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Shaheen continues ‘Invest in NH’ Tour

PLYMOUTH – U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, continued her “Invest in NH” tour with stops in Plymouth, Littleton and Whitefield. The “Invest in NH” tour highlights important projects for which Shaheen secured funding through the ...

Group faces civil rights penalties for race-motivated banner

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A group accused of displaying "Keep New England White" banners from an overpass in New Hampshire faces state Civil Rights Act violations, the attorney general's office said Tuesday. The complaints allege that on July 30, 2022, the Nationalist Social Club, also known as ...

Highway marker notes former slave who became town’s nurse

BARRINGTON, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire's latest historical highway marker notes the gravesites of two people in Barrington, including an African American woman who was enslaved as a child and who nursed the town's sick residents during a severe epidemic. The marker on Route 9 notes the ...

Former police captain acquitted of tax fraud, sold firearms

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former police captain in New Hampshire has been acquitted by a jury of filing a false income tax return deriving from profits earned from selling firearms. Michael Wagner, who was with the Salem Police Department, was indicted in 2020, accused of buying 36 assault ...

State lawmakers again will grapple with Education Freedom Accounts

CONCORD -- National School Choice Week is a week away and to celebrate, the House Education Committee has a number of hearings this week on the Education Freedom Account program. Last fall, the program’s funding was challenged by the head of the American Federation of Teachers — NH ...