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Video ads challenge Ayotte’s IVF and reproductive rights record as TV interview prompts fact checks
Multiple groups have pushed back on leading Republican candidate for governor Kelly Ayotte after she tried to rewrite her legislative record on IVF over the weekend, including AmplifyNH who has launched a 30-second digital ad on TV and social media.
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These New Hampshire Public Schools are the top in the country
New Hampshire ranked 13th in the country for having the best high schools, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2024 Best High Schools list. And while the state’s ranking slipped from being ninth in 2018, more than two dozen schools made it in the top 25% in the country. Ninety-three schools across 88 districts…
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Education Commissioner blasted for injecting culture wars into New Hampshire schools
The presidents of New Hampshire’s largest teachers unions had scathing feedback for embattled New Hampshire education commissioner Frank Edelblut this week after his response to a bombshell NHPR report that documented his efforts to steer the department toward political culture war fights.
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From underdog to Olympian: Billy Bender’s journey from worst to first on Dartmouth’s rowing team
Now, Bender, 22, is getting ready to go to the Olympics this summer. He qualified for n the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics in Sarasota, Florida earlier this month with another Dartmouth College student— 2020 grad Oliver Bub. Bub and Bender won the men’s pair in the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Team Trials.
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What to know about the bird flu outbreak in the US
What is going on? The U.S. Food and Drug announced earlier this week that traces of bird flu were detected in commercial samples of milk. This strain of bird flu is known as the “highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1)” and only a small number of H5N1 cases have been reported in humans (only two…
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VIDEO: Sen. Amy Klobuchar talks to Granite Post on Donald Trump and 2024
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar was in New Hampshire recently to open the NH Dems 8th campaign office for their 2024 coordinated campaign. She spoke to the Granite Post on the stakes at play in the 2024 election. @granitepost U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar was in New Hampshire recently to open the NH Dems 8th campaign office…
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Biden makes 4 million more workers eligible for overtime pay
The US Department of Labor says updated regulations will increase income thresholds to ensure lower-income salaried employees are fairly compensated when they work more than 40 hours per week.
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Biden administration bans noncompete clauses for workers
The new rule bans new noncompete agreements for the vast majority of American workers and requires employers to let current and past employees know they won’t enforce them going forward. Companies will also be required to throw out existing noncompete agreements.
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New Biden rule protects privacy of women seeking abortions
Under the new rules, state officials and law enforcement cannot obtain medical records related to lawful reproductive health care with the goal of pursuing legal action.
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Biden marks Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in solar grants
Forty-nine of these grants are state-level awards, five are multi-state awards, and six are going to Native American tribes. The administration also announced its plans to expand its American Climate Corps green jobs training program on Monday.
