Governor
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‘Kelly Ayotte couldn’t even keep 15 kids safe’: Warmington blasts governor over new YDC abuse
Democratic candidate for governor Cinde Warmington argues Gov. Kelly Ayotte has spent her first year in office creating “another generation of victims.” New Hampshire Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cinde Warmington on Wednesday accused Gov. Kelly Ayotte of allowing a new generation of abuse to take root at the Sununu Youth Services Center, charging that her budget…
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Ayotte tried to fire New Hampshire’s child advocate. She just uncovered a massive abuse scandal.
When the Office of the Child Advocate released a damning report last week alleging minors at the Sununu Youth Services Center were being subjected to punitive, jail-like conditions — including an illegal restraint that broke a child’s bone — it was the work of Child Advocate Cassandra Sanchez. Sanchez and her team visited the facility,…
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Ayotte signs bills stripping NH students of voting rights
New Hampshire’s new law creates one of the most restrictive voter ID regimes in the country. Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed House Bill 323 into law late Friday afternoon eliminating student IDs as an accepted form of voter identification and establishing one of the most restrictive voter ID requirements in the nation. New Hampshire law…
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We asked, you answered: Should New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte demand tariff refunds for NH households?
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on March 10 demanding a $1,745 refund for every household in the state to offset the financial impact of Trump’s tariffs. Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee followed suit shortly thereafter. This week, we asked readers: Should New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte demand tariff refunds…
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Ayotte took $83K from Sackler family despite opioid overdose crisis
New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte spent years publicly warning about the devastation that the opioid crisis was causing in New Hampshire, but federal campaign finance records show that her campaign committee and leadership PAC accepted at least $83,049.98 from opioid manufacturers, distributors, their political action committees, employees, and members of the Sackler family tied to…
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Ayotte calls for higher penalties for refusing breath alcohol test
The price you pay for refusing a Breathalyzer in New Hampshire could double under a bill supported by New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte.
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Records tie Merrimack ICE project to Ayotte donor
Records connect Merrimack ICE warehouse to Trammell Crow network tied to Gov. Kelly Ayotte donor Harlan Crow. The vacant warehouse property ICE has been eyeing for a planned detention-style human warehouse site in Merrimack, New Hampshire, runs through the corporate world of Trammell Crow Company. It also enters the political orbit of billionaire GOP donor…
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Sununu denies ties despite being named in Epstein files
Sununu says his name being mentioned in the Epstein files is a “fabrication” — critics say that excuse “doesn’t hold water.” A dump of over 3 million pages of files related to convicted underage sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein last week revealed a number of connections to New Hampshire elites, but perhaps none more potentially troubling …
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State House rocked after ACLU releases files detailing Ayotte admin working with ICE on Merrimack detention site
Right-to-know documents reveal site maps, photos, and proposed buildouts as NH Democrats say Gov. Kelly Ayotte can’t square her public ignorance with her administration’s paper trail. New Hampshire Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s administration is scrambling to explain how a state agency under her purview exchanged formal correspondence with federal officials about advanced plans to convert…
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ACLU-NH sues ICE for records on NH police immigration training
The ACLU-NH is suing ICE for public records on how local police are trained to enforce immigration law, saying Granite Staters have a right to know what officers are being taught.
