New Hampshire still does not have any cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The state’s infectious disease experts say the risk is low, and that we should all be way more worried about the flu.
NEW HAMPSHIRE’S Democratic primary voters messed up last week, or so said a political action committee backing Sen. Elizabeth Warren‘s presidential campaign, and a handful of progressive Democrats running for Congress and state offices around the country.
ONE OF THE HUNDREDS celebrating Sen. Bernie Sanders‘ primary win was Sherri Buchanan of Merrimack. Over the last few years, Buchanan — guided by her son, state Rep. Ryan Buchanan — made the journey from lifelong Republican to Sanders supporter.
Before President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address, some 50 local Republicans milled around the wood-paneled back room of Murphy’s Taproom in Manchester to watch the speech. They listened to pitches from candidates for Congress milling around the room, and munched on frie…
By Josie Albertson-Grove
In Tuesday’s Republican primary for Hooksett state representative, to replace the late Rep. Dick Marple, gun rights seemed to be the focus.
New Hampshire’s congressional delegation has been sitting on the sidelines of the Democratic primary — until Wednesday, when Rep. Ann Kuster endorsed Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind.
Eli Clemmer wanted to make a difference, so he decided to run for office.
AFTER FIVE MONTHS of will-he-won’t he, the news that Corey Lewandowski will not run for Senate has created more clarity in the Republican primary.
From his perch outside the Democratic fray, New Hampshire’s Republican National Committeeman Steve Duprey is observing the debates with some amusement.
WHILE HER MORE progressive colleagues have been calling for President Donald Trump‘s impeachment for months or years, Rep. Ann Kuster voiced support for articles of impeachment for the first time this week, after the House Judiciary Committee announced the two articles of impeachment.
IN A MANCHESTER STUMP speech, Andrew Yang delivered as many laugh lines as applause lines, making fun of himself, President Donald Trump (with his go-to joke about being the opposite of Trump) and the ultra-wealthy (“It’s going to be up to you all to stick it to Jeff Bezos!” Yang said).
Raise your hand if, at this time last year, you had any idea who was mayor of Indiana’s fourth-largest city.
Around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, as acting ambassador to Ukraine William B. Taylor Jr. was telling the House Intelligence Committee that an aide heard President Donald Trump through the phone asking European Union ambassador Gordon Sondland about “the investigations," Trump campaign spokesman Ni…
The debate over affordable medical care has gotten heated since Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts released her health care plan last week.
On Tuesday, Sen. Amy Klobuchar‘s campaign sent a chipper memo to supporters and the media about the state of the campaign. “Our campaign has caught fire over the past week,” the memo read, after her performance in last week’s presidential candidate debate.
In a Tuesday appearance on a Virginia radio show, Corey Lewandowski dropped yet another hint about his possible run for U.S. Senate.
Protesters picketed outside former Vice Present Joe Biden‘s speech in Manchester Wednesday because he was too liberal. Inside, demonstrators interrupted him because they found him too conservative.
When he spoke with reporters in Manchester on Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign manager Greg Schultz said the campaign would announce the Biden campaign’s third-quarter haul when the Federal Elections Commission requires, on Oct. 15. Sen. Elizabeth Warren‘s campaign also has yet t…
News of the impeachment inquiry, and the July call between President Donald Trump and the Ukrainian president is sinking in across New Hampshire politics — or sliding off, depending on how you feel about the President.
After Corey Lewandowski’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday, the state Democratic party wasted no time attacking the potential U.S. Senate candidate.
He's pro-life, pro-Trump, pro-immigration reform, anti-Obamacare and until nine months ago he was just another happy guy, living low-profile at a nice retirement home on Lake Wentworth in Wolfeboro, going out in his wooden boat with his dog and taking pictures of bald eagles and loons.
So what do they do now?
Editor’s Note: This is a second edition this week of Kevin Landrigan’s Granite Status column that also runs weekly every Thursday.
Former New Hampshire Republican State Chairman Jennifer Horn of Nashua resigned her seat on the national board after the Log Cabin Republicans endorsed Donald Trump for President in 2020.
FORMER NEW HAMPSHIRE Republican State Chairman Jennifer Horn of Nashua resigned her seat on the national board after the Log Cabin Republicans endorsed Donald Trump for President in 2020.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a special edition of Granite Status, which appears weekly on Thursdays.
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Welcome back, Mr. President.
Here’s one sure way to light the fuse of New Hampshire political hostility after two tragic mass murders in Texas and Ohio last week.
There’s no signed, sealed, delivered “I’m yours” deal just yet, but there are plenty of signs that U.S Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s financial powerhouse may get behind the 2020 Senate GOP primary candidacy of Donald Bolduc in New Hampshire.
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UPDATE: Conservatives Fund backs Bolduc
CONCORD — Gov. Chris Sununu called “racist and offensive” the comments of a Republican lawmaker who said slavery was an economic argument and wasn’t about race.
A third Republican is taking a giant step Thursday toward a 2020 bid for the U.S. Senate.
A third Republican is taking a giant step Thursday toward a 2020 bid for the U.S. Senate.
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UPDATE: Gov. Chris Sununu is at a crossroads with his Democratic-majority Executive Council.
As we hit and pass the halfway mark of 2019, it's time for Joe Biden's campaign to ramp up its senior staff.
By all accounts, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Don Bolduc had a pretty good announcement event last Monday.
By all accounts, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Don Bolduc had a pretty good announcement event last Monday.
The plot thickened in the computer fraud scheme as a second ex-aide to Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-NH, was charged in federal court Wednesday.
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DURHAM -- The director of public works in Durham is retiring in June after 43 years of service to the town and he says the coastal community is in good shape.
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MANCHESTER — A power outage at Manchester Community College canceled classes on Thursday afternoon.
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A resisting arrest charge has been dropped in the case of a Stratham man who was arrested outside his residence with a knife after a fire broke out last October.
MCCLELLANVILLE, S.C/WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Democratic presidential hopefuls spread out across South Carolina on Thursday as the clock ticked down to the state’s Saturday primary, the first big test of their appeal with African-American voters.
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has closed all of Italy’s ancient catacombs normally open to the public because of the country’s coronavirus outbreak.
Even as U.S. officials warn of an inevitable outbreak of coronavirus in the United States, and are alerting Americans to take precautions, some health agencies charged with protecting the public appear unprepared to deal with the threat.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration is considering invoking special powers through a law called the Defense Production Act to rapidly expand domestic manufacturing of protective masks and clothing to combat the coronavirus in the United States, two U.S. officials told Reuters.
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Eversource Energy announced Wednesday that it has reached an agreement to purchase the Massachusetts natural gas assets of Columbia Gas for $1.1 billion from NiSource.
A Delaware couple who got married Sunday has already proven willing to stand by each other’s side in sickness and in health.
