William Skipworth

New Hampshire families are struggling to put food on the table and the problem is only getting worse, according to a new report from Feeding America and a group of local charity leaders who gathered to discuss the issue in...

(This story was updated on Aug. 21 at 8:15 a.m. to correct the first vote on House Bill 396.) Out-of-state visitors to New Hampshire will soon pay double the fees to use state parks and double the tolls on non-New...

New Hampshire state law gives convicted prisoners three years to request a new trial. After that, they lose the right. With a narrow exception for DNA forensics, that’s true even if new evidence contradicting their guilt emerges. If someone else...

The Disability Rights Center-NH’s investigation into deaths in New Hampshire’s disability care system is still ongoing, DRC officials said. The investigation was launched in November and the DRC tentatively hoped to have a report released this summer. However, Deodonne Bhattarai...

The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is hosting a free educational conference in Bedford on Sept. 16, the organization has announced. Alzheimer’s experts will be in attendance to teach about the importance of early detection, provide support to caregivers, and discuss...

Child food insecurity in New Hampshire grew by more than 6% from 36,160 children in 2023 to 38,430 in 2024, the national nonprofit Feeding America found in its annual “Map the Meal Gap” report and data collection . That means...

Jon Kiper, the independent candidate who had announced a bid for New Hampshire governor, failed to collect enough signatures to qualify for November’s gubernatorial election. Kiper needed 3,000 voters’ signatures to get his name on the ballot. He said he...

In 2021, Cassandra Sanchez was working for the Massachusetts Department for Children and Families in Lowell and growing frustrated with red tape and ineffective bureaucracies. She decided she needed to find a new role — one where she could enact...

U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander waded into the ongoing controversy at the Sununu Youth Services Center this week as she called on federal prosecutors to open their own investigation into the Manchester juvenile justice facility. The Office of the Child Advocate...

New Hampshire election officials say they’re unconcerned after the Trump administration announced it will send election monitors to watch September’s primaries in Manchester and Nashua — a longstanding practice that has drawn partisan suspicion amid the president’s recent actions on...

Jason Taylor, one of New Hampshire’s two assistant child advocates, said the Office of the Child Advocate’s final report on its investigation into potential abuse and neglect at the Sununu Youth Services Center could take “certainly weeks but maybe months”...

Gov. Kelly Ayotte has again vetoed legislation to keep transgender people out of bathrooms, sports teams, and prisons that align with their gender identity. The veto came as part of the final tranche of bills sent to the governor from...