State Rep. Katelyn Kuttab, R-Windham, is proposing a bill to be considered by the New Hampshire Legislature next year that would allow companies to deduct from their business taxes half of expenses they incur by creating new child care slots.

About 1 in 8 U.S. residents get an average of $187 a month per person in the food assistance known as SNAP. For the first time, the Trump administration stopped the payments due at the beginning of the month.

Starting Saturday, federal nutrition benefits, also known as SNAP, will pause due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.

If Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are disrupted, analysts say it could mean more pressure on the already shrinking number of small independent supermarkets.

The $2 million approved by the Executive Council will support a network of mobile food pantries specifically for the more than 75,000 New Hampshire residents enrolled in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

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DOT: The state of New Hampshire is about $400 million short of what is needed to fund improvements in its transportation plan.

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.