Tag: New Hampshire

Supporters feel confident marijuana will be legalized in New Jersey, but legislative foes plan to campaign for Democratic defections as the other side debates different visions for reform. (iStock)

Legal pot in 100 days? New Jersey’s next governor aims for national first

Steven Nelson · November 9, 2017 5:01 am

Massachusetts wants to permanently switch to Atlantic Time, which is one hour ahead of Eastern Time. It would not roll back one hour on the first Sunday of November, when daylight saving time ends, nor move the clock ahead one hour in March when it begins.

Energy and Environment

New England looks to end daylight saving time

John Siciliano · November 5, 2017 4:01 am

Along with West Virginia, Kentucky, and New Hampshire, Ohio has been ravaged by the opioid crisis. In 2016, 4,000 Ohioans died from drug overdoses. So far in 2017, 964 overdoses have been reported in Trumbull County, Ryan's home county. In one recent week in the county alone, 59 overdoses and five deaths were reported.

Tim Ryan, Evan Jenkins lead push to curb infant mortality amid opioid epidemic

Al Weaver · October 16, 2017 4:01 am

She said has decided to retire after feeling the "tug of family." (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

New Hampshire Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter won’t seek reelection in 2018

Melissa Quinn · October 6, 2017 5:37 pm

Twelve years ago this month, Kanye West's song "Gold Digger" peaked at number one on Billboard's Hot 100 list, where it remained for a total of ten weeks. On Wednesday, an administrator at the University of New Hampshire confirmed one group of sorority sisters is under investigation for singing the lyrics to that song, which include repeated use of the n-word. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Beltway Confidential

University of New Hampshire sorority members ‘under review’ by school for singing the n-word in Kanye West’s ‘Gold Digger’

Emily Jashinsky · September 21, 2017 11:02 pm

On Thursday, commission head Kris Kobach published an op-ed in Breitbart alleging over 5,000 votes were cast illegally in the 2016 election. (AP)

Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan want New Hampshire secretary of state to resign from Trump voter fraud panel

Ariella Phillips · September 8, 2017 9:00 pm

Bernie Sanders is set to headline two Labor Day events in New Hampshire over the upcoming weekend, a move that has some wondering whether he's considering another run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 2020. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Beltway Confidential

2016 repeat? Bernie Sanders heads back to New Hampshire

Emily Jashinsky · August 31, 2017 10:48 pm

Border Patrol agents conduct checkpoint operations in Lincoln, N.H. (Credit: U.S. Customs and Border Patrol)

Border Patrol checkpoint in New Hampshire nets arrests of 25 illegal immigrants

Anna Giaritelli · August 28, 2017 9:31 pm

Democrats have also renewed their calls for Trump to disband the commission. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump’s voter fraud commission to meet in New Hampshire in September

Ariella Phillips · August 25, 2017 12:34 am

Nine states agreed on a plan Wednesday to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent between 2020 and 2030. The pact includes New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Energy and Environment

Nine states plan to cut carbon emissions 30 percent by 2030 to combat climate change

Josh Siegel · August 23, 2017 7:51 pm

New Hampshire GOP headquarters vandalized, defaced with ‘Nazis’ graffiti

Sean Langille · August 17, 2017 7:21 pm

He allegedly said he would "use his political connections and clout to shut down all building and work and make your life a nightmare with an expensive and extended lawsuit." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Corey Lewandowski sued for threatening to use ‘political clout’ in land dispute with neighbors

Naomi Lim · August 16, 2017 1:18 am