New Hampshire Government News

Massachusetts' loss is Juliana Aquino's gain. The 27-year-old mother of two could have done her Black Friday shopping at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Methuen, where she lives.

The Concord Monitor says the plans will be officially announced on Monday. The new rules will allow for one online renewal every 10 years.

In recent weeks Kelly Ayotte has been pushing a GOP establishment-sponsored health care plan that would give insurance companies control over the health care of New Hampshire families.

Universities rarely report their researchersa financial conflicts of interest to the government as is required for government-funded research, according to a Department of Health and Human Services report issued on Thursday.

The good news, if you will, is New Hampshire's budget is only 7 percent behind its target, and within striking distance of being accurate.

The New Hampshire Department of Labor launched a new Web site that allows the public to report possible misclassifications of employers or other employment violations.

School officials in Pelham said an student in the district has died from complications from H1N1.

More than 7,000 Medicare recipients in Maine and New Hampshire are at risk of losing their prescription drug plan if they do not act before Dec.

Chris Adamski said about 45,000 swine flu vaccine doses had been administered as of last week and more vaccine is coming to the state on a weekly basis.

The Gundalow Company will host a free showing of "Poisoned Waters" at 7 p.m. Sunday at Strawbery Banke Museum's Tyco Visitors Center.

To increase public education as part of efforts to limit effect of the H1N1 flu, the state has launched a new Web site designed to present information about the pandemic and ways to respond.

New Hampshire Department of Corrections Commissioner William L. Wrenn announced that several employee in-service training courses will now be provided electronically through E-learning. The courses include Harassment and Discrimination, Responding to Correctional Emergencies, Fire Response and Evacuation, Warning Signs of an Impending Disturbance, ...

Last week, the legislature of the "Live Free or Die" state failed to overturn a veto of a bill decriminalizing the medicinal use of marijuana for chronically and terminally ill patients .

Ryan Murphy, a 23-year-old, National Guardsman from Manchester, made history Wednesday in becoming the first person during the Lynch administration era to plead his case for a pardon before the Executive Council.

In May, Maine's legislature and governor made marriage equality the law of the state.

The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services , the town of Raymond Planning Board and the Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission are working together to develop new zoning ordinances using recently mapped fluvial erosion hazard zones.

New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney and Special Agent-in-Charge Michael Hubbard of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Criminal Investigation Division announce that, on Oct.

State public health officials, health clinics and school officials say they will provide H1N1 flu vaccinations as soon as each shipment arrives because the risk of a widespread pandemic is very real.

A section of Route 102 West near the Interstate 93 off-ramp has been closed due to an accident.

The New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration has certified the 2009 property tax rate for Wolfeboro, and the good news is the rate is down from last year.