118 stories Latest Oct. 19, 2026 2025–2026
On October 19, 1765, nine colonies declared only their own legislatures could tax them. Also: Yorktown, John Jay's oath, Watergate tapes and Black Monday.
October 18 in NH history: the 1775 request to Congress, the 1776 Exeter constitution, a railroad-bill veto, a 1940 ballot ruling and the submarine Squalus.
New Hampshire's turnout trailed the nation's in every midterm from 1982 to 1998, then topped it in all 13 federal elections from 2000 to 2024, two records show.
New Hampshire's federal district court had one judgeship from 1789 to 1978. Eighteen judges have held its seats; the second was removed by impeachment in 1804.
New Hampshire eighth graders at NAEP Proficient in math fell from 46.8% in 2013 to 32.0% in 2024. All four tests slid before 2019 and still beat the nation.
Federal records count 127 deaths in New Hampshire state prisons, 2001-2019, and 63 in local jails. The system that replaced the old count misses many deaths.
Census counts put Carroll County's median age at 54.9 in 2020, up from 48.3 in 2010 and highest in NH. Belknap County went from 44.7 to 49.3 in the same decade.
Tobacco taxes were 5.4% of New Hampshire's state tax collections in fiscal 2025, twice any other state's share. Census and CDC records trace the long decline.
The federal casualty file lists 226 Vietnam War dead from New Hampshire, 30.6 per 100,000 residents in 1970. Sixty-two died in 1968; 100 were 20 or younger.
State trade reports show New Hampshire goods exports to Canada fell from $1.44 billion in 2023 to $859 million in 2025, while Germany rose to $1.48 billion.
New Hampshire law lets public employees speak and bars gag rules. What it protects, where it stops, and how Granite State Report keeps sources out of harm's way.
On Oct. 17: Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga in 1777 with NH regiments in the ring, Grant suspended habeas corpus in 1871, Capone was convicted in 1931.
On Oct. 17: Seabrook Station got its first license in 1986, NH militia closed on Burgoyne at Saratoga in 1777, Red Rolfe was born in Penacook in 1908, and more.
Census surveys put New Hampshire's uninsured rate at 11.1% in 2010 and 4.5% in 2024. The biggest drop came in 2014-15. Who still goes without, by age and state.
Federal counts put New Hampshire's imprisonment rate at 151 per 100,000 in 2023, sixth-lowest of the states, down from a 2014 peak of 219. The record from 1990.
BLS counts: New Hampshire computer and electronics factory jobs fell from 25,812 in 2001 to 14,807 in 2025, as computer systems design jobs more than doubled.
New Hampshire bankruptcy filings peaked at 6,097 in 2005 and hit 675 in 2022. Federal court tables from 2003 to 2025, with state rates per 100,000 residents.
