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NH Primary Source: A study in contrasts as NH Senate, House convene in much different settings Updated: 3:46 AM EST Jan 7, 2021 House passes resolution condemning violence in Washington Share Updated: 3:46 AM EST Jan 7, 2021 New Hampshire Primary Source gives you breaking and behind-the-scenes political news by John DiStaso, the most experienced political writer in the state and a recipient of a New Hampshire Press Association Lifetime Achievement Award. To sign up for WMUR's weekly New Hampshire Primary Source and political email newsletter, which will be delivered to yo...

Each has plenty of fans. Rosemarie Rung, the only Merrimack Democrat who held onto her seat in November, is backing Murphy. Some House liberals, including Rep. Sherry Frost, D-Dover, have said they are with Thomas. This might not be an accurate assessment, but some view the primary as a stalking horse for the potential faceoff for state party chairman between longtime incumbent Raymond Buckley of Manchester and Emmett Soldati of Somersworth. Some see Murphy as the more establishment figure in the Buckley mold and Thomas as a more progressive alternative like Soldati. What’s more cert...

One statistic from the COVID-19 pandemic makes New Hampshire stand out from all other states — the percentage of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Eighty percent of New Hampshire’s COVID-19 deaths — four of every five — have involved residents of long-term care facilities, according to state and federal data. That percentage is twice the national average. In state-by-state color-coded maps that portray nursing home deaths, New Hampshire is a pronounced turquoise, surrounded by dark blue New England states with rates at least 20 percentage poin...

Our Turn: Sununu is avoiding accountability on veterans home crisis Published: 12/20/2020 6:00:24 AM One of us is a veteran of the Vietnam War, honorably serving in the Army for three years. One of us had the honor to serve veterans, fighting for their housing and veterans benefits rights for about a decade as a legal aid attorney. We both served in leadership during the last legislative term, one as speaker of the New Hampshire House and one as majority leader of the New Hampshire Senate. We both worked hard early this last year to specifically protect our veterans from COVID at the New Ham...

These are 20 of the 18,000 people who died of COVID-19 in the US this week These are 20 of the 18,000 people who died of COVID-19 in the US this weekhttps://www.businessinsider.in/science/news/these-are-20-of-the-18000-people-who-died-of-covid-19-in-the-us-this-week/slidelist/79807004.cms2020-12-19T06:23:38+05:30 2020-12-19T05:39:01+05:30 These are 20 of the 18,000 people who died of COVID-19 in the US this week Aria BendixDec 19, 2020, 06:23 IST Funeral director Michael Neel looks at the casket of George Trefren, a 90-year-old Korean War veteran who died of COVID-19 in April.Rick Wilking/Reu...