4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (229+ words) Morales, a young state representative who identifies as a Democratic socialist, frequently framed the race as a simple choice about housing: Smiley vetoed Providence’s first-ever rent stabilization ordinance, arguing it would slow much-needed construction of new housing, and Morales vowed…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (174+ words) Charlie St. Clair, the longtime head of Laconia’s Bike Week festival who died in a motorcycle accident last month, will still appear on Tuesday’s primary election ballot as a Democratic candidate for the New Hampshire House. St. Clair served three…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (338+ words) As Civics 101 entered its ninth year of production, we thought it was high time we threw our tricorn hat into the social media ring. We knew we wanted to make videos, and we have a tremendous new videographer on our…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (468+ words) This story was originally produced by the New Hampshire Bulletin, an independent local newsroom that allows NHPR and other outlets to republish its reporting. Twenty-one people were sexually, physically, or emotionally abused in New Hampshire’s state-run disability care system in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (235+ words) Join us on Constitution Day, September 17, for Our Declaration, Our Constitution: Securing the Blessings of Liberty at 250, a conversation hosted by the Rudman Center and NH Humanities. We will explore the connection between these two foundational documents: the system of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (416+ words) Gov. Kelly Ayotte and other dignitaries gathered in Portsmouth on Tuesday to formally cut the ribbon on a recently renovated commercial fishing pier. The structure, which was financed with pandemic-era stimulus money, replaces a dilapidated building from the late 1970s. “New…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (172+ words) Civics 101 host Hannah McCarthy welcomed Harvard historian and author Jill Lepore during a recent Writers on a New England Stage event to discuss her book "These Truths: A History of the United States." The book confronts a vital question: Has…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (612+ words) New Hampshire lawmakers will meet Wednesday to decide whether to override 31 vetoes from Gov. Kelly Ayotte. One vetoed bill would remove the state’s three-year deadline for people convicted of a crime to request a new trial if there is new…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (1409+ words) A week away from Veto Day, leaders in both parties are hoping to overturn Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s veto of New Hampshire's Ten Year Transportation Improvement Plan. And some like the odds. “I think there’s a pretty good chance,” said Deputy…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (400+ words) A Concord-based voting rights group is asking a federal judge to immediately reinstate the use of school-issued IDs for registering to vote and obtaining a ballot in New Hampshire. The lawsuit, filed by the Coalition for Open Democracy, claims the…...