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NH State Police carved 'fairness' into a memorial. Their own reports count parades and Facebook followers, not complaints against troopers. Satire, with data.
How New Hampshire polices its police: hiring and certification standards, body cameras and footage, the Laurie list, use-of-force reviews, deception in interrogations and in reports, and how to sue an officer.
19 stories Latest Oct. 19, 2026
NH State Police carved 'fairness' into a memorial. Their own reports count parades and Facebook followers, not complaints against troopers. Satire, with data.
A guide to civil rights suits against police in NH: qualified immunity, filing deadlines, damage caps, body-camera records and the first steps to take.
What HIPAA and New Hampshire law let Concord Hospital disclose without your signature, what police can get, and seven steps patients can take.
NH requires 1,500 hours to license a cosmetologist and about 740 to certify a police officer. What the Pol 300 rules require and what should change.
New Hampshire shelved HB 125 and SB 246 on booking photos. The case for ending pre-conviction mugshot release, with a GSR model bill.
Archives show Stanford prison guards were coached. What research says power does to attention, and why New Hampshire records law matters.
What New Hampshire police owe abused men whose abuser dies: the state protocol, the aggressor rule, and five steps departments can take.
New Hampshire does not require police body cameras, exempts most footage from RSA 91-A, and orders most of it destroyed within 180 days.
NH’s Attorney General cleared officers in two July 2026 shootings. One full report stays sealed, and a Lisbon officer’s name is still off the Laurie List.
New Hampshire lets police deceive suspects in interrogations, while a person who lies to police can be charged. A column on the double standard.
Discover how the state controversially ruled Megan Robinson's death 'not suspicious' just days after her body was found in a basement.
Explore the complex relationship between police endorsements, political power, and pardons in this insightful political analysis.
The reporting as it lands: investigations, explainers, local and national stories, and the series that run longer than one day.
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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