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Updated: NH House defies Hassan, kills casino bill by 35-vote margin

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CONCORD -- The House Wednesday killed Gov. Maggie Hassan’s pet proposal to bring casino gambling to New Hampshire and with...

State says no evidence of air pollution in Balsams fire, but fines firefighters $2,601 anyway

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The DES is fining Colebrook fire officials $2,601 for failing to tell DES in advance about the fire and not having a...

Pease Air National Guard Base — home to the 157th Air Refueling Wing — has been selected by the U.S. Air Force  as the top Air National Guard base to receive the new KC-46A tanker.

Pease chosen to receive new KC-46A refueling tanker; to bring 100 jobs

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WASHINGTON – Pease Air National Guard Base — home to the 157th Air Refueling Wing — has been selected by the...

FBI evidence response team gather in front of an apartment Wednesday in Orlando, Fla., after an FBI agent shot and killed a man who was questioned in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings.

FBI agent kills Florida man during questioning about Marathon bombing suspect

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ORLANDO, Fla. - An FBI agent shot and killed a Florida man who turned violent while being questioned about the Boston Marathon...

For now, no more breakfasts in Manchester's Veterans Park

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The leader of a church group that has sought to serve breakfast to the homeless in Veterans Memorial Park appears to have backed...

Manchester mayor to oversee economic development office

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The Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a plan to place economic development under the umbrella of the mayor’s office,...

A man and two children exit a shelter after debris was cleared from on top, after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, Monday. A massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people as winds of up to 200 mph flattened entire tracts of homes, two schools and a hospital, leaving a wake of tangled wreckage.

Keene Swamp Bats coach: Okla. tornado was close to home

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Kevin Winterrowd saw golf ball-sized hail fall on a high school baseball field he should have been coaching on Monday, but...

Suit: Claremont's North Country Smokehouse claims $606,011 spent on diamond, SUV, more

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North Country Smokehouse filed civil action Friday in Sullivan County Superior Court, alleging office manager Bonnie Johnson...

Senate Finance Committee rejects House-approved tax hikes

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Today's House vote on a Senate-passed bill to allow casino gambling comes the day after the Senate Finance Committee rejected...

No arrests in Manchester homicide; single shot to chest killed man

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No arrest was made Tuesday in the drive-by shooting of a Manchester man.

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Updated: NH House defies Hassan, kills casino bill by 35-vote margin

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CONCORD -- The House Wednesday killed Gov. Maggie Hassan’s pet proposal to bring casino gambling to New Hampshire and with it an estimated $80 million in revenue in the next two years and $130 million in gaming taxes in ensuing years.

House votes to ban lead sinkers and jigs an ounce or under

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Lead sinkers and jigs weighing one ounce or less will be banned beginning June 1, 2016, under a bill passed by the House Tuesday on a 225-142 vote.

House passes auto dealers bill of rights

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CONCORD – Auto dealers will no longer have to redo their facilities more than once every 15 years under Senate Bill 126, which the House passed on a 338-30 vote Tuesday.

Senate Finance Committee rejects House-approved tax hikes

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Today's House vote on a Senate-passed bill to allow casino gambling comes the day after the Senate Finance Committee rejected about $53 million in House-approved tax increases and released a list of Health and Human Service spending reductions.

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