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NH House offers new Medicaid expansion plan

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:30:53 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Democratic-led House budget negotiating team proposed a new plan Tuesday to expand Medicaid under the federal health care overhaul law that would commit the state for three years only.

Fraud defendant changes his mind; won't enter plea

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:27:39 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man accused of an elaborate mortgage fraud scheme that prosecutors say bilked distressed homeowners and banks out of about $13 million was set to enter a guilty plea Tuesday, but changed his mind.

Negotiators reach deal to fund new women's prison

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:11:01 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire House and Senate negotiators have reached a tentative agreement on a public works budget for the next two years that contains a new women's prison.

NH man sentenced for raping foster brother, 7

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:48:37 GMT

GREENFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A New Hampshire man convicted of sexually assaulting his 7-year-old foster brother while they lived in Massachusetts was sentenced Monday to up to 10 years in prison.

NH budget negotiators continue talks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:21:11 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — House and Senate budget negotiators are taking another look at a proposed $1.5 million cut to the New Hampshire Veterans Home that could force residents to pay for their own incontinence supplies.

NH woman sentenced to 5 to 10 years in son's death

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:21:49 GMT

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire woman has been sentenced to five to 10 years in prison for negligent homicide in the drowning death of her 8-month-old son in a bathtub.

NH school board to reconsider dodgeball

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:43 GMT

WINDHAM, N.H. (AP) — Dodgeball seems to be making a comeback at the school district in Windham, N.H.

NH Food Bank, officials to discuss hunger stats

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:47:34 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — State officials are speaking a New Hampshire Food Bank event called "Map the Meal Gap."

NH lawmakers seek deal on medical marijuana bills

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:23:25 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire lawmakers are trying to find a compromise when it comes to allowing seriously ill people to use marijuana in their medical treatment.

NH's Kuster to discuss student loan rate hike

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:19:27 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Congresswoman Annie Kuster is holding a telephone town hall about a pending student loan rate hike on July 1.

Carnival workers denied minimum wage, suit says

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:37:27 GMT

Workers who set up carnivals around New England sued a New Hampshire amusements company Monday, alleging it violated minimum wage and overtime laws by requiring employees to work long hours at a low, weekly salary.

N.H. man arraigned in toddler’s death

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:27:22 GMT

A New Hampshire man who said he tried to stop a 2-year-old boy from fussing is accused of smothering him by wrapping the child in blankets and securing them with a rope, then putting a duffel bag on top of him. Jared Pope, 30, of Somersworth has been charged with smothering 2-year-old Noah York.

AG's office: 2 people found dead at home in Nashua

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:08:07 GMT

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — The state attorney general's office is investigating two suspicious deaths at a home in Nashua.

Rain, wind, hail pound NH, Maine seacoast

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:53:51 GMT

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Residents of New Hampshire's Seacoast region and southwestern Maine face some big cleanup as a result of a fast-moving storm that pummeled the region with rain, high winds and hail.

NH court: no scholarships for religious schools

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:44:17 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A judge on Monday declared New Hampshire's new scholarship program unconstitutional but allowed it to continue as long as none of the money goes to religious schools.

NH House, Senate negotiating over budget

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:44:22 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Republican-led Senate budget negotiating team insisted Monday that it isn't against expanding Medicaid to cover an estimated 58,000 poor adults, but it wants more time to evaluate the impact.

NH man arraigned in toddler's death

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:25:25 GMT

DOVER, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man who said he tried to stop a 2-year-old boy from fussing is accused of smothering him by wrapping the child in blankets and securing them with a rope, then putting a duffel bag on top of him.

NH gov's husband promotes volunteer opportunities

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:28:48 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Gov. Maggie Hassan's husband is starting a statewide initiative to promote volunteer opportunities throughout New Hampshire.

NH man to plead guilty in Vt. power line spree

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:18:50 GMT

GUILDHALL, Vt. (AP) — A 20-year-old New Hampshire man is going to spend 60 days on a Vermont prison work crew after pleading guilty to a variety of charges stemming from a vandalism spree that did more than $80,000 in damage to a high-voltage power line in the town of Concord.

Slight price increase in gas in NH

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:27:34 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The average price of gasoline in New Hampshire has gone up less than a penny in the past week.

Dartmouth to build new sorority house

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:34:58 GMT

HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — The Dartmouth College trustees have approved $3.5 million to build a new sorority house on campus.

Final section of NH-Maine bridge floated in

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:08:20 GMT

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — The final span of the new Memorial Bridge connecting New Hampshire and Maine survived its "float-in" down the Piscataqua River early Monday.

NH lawmakers negotiating voter ID changes

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:11:08 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Negotiators from the House and Senate are meeting to see if they can reach a compromise over legislation to change New Hampshire's voter identification law.

Annual Hampton Beach Sand Sculpting Contest nears

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:26:53 GMT

HAMPTON BEACH, N.H. (AP) — Take 250 tons of sand and 21 hours and what have you got?

'Project Viewer' details NH bridge, road projects

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:42:47 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A new mapping tool on the New Hampshire Department of Transportation website is providing access to information on state transportation projects.