William Skipworth

Cassandra Sanchez, who has served as New Hampshire’s child advocate since 2022, said she will exit the role on July 24. Sanchez has been on holdover status since January, when Gov. Kelly Ayotte decided she wouldn’t reappoint her for a...

Fabian Schmidt sometimes wakes up afraid in the middle of the night, briefly forgetting he’s no longer at the maximum security prison where he spent two months last year. Schmidt, a German green card holder who moved to the United...

A bill aimed at protecting people with disabilities from abuse and neglect is now law. Senate Bill 670 creates a developmental services oversight commission responsible for reviewing the state-regulated, taxpayer-funded care system for people with disabilities. The commission will be...

Nearly two years into her tenure, Gov. Kelly Ayotte has become comfortable with a veto pen. The Republican governor vetoed nine bills Thursday, many of them lightning-rod political issues and priorities of lawmakers in her party. Months before the November...

Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed a bill that would eliminated a three-year deadline for convicts to request a retrial based on new evidence. House Bill 1422 was pushed by the New England Innocence Project, which works to overturn wrongful convictions, and...

In 2023, New Hampshire established a right-to-know ombudsman, a state mediator tasked with helping citizens and government officials navigate the often tricky disputes that arise during open records requests. However, one year after the first person to hold the position...

This story was updated at 4:10 p.m. June 25 to correct that the bill increases funding for the State Opioid Response Program by nearly $4 billion annually not cumulatively for five years. U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan filed...

U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander introduced legislation Wednesday to ban federal officials, elected and appointed, from trading and owning individual stocks or betting on prediction markets like Kalshi or Polymarket. The proposed prohibition includes members of Congress, the president, the vice...

This story was updated at 4:50 p.m. June 23 to add a statement from North Country Healthcare CEO Tom Mee. New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella announced Tuesday he’s selected retired Circuit Court Administrative Judge David D. King to serve...

A Republican effort to keep transgender people out of restrooms, sports teams, and other spaces in New Hampshire that align with their gender identity has again been stymied in the State House’s corner office. Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed Senate Bill...

Correction: This story was updated at 10:17 a.m. June 20 to reflect that Heath Howard placed second in the most recent Granite State Poll. The flurry of filings for elected office is officially over in New Hampshire. During the eight-day...

Gov. Kelly Ayotte quashed a bipartisan effort to make medicinal marijuana more affordable and available in New Hampshire. Senate Bill 468 , sponsored by Loudon Republican Sen. Howard Pearl, would allow medicinal marijuana dispensaries to have their own greenhouse on...