge said. Louisiana's case seeking to ban its use through telemedicine will proceed after that review.
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Dozens of congressional Democrats raised alarm Tuesday over President Trump's rhetoric about Iran. Most Republican lawmakers have been silent.
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After Iran ceded to President Trump's demand to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Trump backed down from his threat of wide-scale destruction of Iran's civilian and military infrastructure.
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The president has had mixed messages about how and when the U.S.-Israel-led war in Iran will end.
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A federal judge on Saturday said the Trump Administration the demand to collect data from universities was rolled out in a "rushed and chaotic" manner.
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As she focuses on improving reading scores in New Hampshire schools, Gov. Kelly Ayotte visited Auburn Village School Thursday to read students a Dr. Seuss classic – “Oh the Places You Go” – and then told students what it’s like being governor.
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The pace of arrests is more than four times that in the last 15 months of the Biden administration. Under Trump arrests have swept up people from 100 countries, with the highest numbers coming from Brazil and Guatemala. They took place at local courthouses, police departments, the federal courthouse in Boston and in the streets of Massachusetts cities and towns.
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The bill would increase toll rates on the New Hampshire turnpike system for drivers who use cash and non-NH E-ZPass users, to support projects in the state's 10-year transportation improvement plan.