Kelly Ayotte’s War on Massachusetts: When “Live Free or Die” Becomes “Do as I Say”
Opinion: Gov. Kelly Ayotte's sanctuary-city ban and her posts about Massachusetts, set against New Hampshire's Live Free or Die tradition of local control.
60 stories 2025–2026
Opinion: Gov. Kelly Ayotte's sanctuary-city ban and her posts about Massachusetts, set against New Hampshire's Live Free or Die tradition of local control.
A high-speed chase in NH leads to the arrest of Gongping Cheng, 39, on felony forgery charges after multiple fake IDs were discovered.
New Hampshire Supreme Court upholds statute of limitations barring retroactive claims in sexual assault cases, impacting survivors' rights.
UNH polls in 2025 showed Gov. Kelly Ayotte's approval near even. She won the Sept. 8, 2026 GOP primary and faces Democrat Cinde Warmington.
An opinion essay on the economics of a proposed 100% tariff on foreign-made films.
State police investigated a five-vehicle crash, including two tractor-trailers, in the I-95 open road tolling lanes in Hampton on Sept. 25, 2025.
One person was killed and others wounded at Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua on Sept. 20, 2025. Hunter Nadeau, 23, was charged with second-degree murder.
CBS and ABC paid $31 million to settle Trump's lawsuits. Press-freedom violations rose sharply in 2024. What both mean for New Hampshire's local newsrooms.
Russian aircraft violating Estonian airspace read less like a prelude to war than a bid to provoke sanctions. An argument about deterrence and dedollarization.
Four people were hurt, two seriously, in a four-vehicle crash on Main Street in Plaistow on Sept. 18, 2025. State police are investigating speed.
A Concord nurse was charged with possessing child sexual abuse images in a case police tied to the Kidflix takedown. The charges have not been proven.
Explore the Ayotte threat case: a chilling example of how political rhetoric can incite real violence and impact democratic norms.
Explore the Weare Recycling Facility fire's details, implications, and fire safety practices to prevent future incidents. Learn more!
A massive three-alarm fire at Granite State Recycling in Weare sends smoke across Southern NH, prompting a regional firefighting response.
A 22-year-old Hooksett resident was charged under RSA 631:4-a after allegedly threatening Gov. Kelly Ayotte, according to court documents cited in news reports.
The Justice Department removed an NIJ report on ideologically motivated homicides by far-right extremists. What the report said and why the removal matters.
Opinion: federal law has no mechanism for designating a domestic group like Antifa a terrorist organization. The push carries constitutional costs.
Explore New Hampshire's pivotal Supreme Court case on Michael Addison, the only death row inmate, and its impact on capital punishment debates.
Rep. Michael Granger filed a constitutional amendment to protect the right of parents to homeschool. What NH House Republicans proposed.
Educators in a dozen states lost jobs or were suspended within days over posts about Charlie Kirk's assassination. The Pickering test and the chill on speech.
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Right-to-Know requests, police and public money, and the records that show what officials did, not what they said.
Courts, constitutional law, civil liberties and press freedom, and who does the law’s work in New Hampshire.
Election 2026, the Statehouse, bills and votes, and the Ayotte administration, measured against the record.
Health, the economy, housing, the Lakes Region, and the readers and officials who take part.
Signed argument from the editor, editorials, history, faith, and satire. Labeled as opinion, every time.
UFO sightings and history, hauntings, cryptids and folklore, with the claims kept separate from the evidence. Report what you saw.
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