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November 14, 2019

The Latest: Deval Patrick files for New Hampshire primary

The Latest on former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick’s 2020 presidential bid (all times local): 11:55 a.m. Deval (deh-VAL') ...

November 14, 2019

Joe Walsh files to challenge Trump in New Hampshire

Former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh has filed for the New Hampshire presidential primary, officially giving President ...

November 13, 2019

Bill Weld files to challenge Trump in New Hampshire primary

Republican Bill Weld has filed for the New Hampshire presidential primary and is now the first major GOP challenger to ...

November 09, 2019

Bloomberg to pass on Iowa, NH, focus on Super Tuesday states

Michael Bloomberg plans to skip early voting states like Iowa and New Hampshire if he launches a presidential bid and instead ...

November 07, 2019

Pence files Trump's paperwork for the New Hampshire primary

Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday added President Donald Trump's name to the Republican primary ballot in New Hampshire, ...

November 04, 2019

Primary election chief back in spotlight after near-ouster

New Hampshire's longtime secretary of state, Bill Gardner, looked on in silence last week as Bernie Sanders stood in his ...

October 13, 2019

Gunman opens fire at church wedding ceremony, 2 people shot

A gunman opened fire at a wedding ceremony inside a New Hampshire church Saturday, shooting two people including the ...

September 20, 2019

Sanford takes his first 2020 campaign trip to New Hampshire

Mark Sanford's first presidential campaign stop in New Hampshire began with an interruption in the hopes of being heard.

September 11, 2019

Still on: Iowa, New Hampshire won't nix 2020 GOP contests

Republicans in Iowa and New Hampshire are vowing to hold a caucus and primary next year, even as party leaders in a handful ...

August 29, 2019

Governor steps in to help woman keep 'PB4WEGO' vanity plate

New Hampshire's governor has stepped in to help a woman keep a 15-year-old vanity license plate showing a common phrase ...

August 15, 2019

Trump throws support behind possible Lewandowski Senate run

President Donald Trump on Thursday threw his support behind his former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, who is ...

August 13, 2019

Sanford mulls GOP challenge to Trump, heads to New Hampshire

Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor and congressman, is heading to another early voting state as he considers ...

July 26, 2019

Eversource gives up on Northern Pass hydropower project

After nearly a decade of protests, hearings and court fights, the Northern Pass hydropower project that promised to bring ...

July 26, 2019

Ex-youth center workers accused of rape; state investigates

New Hampshire's attorney general launched an investigation Thursday into the state youth detention center after two former ...

July 19, 2019

Verse averse: State poet laureate pick nixed after criticism

There are poetry slams, and then there are slammed poets. New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu abandoned his pick for poet ...

July 19, 2019

Court deals major blow to hydropower transmission line

The New Hampshire Supreme Court dealt a possibly fatal blow Friday to plans for a hydropower transmission line that has ...

June 24, 2019

The Latest: Police identify victims of biking accident

The Latest on a deadly crash between a pickup truck and several motorcycles in New Hampshire (all times local): 3:15 p.m.

June 15, 2019

Weld takes GOP bid to oust Trump to NH. Voters are confused.

Bill Weld jokes about not kissing the back of a child's head because he doesn't want to be accused, like Joe Biden, of making ...

May 30, 2019

New Hampshire repeals death penalty as Senate overrides veto

New Hampshire, which hasn't executed anyone in 80 years and has only one inmate on death row, on Thursday became the latest ...

May 30, 2019

New Hampshire sues 3M, DuPont, other chemical companies

New Hampshire has sued eight companies including 3M and the DuPont Co. for damage it says has been caused by a class of ...