When former House Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt first ran for state representative in Salem, locals could tell he was a young man with a bright fut...
AP | HOLLY RAMER | Posted 05.29.2012
CONCORD, N.H. -- New Hampshire isn't just first in the nation when it comes to hosting presidential primaries. It also ranks first in student-loan deb...
AP | HOLLY RAMER | Posted 05.29.2012
CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire isn't just first in the nation when it comes to hosting presidential primaries. It also ranks first in student-loa...
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.14.2012
Since, as any fifth-grader will tell you, we don't have a national vote for president, tracking the race by means of national polling is almost completely irrelevant.
Stephanie Schriock | Posted 05.10.2012
Women legislators recognize the difference between legislating for women and families and legislating at them. When more women hold office it changes the conversation. It changes from a conversation about women to a conversation with women -- and that difference is huge.
Hampton-North Hampton Patch | Posted 05.03.2012
The New Hampshire Democratic Party is calling on Republican gubernatorial candidates Ovide Lamontagne and Kevin Smith and Congressmen Frank Guinta and...
exeter.patch.com | Posted 05.03.2012
New Hampshire's first "Little Library" is located right here in Exeter. Resident Bjarni Brown recently set up the mailbox-sized library containing ...
Ann McLane Kuster | Posted 05.01.2012
The War on Women is not just about women -- it's about putting the squeeze on the middle class.
The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.30.2012
In one New Mexico town you won’t just be in hot water for not paying your traffic fines, you won’t have any water at all. Traffic violators in...
Paul Abrams | Posted 04.20.2012
To release his 2010 and 2009 returns would raise the real possibility that he committed voter fraud. And, we all know how deeply concerned Republicans are about voter fraud, don't we?
Nashua Patch | Posted 04.10.2012
As a child, Jennifer Wright didn't understand the word "abuse." But she understood very well that the words spewed by her father, to make her feel sma...
Reuters | Posted 04.10.2012
ATLANTA, April 10 (Reuters) - Mississippi has the highest teen birthrate in the nation while New Hampshire has the lowest, the Centers for Disease C...
AP | Posted 04.02.2012
NAUGATUCK, Conn. -- A friendly game of kickball in Connecticut ended after 345 innings with a score of 164-117 and a Guinness world record. Two tea...
The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.29.2012
Faculty at New England College in Henniker, N.H. are volunteering to give money out of their own pockets to help fill a budget gap at the school. D...
George Hobica | Posted 05.26.2012
It's time for festivals that celebrate both flowers and the season in general.
Michael K. Lavers | Posted 05.22.2012
What were they thinking? A childhood friend and I repeatedly asked ourselves this question about a bill that would have repealed New Hampshire's marriage equality law. On March 21 the New Hampshire House soundly rejected the measure by a 211-to-116 margin.
AP | NORMA LOVE | Posted 05.21.2012
CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would have made their state legislature the first one to repeal a gay ...
Patch.com | Posted 03.21.2012
Sometimes, you have to be blunt to make a point. And that’s what state Rep. Seth Cohn, R-Canterbury, is trying to do in the same-sex marriage rep...
Posted 03.19.2012
If you catch an uninvited half-naked man in your home, you're probably going to remove him using whatever you can. A stunned New Hampshire resident...
nashuatelegraph.com | Posted 05.16.2012
A bill that would have required public schools to teach evolution as a theory, a move often used by proponents of creationism to discredit the science...
AP | SUSAN HAIGH | Posted 05.10.2012
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) — Lottery officials in the six New England states have joined forces for the first time to offer a regional game, hoping to l...
AP | Posted 03.08.2012
CONCORD, N.H. -- The New Hampshire House is giving the nod to hemp farmers after passing a bill to protect industrial hemp from being tagged as an ill...
Travelzoo | Posted 05.06.2012
March and early April often offer up some stellar late-season ski deals at popular resorts, especially in light of recent snows in northern Utah and across Colorado.
AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 05.01.2012
NEW YORK — Raking in campaign cash, President Barack Obama blitzed through Manhattan Thursday night, offering donors at ritzy fundraisers a vigo...
The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 02.28.2012
As New Hampshire lawmakers gear up for a vote to repeal the state’s same-sex marriage law, state Rep. Seth Cohn (R) is warning the effort could hurt...
Patch.com | Posted 05.30.2012