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Nashua company gets $35M in federal funding
The Biden-Harris Administration announced Monday BAE Systems will receive $35 million to modernize its Microelectronics Center in Nashua. Upgrading the facility will quadruple the production of computer chips for military aircraft, including F-15 fighter jets.
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NH House Dems want to let voters decide abortion rights under state constitution
State House Democrats, allies, and supporters held a press conference Monday morning offering a new plan for inserting proactive protections for abortion rights into state law after several rejections by New Hampshire Republicans. New Hampshire currently stands as the only state in New England without affirmative protections on abortion in state law.
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To lower the cost of expensive drugs, Biden targets Big Pharma’s patents
Under a plan announced Thursday, the government would consider overriding the patent for high-priced drugs that have been developed with the help of taxpayer money and letting competitors make them in hopes of driving down the cost.
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Granite Staters get relief as Biden cancels nearly $5 billion more in student debt
More than 6,000 Iowans have had their student debt discharged or have been identified for debt relief due to the Biden administration’s reforms of the student loan debt system.
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Rural NH businesses can get cheaper clean energy from new federal funding
Nearly $500,000 is headed to New Hampshire to help rural small businesses and agricultural producers with energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.
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Want to get involved in New Hampshire politics? It’s easier than you think
A Granite Stater highlights the barriers that hold New Hampshire back from more robust civic engagement and offers solutions.
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New Hampshire teachers are quitting due to pay, politics, safety
In the wake of a national teaching shortage, a legislative committee found New Hampshire teachers are leaving their jobs in part due to lack of pay, lack of respect, and increased political rhetoric.
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Biden wants to replace all lead pipes in New Hampshire within 10 years
The proposed rule would require utility companies to locate and dig up roughly 15,000 lead pipes statewide within 10 years to ensure clean drinking water for New Hampshirites and to protect children’s health.
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Inside Kelly Ayotte’s long anti-abortion record
Ayotte has claimed that she does not plan to change the state’s current abortion laws, which allow abortions up until 24 weeks of pregnancy, but her long record of anti-abortion actions and comments has left reproductive rights advocates skeptical.
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Sen. Shaheen pushes forward bill to reduce insulin costs
The Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act of 2023 would “comprehensively address the skyrocketing costs of insulin.”
