Kevin Landrigan

CONCORD — Supporters of House-passed legislation to make New Hampshire the 11th state to legalize assisted suicide faced pushback Wednesday, an indication of how much tougher it could be to get this the through the state Senate.

CONCORD — An amended bill to compel local police to cooperate with federal immigration officials who wish to have someone detained narrowly cleared a key House committee Wednesday.

CONCORD — Manchester's mayor and police chief made one of their final pitches this session for comprehensive bail reform legislation ( SB 318 ) during a state Senate hearing Wednesday.

Senate President Jeb Bradley, R-Wolfeboro and inset left, presented to a State Senate panel proposed changes to a pending plan in the State Senate to legalize recreational marijuana for adults

CONCORD — Senate President Jeb Bradley, R-Wolfeboro, said a proposed Senate plan to legalize recreational use of cannabis for adults falls short of preventing “Big Marijuana” firms from dominating the New Hampshire market.

CONCORD — Alice Wade, a transgender woman from Dover in her 20s, said she had to go to Washington to have gender reassignment surgery last summer, and the follow-up services she received at a local hospital here were “laughable.”

A NONPARTISAN GROUP that wants to end polarization in politics had its kickoff sessions online this past week.

CONCORD — New Hampshire is an outlier in the region, charging its residents the same "day use" admission fee at a state park that out-of-staters pay.

CONCORD -- The head of the Lakes Region Mutual Fire Aid Association (LRMFAA) said now that a plan to sell the former Laconia State School property has fallen apart, his group wants to acquire two buildings on that site, one that currently houses its own dispatch service for 35 member towns and the other containing the state's backup 911 center.

CONCORD — Granite Staters could return unused paint to be reused or recycled under a bipartisan bill passed by the House, over objections that it would raise prices.