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“This proves the power of the people is more powerful than the people in power ,and pressure we put on governor worked. All those phone calls, emails and letters – I think she saw the writing on the wall that to represent her state she needed to get ICE out of New Hampshire,” Rung said minutes after the governor’s announcement.
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) on Monday announced that Elsy Cipriani, the Executive Director of the New Hampshire Food Bank, will be her guest for President Trump’s State of the Union address to Congress Tuesday night to highlight the growing affordability crisis that many Americans are facing, including rising food and grocery prices.
Student artists from across New Hampshire gathered February 8 at Stockbridge Theater on the campus of Pinkerton Academy for the 2026 Scholastic Art Awards ceremony to honor their hard work and wins!
As speculation continues over proposed U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in town, on Saturday protesters descended upon Merrimack’s town hall once again to express their opposition to the facility as well as tactics used by ICE across the country.
U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) is calling on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Inspector General to open an investigation into Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem after the head of the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement testified under oath that Noem’s improper comments “put a bias” onto the ongoing investigations into the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Following a special meeting on Feb. 18, 2026, the Manchester Board of School Committee has approved five Fiscal Year 2027 proposed budgets for approval by the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen, , three of which reflected options on the potential Manchester School District budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
Former presidential candidate and U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made a stop at the Puritan Backroom and Conference Center to praise U.S. Senate Candidate Chris Pappas and meet with New Hampshire residents.
In a 6-3 decision the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday held that President Trump’s aggressive approach to tariffs on products entering the United States from across the world was not permitted under a 1977 law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
The Public Works Director is declaring a Snow Emergency that will be in effect from 10 p.m. Friday, February 20 until 6 a.m. Saturday, February 21, 2026. No parking on city streets.
The Trump administration has agreed to drop its ban on diversity and equity initiatives in public schools in New Hampshire – and the rest of the country. That’s according to a ruling Wednesday by Federal Judge Landya McCafferty, which dismissed the case.
“The defendant stole over a million dollars from taxpayers amidst one of the worst health and economic crises in a century,” said U.S. Attorney Creegan. “This office will continue to vigilantly investigate and prosecute those who defraud pandemic relief programs.”
Hillside Middle School’s boys basketball team was on a special run this year. Thirteen days ago the Hawks learned they would need a new coach for the remainder of the season. Without a moment’s hesitation, Assistant Principal Sara Loughlin said, “I’m in. All in.”
“The prices of groceries, housing, electricity, and property taxes are crushing working families. And Kelly Ayotte is making life in New Hampshire even more expensive,” said Warmington, a former member of the Executive Council.
A harmless game with toy guns turned deadly when a real gun, thought to be unloaded, was introduced into the game, ending the life of a 29-year-old man.
With just days before the expiration of the current agreement between the City of Manchester and the operators of the homeless shelter and engagement center on Beech Street, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved funding requests from Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais related to a more streamlined version of the shelter located at 200 Elm Street.
In the annual presentation on the airport’s year in review to the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen’s Special Committee on Airport Activities, MHT Airport Director Tom Malafronte provided a positive report, echoing past positive reports from former MHT Airport Director Ted Kitchens in 2021, 2022 and 2024 among others.
Before entering public service, I spent part of my professional career reviewing and drafting environmental and economic impact statements. Those documents shape major public decisions. They are supposed to present facts clearly, test assumptions rigorously, and weigh both benefits and costs honestly. I learned quickly that the most important question is not what an impact statement includes—but what it leaves out.
Leaders from organizations on the front lines of New Hampshire’s housing crisis urged the state Senate Commerce Committee Thursday to keep the Housing Champions program.
The New Hampshire Attorney General’s office on Tuesday announced an arrest by Manchester Police in the shooting death on Feb. 16 of a man inside a downtown apartment.
A proposal to convert a former office building at 22 Hazel St. into five apartments moved forward at the Manchester Planning Board’s first meeting of February after the property owner withdrew an earlier plan to create a 14-unit rooming house that drew significant neighborhood opposition last fall.