Senator Jeanne Shaheen News Archives

Share + Oct 31, 2009 8:26 am US/Eastern Unemployment benefits are running out for about 500 New Hampshire residents, and that number will increase each week unless Washington approves an extension.

Sen. Tom Harkin talks about extending unemployment benefits during a news conference with fellow Senate Democrats at the U.S. Capitol October 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.

Two veterans counseling measures based on New Hampshire programs have been signed into law.

In a big boost for Ann McLane Kuster's campaign, the Democratic congressional candidate this afternoon will receive the endorsement of EMILY's List, a powerful pro-choice political action committee dedicated to electing Democratic women to federal and state political offices.

As the glorious fall colors cause even longtime New Englanders to stop and admire our forests, it is worth considering what role our forests can play in solving two major challenges facing our region and country: the economy and climate change.

A Spaulding High School tuba player will represent the state as one of the nation's top musicians during the third annual U.S. Army All-American Marching Band performance in January.

CONCORD, N.H . a * As progressive, big government lawmakers met at a managed Tax Summit inside the State House to push their pro income tax and sales tax agenda, Citizens for Sensible Legislation met outside the legislative office building with concerned New Hampshire residents to explain how uncontrolled spending by the New Hampshire State ...

And that's sort of the magic number--not only is 67 enough votes to pass a climate bill in the Senate without having to worry about a filibuster, but it's just enough to ratify an international climate treaty .

If the city wants to keep Hooksett students , it needs to show Hooksett parents that it has a good plan for their kids.

WHO'S GIVING TO WHOM? With third quarter federal fundraising reports now public, details are now emerging and charges are flying.

All midterm elections are a good bellwether of the mood of the body politic, but 2010 has greater importance, because the results will change where candidates all across New Hampshire have to run in the future.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., yesterday urged Republican senators yesterday to "do the right thing" and support the bill that would extend unemployment benefits in all 50 states.

Two state institutions -- the New Hampshire House and the state court system -- are reaching out with tweets from Twitter accounts.

Will New Hampshire's congressional delegation vote for a health care "reform" bill that raises state Medicaid spending so high that we have to pass a broad-based tax to fund it? Drew Cline Blog Andrew Cline has been editorial page editor of the New Hampshire Union Leader since October of 2001.

Erik Anderson does more lobstering than ground fishing these days given the flood of new federal regulations limiting commercial fishermen's days at sea.

She is likely to get the endorsement and the financial support of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and is polling far ahead of her two primary opponents Manchester businessman Ovide Lamontagne and magazine publisher Sean Mahoney.

Two new polls show the economy and jobs are preying on the minds of New Hampshire voters, and they're likely to come into play as the 2010 election becomes a referendum on the Democratic majority in Congress and the presidency of Barack Obama.

BACKGROUND: Former attorney general Kelly Ayotte looks like a sure bet for the GOP nomination in the U.S. Senate race, but the state party has not made an endorsement.

For as long as I can remember, there's been a truism about midterm elections: As a president's approval rating goes, so goes his party's prospects that year.

Nearly two months after a computer glitch delayed unemployment checks for hundreds of New Hampshire residents, the state has almost completely resolved the problem.

Public transit ridership hits record in '08 High gasoline prices in 2008 led New Hampshire residents to use a record amount of public transit and to drive their cars a bit less, says an environmental group which claims that the state saved 545,000 gallons of gasoline in the process.

MILLION: New fund-raising figures released by top U.S. Senate candidates show that Republican former Attorney General Kelly Ayotte out-raised Democratic Rep.

MILLION RAISED. Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes' campaign this afternoon announced it raised "nearly $600,000" in the third quarter, "bringing his yearly total to nearly $1.6 million raised." The campaign said it has "over $1.1 million on hand."The campaign, which did not provide a precise figure, said, "This is the largest amount any non-incumbent ...

Representatives from New Hampshire's children's community, state legislators, representatives from congressional delegates, parents and children gathered at the State House to celebrate New Hampshire children and the programs that serve them.

The death penalty by lethal injection in New Hampshire applies to these specific cases of pre-meditated murders.

The murder of a Mont Vernon mother last weekend has stirred discussion in the Legislature of whether to expand the state's death penalty law.

Senate Democrats said Thursday they have reached a deal to extend unemployment insurance benefits to the nearly 2 million jobless workers across the country who are in danger of running out of assistance by the end of the year.

As thousands of jobless Americans lose their weekly unemployment checks, Congress is still debating who should qualify for a benefits extension.

The predawn attack and killing of Kimberly Cates in her isolated home in Mont Vernon, N.H., may have been premeditated and particularly brutal, but the crime does not appear to meet the state's specific criteria that would warrant the death penalty, according to the prosecutor in charge of the case and a legal expert.

New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen has released the details of an amendment she plans to introduce that would give 17 additional weeks of unemployment benefits to workers nationwide.

With U.S. unemployment rising, lawmakers hope to resolve a logjam this week on a measure that would extend jobless benefits for those who already may have exhausted them, Senate aides said on Tuesday.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen says that when the Senate returns to Capitol Hill today, she will continue her push to extend unemployment benefits to out-of-work residents of all 50 states.

Former Attorney General Kelly Ayotte is leading Rep. Paul Hodes in a recent poll in the race for U.S. Senate, but most likely voters say they haven't made a firm decision.

A growing active-duty contingent at Pease Air National Guard base officially answered the call of duty Friday afternoon during an "Activation and Assumption of Command" ceremony celebrating the placement of the 64th Air Refueling Squadron at Pease.

The Senate Finance Committee may have rejected a government-run health insurance plan, but Sen.

A broad coalition of New Hampshire environmental leaders called on the U.S. Senate to adopt a clean energy bill that two key senators introduced Wednesday.

A 13-week extension of unemployment benefits in the 27 states with the highest jobless rates is being slowed by some lawmakers upset that their own states would be left out.

WEDNESDAY UPDATE #2: Jennifer Horn, the GOP's 2008 nominee in the 2nd Congressional District, said this morning's Granite Status report on Charlie Bass' interest in running for his old seat "does not change my course at all and I will make an announcement when I originally planned to make an announcement, which is the near future." He said she ...