Politics
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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.”
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Two years in, here’s what Biden’s infrastructure law has done for New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, $1.4 billion in funding has been announced, with over 81 specific infrastructure projects identified for funding. Over $934 million will go to transit upgrades, with another $172 million going towards clean water and water infrastructure.
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How a Republican-led government shutdown would affect you
If a shutdown occurs, travelers could face delays at airports, millions of workers would go without paychecks, and public safety, disaster preparedness and response, and food and safety inspections could also be affected.
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Biden vows to keep fighting for workers during stop at union auto plant
President Joe Biden said tentative contracts between the United Auto Workers union and the Detroit Three are “changing the face of the country” by promising better wages and benefits, and creating thousands of new jobs.
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Who is Mike Johnson, the new Speaker of the House?
The new House Republican leader supports a nationwide abortion ban, played a key role in trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election, and opposes same-sex marriage.
