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As Congress approved appropriations for most of the Fiscal Year 2026 budgets of several federal departments, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) announced a total of $43 million in Congressionally Directed Spending projects in New Hampshire.
The Manchester Board of School Committee voted Monday night to approve an expanded College Board testing and career planning day for district high schools, a plan that includes early release for underclassmen and off-campus career exploration options for seniors.
Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais gave his 2026 State of the City Address on Tuesday, Feb. 10 to an audience of dozens of local community leaders and many more community leaders living in Manchester hundreds of years from now.
The Committee to Save the Derry Rail Trail Tunnel and Rails to Trails Conservancy announced today that a settlement has been reached in their lawsuit against the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) challenging construction of Phase 2 of the Exit 4A I-93 expansion in Derry in order to protect the Manchester & Lawrence Railroad Historic District and the Derry Rail Trail. Â
Recently, Donald Trump has strained America’s relations with its European allies over various issues, perhaps most notably Trump’s threats to annex Greenland. On Friday, Feb. 6 at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Richard Swett joined an event examining the impact of Trump’s Greenland policies on international relations.
In an event held by Americans for Prosperity – New Hampshire, a panel discussed the competing visions for America between recently elected New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as what was seen as comparable types of polices versus pursuing limited government economic intervention. Â
Controversy over internal handling of a request by the federal government regarding a proposed immigrant detention center in Merrimack has resulted in the resignation of the Commissioner of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources – who fielded the request, but did not notify the governor.
When the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services tweaked the math behind its statewide recycling rate estimate last fall, the result suggested that the state was doing worse than previously thought at diverting waste from landfills.
The Zoning Board will meet on Thursday, February 12 at 6 p.m. and the following cases will be heard.
Throughout her 45-minute attempt at a victory lap, the Governor rattled off a laundry list of “accomplishments” and cherry-picked accolades from her time on the job. But at no point in her remarks did Ayotte display a genuine understanding of the dire financial straits that Granite Staters are facing under Republican leadership. And for all her talk about prioritizing affordability, she has a track record that says the exact opposite. Â