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.

The Hannah Duston Memorial Historic Site, located in Boscawen, New Hampshire, was erected in 1874 near the confluence of the Contoocook and Merrimack rivers.

On the seventh day of the shutdown, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen tells NPR she's working with colleagues from both parties to find common ground and reopen the government.

A state employee who helped facilitate the purchase of a warehouse in Nashua by China-based Nongfu Spring did not violate any laws or policies, but kept key information about the deal from his bosses.

The federal government is currently shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country.

“The breadth of the anti-DEI laws’ prohibition is startling,” wrote Judge Landya B. McCafferty, with the U.S. District Court in Concord, New Hampshire. “The definition of ‘DEI’ contained [in the law] is so far-reaching that it prohibits long-accepted — even legally required — teaching and administrative practices.”

At the heart of the shutdown is a fight over health policy. In New Hampshire, marketplace experts are preparing people to expect higher health care premiums whether or not subsidies through the Affordable Care Act are extended.