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Teachers in New Hampshire public schools averaged $69,432 in 2024-25, fifth of six in New England and 24th of 50 states, by NEA and federal education data.
Federal records show 35 COPS technology grants Congress directed to New Hampshire in fiscal 2022-2024, worth $22.7 million, against $14.6 million in hiring.
In July 1944, 44 nations set IMF quotas at a New Hampshire hotel. The U.S. took 31 percent; the Soviet Union, third-largest, declined to sign. The records.
HB 1555 (Chapter 231) lets the NH state fire marshal hear de novo appeals of local fire chief decisions starting July 1, 2027.
New Hampshire had about 114,800 veterans in 2010 and 81,535 in 2024, Census surveys estimate. More than half were 65 or older. What the data shows and misses.
New Hampshire's per capita income trailed the U.S. every year from 1940 through 1981 and has led since. BEA put it at $88,145 in 2025, eighth among states.
NOAA's statewide record shows every New Hampshire year from 1998 through 2025 ran warmer than the 20th-century average of 42.3 degrees. Winters warmed fastest.
New Hampshire's Interest and Dividends Tax ran from 1923 until its 2025 repeal. Census records trace it from $675,000 in 1942 to a $183.4 million peak in 2024.
SB 564 (Chapter 316) bars NH towns from road-length limits that impede development if the road meets the fire code, effective April 1, 2027.
New Hampshire reported 44 Lyme disease cases in 1992 and 1,810 in 2025. How the counting rules changed, where the state ranks, and which counties run highest.
The Justice Department paid 37 New Hampshire law enforcement agencies $5.6 million in forfeiture shares in fiscal 2020-2025. Who got it, and the rules behind it
Census data show 13.3% of working New Hampshire residents worked in another state in 2024, most in Massachusetts. County figures and the 2020 Supreme Court case.
The Pentagon obligated $2.54 billion for contract work in New Hampshire in fiscal 2025. Nearly half went to BAE Systems; 94% went to work in two counties.
New Hampshire's census count rose from 141,885 in 1790 to 1,377,529 in 2020. It fell once, in 1870. Since 1950, two southern counties took 60% of the growth.
New Hampshire authorized 18,015 new homes in 1986 and 5,030 in 2025, its most since 2006. What Census permit records, the state's own count and its target show.
New Hampshire's federal court went from 699 pending cases in 2016 to 4,131 in 2023. Then immigration detention petitions became two of every five civil cases.
New Hampshire power plants made 16.9 million MWh in 2024; customers bought 10.9 million. Seabrook made 57%. Coal fell to 1.3%. Federal energy records explained.
A reader filmed blinking lights over Rochester, NH. GSR checked both videos against the stars, the weather and flight records. Here is what they show.
NH collected $3.37 billion in state taxes in fiscal 2025. A third came from taxes on business income, the largest share of any state, Census figures show.
New Hampshire's 400-seat House has one member per 3,444 residents, the smallest ratio of any state. Pay: $200 a term. Five bids to change it died in the House.
