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NH’s first ban on food waste becomes law in win for composting

The measure will require those who generate over a ton of food waste per week to keep it out of a landfill, if there is a facility within 20 miles.

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NH’s first ban on food waste becomes law in win for composting

The measure will require those who generate over a ton of food waste per week to keep it out of a landfill, if there is a facility within 20 miles.
POLITICS

N.H. GOP group hosting Trump next week ‘disappointed in DeSantis’ for scheduling dueling event

The group, which is hosting former president Donald Trump at its annual Lilac Luncheon, asked that the DeSantis campaign reschedule his town hall event scheduled for the same time just 40 miles south.
POLITICS

In N.H., Christie lashes out at Trump and preaches to the choir

Christie, the former governor of New Jersey, who was an early and eager Trump endorser in 2016 and stuck with him in 2020, presented himself Wednesday in Derry, N.H., as the lone truth-teller in the GOP field.

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One year after Roe v. Wade was overturned, N.H. abortion providers say they feel the effects
They note that more people are coming from out of state for abortion care -- and more protests are taking place outside of some health centers.

Promising $100 million operation to beat Trump, DeSantis super PAC founder hits Massachusetts to gin up donors
Kenneth Cuccinelli, a former homeland security official in the Trump administration, pitched his PAC and the Florida governor to conservative activists and businesspeople in Boston on Wednesday.

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Indictment isn’t deterring most GOP voters from Trump, N.H. poll shows
About 48 percent of Republican-aligned voters surveyed said the former president’s federal indictment made them more likely to vote for him, according to a new UNH poll.

Charts: Here’s how many people could be affected by the Supreme Court’s ruling on student loan forgiveness
The high court is expected to rule on President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program in the next couple of weeks and it could be a boost — or a bust — for millions of people, depending on how the court rules.

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Governor Chris Sununu signs $15 billion N.H. budget into law

All state employees will receive a 10 percent raise, which will put an additional $169 million toward education funding targeted to the most needy students.

NH CRIME

N.H. state senator accused of assaulting employee of restaurant he owns

Keith Murphy is accused of spitting on and slapping the victim, and surveillance video from Murphy’s Taproom shows up picking up a chair “in an aggressive manner,” police said.

NH POLITICS

RFK Jr. faces pressure from N.H. Democrats to stay away from Free Staters festival

The party chairman said the Free State Project promotes a ‘dark, dystopian philosophy’ that’s bad for New Hampshire and urged RFK Jr. not to speak at the Porcupine Freedom Festival. But the Democratic presidential candidate rebuffed the warning.

NH POLITICS

Nashua board rejects plan for asphalt plant

Newport Construction’s bid to build a plant in a central part of the city had faced steady opposition. Still, an attorney for the company said it may appeal the board’s unanimous decision.

NH POLITICS

Sununu leaning against bid for re-election as New Hampshire governor

“I don’t think I’m going to run again,” the popular GOP incumbent said during a radio show interview on Friday.

Georgia and New Hampshire’s places in limbo as Democrats hammer out 2024 primary order

The DNC rules panel voted to let New Hampshire have until Sept. 1 to continue working on its plans for the 2024 Democratic primary. But that is unlikely to quell an ongoing feud between the national party and the state’s Democrats.

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Lobbying work for Purdue Pharma plagues N.H. gubernatorial candidate

The lawyer advocated against a proposal in Concord to rein in prescriptions in 2002, touting OxyContin as “a miracle drug” with “very few side effects”

NH POLITICS

Conservative Republican N.H. lawmaker splits from GOP, switches to independent

“I don’t think the Republican Party is moving in the right direction,” Representative Dan Hynes of Bedford said, citing concerns about the state’s recently passed budget, a failed effort to legalize marijuana, and the way Republican leaders approached “parental rights” legislation.