Representative Carol Shea-Porter News

Dignitaries and heroes will celebrate Armed Forces Day at the first annual 'Salute Our Soldiers' fundraiser Saturday, with proceeds to benefit the Seacoast Chapter of Veterans Count.

Civilian workers at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard will be spared from the mandatory work furloughs hitting other federal employees across the country this summer.

President Barack Obama delivers a statement from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday.

Members of New Hampshire law enforcement fondly recalled the late Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney at an event that evoked laughter and tears in the nation's capital Tuesday night.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are demanding answers about accusations that the IRS targeted conservative political groups for increased scrutiny.

Workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard will be exempt from the Defense Department's plan to furlough about 680,000 of its civilian employees for 11 days through the end of the fiscal year.

First District Congresswoman Carol-Shea Porter joined a roundtable discussion Tuesday on veterans and military families at New Hampshire Technical Institute in Concord.

Some Granite State conservatives were quick to condemn the idea that the nation's tax collector is going after political organizations based on ideological leanings.

Gov. Maggie Hassan will join U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte and U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter this weekend for the inaugural Salute Our Soldiers fund-raising event at Service Credit Union headquarters.

The city library and Goodwill Industries of Northern New England will host the fourth annual Women's Clothing Swap from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18.

Saturday, 7:15 a.m., Political Scoop : My guest this week is former Congressman Dick Swett, a Democrat from Bow.

Two regional organizations devoted to serving veterans were honored at a cocktail benefit at the Wentworth by the Sea Hotel Thursday night.

New Hampshire's U.S. representatives and senators all say they want bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform, but as most pieces of legislation, the devil is in the details.

Concord Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter is under fire this week from New Hampshire editorial pages because of her failed leadership on critical financial issues affecting her constituents.

By a vote of 223-204, the House on Wednesday passed the Working Families Flexibility Act, which allows employers to offer hourly workers comp time when they exceed their 40-hour workweek.

It takes a lot of something to bring together the right, left and center of the political spectrum.

With the 2014 general election still more than a year and a half away, Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Susan Collins, R-Maine - both of whom could face competitive re-election bids - are busy stocking up their campaign treasuries.

City officials will meet with representatives from the General Services Administration Tuesday to discuss the future of the Thomas J. McIntyre Federal Building.

Carol Shea-Porter has a funny way of working in Washington to protect New Hampshire.

When Rondo Music moved from New Jersey to New Hampshire in 2005, company president Kurt Zentmaier was happy to discard a long row of binders stuffed with paperwork on churches, charities and other customers claiming to be exempt from paying sales tax.