Latest New Hampshire Headlines

All the headlines from our New Hampshire Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Declarations

Jun 5 2023 // “Threat actors are forever looking for targets with weak security controls or unprotected infrastructures — these are the paths of least resistance into a company’s network. … Unfortunately,...

New Hampshire House Kills Bill to Make Schools Tell Parents About Transgender Kids

May 22 2023 // A bill that would have required school officials to disclose to inquiring parents that their child is using a different name or being referred to as being a different gender was defeated Thursday in the New Hampshire...

New Hampshire Governor Sununu Urges State-Run Marijuana Shops

May 17 2023 // A day after New Hampshire legislators rejected the latest attempt to legalize recreational marijuana in the state, Gov. Chris Sununu – a potential Republican presidential candidate – proposed a path forward...

New Hampshire High Court Rejects Cat Urine Analogy in Overturning Hotels’ COVID Insurance Win

May 15 2023 // The New Hampshire Supreme Court has overturned a trial court that had found for a group of 23 hotels claiming they were entitled to insurance payments for business interruption losses caused by contamination of their...

New Hampshire Lab Error Incorrectly Led to Salad Greens Recall

May 15 2023 // A laboratory error incorrectly caused a recall announcement for a brand of salad greens, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services said.The products from lef Farms are safe and the recall has been canceled,...

New Hampshire Begins Search for Insurance Commissioner as Nicolopoulos to Exit

May 10 2023 // New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu announced that Insurance Commissioner Christopher Nicolopoulos will not be seeking reappointment upon the conclusion of his term.Nicolopoulos began serving a five-year term in February...

New Hampshire Court Nixes Medical Monitoring Part of PFOA Class Action

Mar 29 2023 // In a case involving a class action brought by New Hampshire citizens against a Merrimack plastics plant over its release of toxic chemicals into the air and groundwater, the state’s high court has found that medical...

White House Approves Disaster Funding for New Hampshire’s December Storm

Mar 20 2023 // President Joe Biden approved a federal disaster declaration for New Hampshire following damage caused by a severe storm and flooding that happened around Christmas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said.Funding is...

New Hampshire Roofing Contractor Faces $234K in OSHA Penalties

Mar 1 2023 // Federal workplace safety inspectors have again cited a Derry, New Hampshire contractor for not protecting their employees against potentially lethal falls, this time at worksites in Merrimack and Salem.The Occupational...

Drive Free or Die? New Hampshire Bill to Restrict Pets in Cars Starts Dogfight

Jan 24 2023 // New Hampshire is the only state that allows adults to drive without wearing seatbelts. Want to use your dog instead? Go for it, for now.While the state currently has no lapdog-related laws, the Legislature is considering a...

Transgender Worker Sues New Hampshire Employer Alleging Bias in Health Plan

Dec 19 2022 // A transgender woman in New Hampshire filed a discrimination complaint Friday against the manufacturing company where she works as a machinist, challenging its exclusion of gender-transition health coverage.The complaint...

New Hampshire Body Shop Owner ‘Winging’ Own Case Beats State Farm in High Court

Nov 17 2022 // Collision repair shop owner Steve Piispanen didn’t hire an attorney because he considers them to be “not educated” when it comes to insurance law.He represented himself when he appealed a local...

New Hampshire County Defeats ‘Deliberate Indifference’ Claim Over Inmate’s Death

Oct 21 2022 // A federal court has dismissed claims that New Hampshire’s Hillsborough County, along with the nurses and outside medical providers for the county’s Valley Street Jail, are liable in the death of an inmate who...

New Hampshire Moves to Assist Birthing Centers, Midwives With Insurance Costs

Sep 15 2022 // The New Hampshire Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee approved a request from the Sununu Administration to use $252,000 in federal pandemic aid to offset the cost of premium increases for birthing centers and home birth...

J&J to Pay $40.5M to Settle New Hampshire Lawsuit, Avoid Trial Over Opioid Marketing

Sep 1 2022 // Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $40.5 million to settle New Hampshire’s claims over the company’s role in the opioid epidemic, averting a trial that had been scheduled to begin next...

Worker Fatality at New Hampshire Wastewater Treatment Plant Under Investigation

Aug 30 2022 // An electric company employee working on a backup generator project at Keene, New Hampshire’s wastewater treatment plant suffered an injury and died, city officials said.The Hamblet Electric employee was fatally...

Small New Hampshire Town Political Spats Devolve Into Defamation, Free Speech Claims

Aug 19 2022 // The small town of Gilmanton, New Hampshire and a selectman who owns a winery have successfully defended themselves against multiple claims of defamation brought by a well-known and politically active local couple.But the...

Jury Acquits Truck Driver in 2019 New Hampshire Crash That Killed 7 Motorcyclists

Aug 11 2022 // A jury on Tuesday acquitted a commercial truck driver of causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in a horrific head-on collision in northern New Hampshire that exposed fatal flaws in the processing of license revocations...

New Hampshire Motorcycle Crash Trial Hears Drugs, Alcohol Testimony

Aug 3 2022 // A substance made when the body breaks down heroin was present a truck driver’s blood just hours after he was involved in a 2019 crash that killed seven motorcyclists, a forensic toxicologist testified this week.The...

New Hampshire Joins States Suing Pharmacies Over Role in Opioid Epidemic

Jul 28 2022 // The state of New Hampshire sued pharmacy chains Tuesday, becoming the latest government entity seeking to hold them accountable for fueling the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic.The lawsuit filed by Attorney General...