William Skipworth

William Skipworth

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William Skipworth covers health for the New Hampshire Bulletin. Prior to joining the Bulletin, he wrote for Forbes, PolitiFact and newspapers across the country including in Texas, Missouri and Indiana.

Planned Parenthood wades into New Hampshire’s Executive Council election
After years of being stonewalled on state contracts by Republicans on the Executive Council, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, via its affiliated PAC, is trying to boost a slate of Democratic council candidates more sympathetic to its cause. The...
DiLorenzo secures GOP nomination in New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District
Portsmouth car dealer Anthony DiLorenzo won the GOP nomination for New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District Tuesday. The Associated Press called the race at 8 p.m. Tuesday night. DiLorenzo will try to replace Rep. Chris Pappas, who gave up the seat...
From climate change to the economy to healthcare, NH voters seek solutions with their ballots
Scott Thompson, a retired mechanic from Epsom, usually doesn’t vote in midterm elections, but after a GOP candidate for state representative showed up at his door he decided to make plans to vote on Tuesday. “Josh Shapiro Jr. actually came...
The race for governor: Low stakes in New Hampshire’s gubernatorial primary on Tuesday
On Tuesday, Granite Staters will cast their votes in one of two gubernatorial primaries, but those votes are unlikely to have much impact. Former Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington is the only name on the Democratic ballot. And incumbent Gov. Kelly...
The 2nd Congressional District: As Goodlander seeks reelection, three say she hasn’t earned it
In New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District, there are three leading candidates who want to take Rep. Maggie Goodlander’s place in the U.S. House of Representatives: Paige Beauchemin, Lily Tang Williams, and Victor Orlando. Voters living in the western half of...
The 1st Congressional District: Eastern NH voters have plenty of options Tuesday
With four-term U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas relinquishing his seat in order to run for Senate, there is a wide open race for New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District. And it’s a crowded one. A group of CD1 Republicans struggling to differentiate...
U.S. Senate: Here’s what separates Manzur and Pappas, Brown and Sununu
After U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen announced her retirement early last year, the race for a New Hampshire U.S. Senate seat became wide open. On the Democratic side, U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas and Karishma Manzur are vying for the nomination in...
Pappas is making campaign finance part of his US Senate bid. His opponents cry hypocrisy.
In his effort to convince voters to send him to the U.S. Senate, Chris Pappas, who currently represents the eastern half of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives, has begun touting an agenda to keep big money out...
State records show abuse and neglect continues in New Hampshire’s disability system in 2026
Twenty-one people were sexually, physically, or emotionally abused in New Hampshire’s state-run disability care system in the first half of 2026. During that time, 30 people died within the system. At least one choked to death, several died of cancer...
A tech-forward future imagined for New Hampshire at ‘Freedom Summit’
This story was updated at 12:20 p.m. on Aug. 26 to include one of the event’s cosponsors. More than two decades after the birth of the Free State Project , another group of philosophically united individuals have their eyes trained...
NH’s 1st District Democratic primary has become a ‘Who’s the most pro-healthcare’ competition
This story was updated on Aug. 31 to reflect that Matthew Emerson was a Democratic Party organizer not a volunteer. When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited New Hampshire in May, former Portsmouth City Councilor Stefany Shaheen stood outside the Concord...
Laconia state rep dies following motorcycle crash
State Rep. Charlie St. Clair, 76, who represented Laconia and served as executive director for the Laconia Motorcycle Week Association, died Saturday from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle crash earlier this month, the Laconia Motorcycle Week Association announced. The...