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Deerfield Rep. James Spillane apologized for an anti-Semitic social media post after a state panel found it violated Legislative standards.

Longtime state representative and Franklin Pierce University history professor Douglas Ley died at home on Thursday, family members announced Friday.Ley’s son, Ethan, announced his father’s passing Friday on CaringBridge, a crowd-funding site aimed at...

Longtime state representative and Franklin Pierce University history professor Douglas Ley died at home on Thursday, family members announced Friday.Ley’s son, Ethan, posted on CaringBridge, a crowd-funding site aimed at paying medical expenses, on...

Five-term state lawmaker and former New Hampshire House Majority Leader Douglas Ley died late Thursday night at his home in Jaffrey at the age of 62, after being hospitalized for several weeks.

Maura Murray blue ribbon memorial tree destroyed March 10, 2021HAVERHILL — Despite ongoing efforts by Maura Murrays family to save the tree marking the site where she was last seen alive, the property owners cut it down two weeks ago. Last fall, Murrays family petitioned the New Hampshire legislature to install a permanent historical marker on Route 112 in Haverhill. They await approval and hope for a spring installation. "Typically, the approval process takes about four months. But COVID rea...

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org

Regarding the Jan. 25 “My Turn” by Rep. Len Turcotte headlined, “ ‘What is it with you Yanks and your guns?’ ”: During Rep. Turcotte’s discussion with a British musician about whether the “Brit” would rather play in a gun-free bar which risked...

Earlier this month, when the N.H. House gathered in a parking lot at UNH to begin our 2021 session, last term’s speaker, Steve Shurtleff, attempted to amend our House rules by banning the carrying of arms in the State House and House Chamber. It...

NH electors disappointed they couldnt attend Biden inauguration Pandemic, security concerns keep crowd small for event Share Updated: 6:38 PM EST Jan 20, 2021 Pandemic, security concerns keep crowd small for event Share Updated: 6:38 PM EST Jan 20, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript THIS DAY. JUST DISAPPOINTED THEY COULDN’T ACTUALLY BE THERE. EYES ACROSS THE GLOBE GLUED TO COVERAGE INCLUDING THOSE WHO CAST NEW HAMPSHIRE’S FOUR ELECTORAL VOTES. THE ATTENDING AT...

Karen Dandurant, news@seacoastonline.com PORTSMOUTH – While they may have had plans to go to Washington to watch Joe Biden sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, at least three of the four New Hampshire electors say they will now stay in the state, glued to their televisions for every moment of the inauguration ceremony. “I will cry, tears of joy,” said Portsmouth resident Mary Carey Foley, one of the four people who cast Electoral College votes for Biden in New Hampshire. ...