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By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Lisa Walker traces the moment her profession of three decades changed back to 2020.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

New Hampshire residents navigating the state’s judicial system could face delays as a result of budget cuts to the courts.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Patrons out for a drink who’d like to refill their glasses without waiting for the server might have their wish come true.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

To tap into alternative revenue streams, state Rep. Dan McGuire is proposing to legalize slot machines in New Hampshire’s bars and restaurants.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Republican Sen. Daniel Innis holds a long record of supporting marijuana legalization. But after a split vote among his conservative colleagues placed bills regulating the plant’s medical use in limbo, Innis said he won’t be leading a charge to pass them this year.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A federal judge has ruled against a group of Bow parents who claimed their First Amendment rights were violated when the local school district barred them from wearing pink wristbands to protest against transgender athletes playing in girls’ sports.

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Bob Lynn is hoping the third or maybe the fourth time is the charm.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The battle over the state budget underscores the partisan divide in the New Hampshire Legislature, with most conservative priorities prevailing and Democrats warning that critical programs and services will be harmed.

By JOSEPH D. STEINFIELD

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Republican budget writers advanced a policy change April 5 that would place a prohibition on all diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in New Hampshire.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

When Kamala Harris didn’t win the White House, four women from the Monadnock region who campaigned for her decided to rebrand.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

From a ban on cat declawing to designating the state’s official marsupial, New Hampshire lawmakers thought outside the box when filing legislation this year.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Beth Shaw spent years pushing for tougher penalties on drunk drivers after a repeat offender killed her son in Bow in 2018.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Republican politicians are pushing forward three different plans for expanding New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Picture this -- finishing dinner and drinks at a restaurant, and pouring an alcoholic beverage into a to-go cup to bring home or sip it while wandering around downtown.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

House lawmakers passed what’s effectively a statewide ban on sexual content in K-12 schools on Thursday, which would also create a complaint and appeals process for parents to challenge books they feel are inappropriate.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Selling state-owned properties, streamlining equipment purchases and outsourcing government services prevailed as some of the leading ideas among a group of New Hampshire business leaders as they discussed ideas to curb state spending.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Elizabeth Goodhue arrived at the Peterborough Town Library seeking answers from her state representatives, Jonah Wheeler and Peter Leishman, about the reasoning behind their votes in the state House last week supporting a bill that would roll back some anti-discrimination protections for transgender people and allow government entities and businesses to separate the use of their bathrooms and locker rooms by biological sex.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Transgender-related legislation dominated the New Hampshire State House last week, with lawmakers advancing a handful of bills that could direct people to use the bathroom that corresponds with their biological sex, not their gender, as well as ban puberty blockers, hormone treatment and breast surgery for people under age 18.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The House of Representatives shot down a bill that would expand end-of-life care options with a split that was as close as it gets – but its fate isn’t sealed yet.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Tedd Benson’s company has worked with the same Canadian supplier for over 20 years and uses a certain type of engineered wood to manufacture houses at its facilities in Keene and Walpole.