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New Hampshire Cop Killer Asks Supreme Court To Drop Death Penalty
Michael “Stix” Addison killed Manchester Police Officer Michael Briggs of Epsom in 2006. His attorneys are trying to stop his execution.

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Michael “Stix” Addison killed Manchester Police Officer Michael Briggs of Epsom in 2006. His attorneys are trying to stop his execution.

Political insiders expect the Shaheen machine to generate massive funding for Stefany’s campaign — with Republicans calling her formidable.
A second version of a bill to bump New Hampshire’s last-in-the-nation state primary from September to June passed in a party-line vote.
Rather than uphold a state tradition, Granite State Democrats organized a write-in campaign for Biden to protect his campaign.
Prosecutors have already had their knuckles rapped by Judge John Kissinger after he found they violated attorney-client privilege.
The GOP-controlled Senate passed the resolution Thursday over unanimous Democratic opposition.
The school got a building that cost more than $2 million to turn into a functional school, on top of its costly lease, documents claim.
Six months into her first year in the Corner Office, Gov. Kelly Ayotte added the ban to a growing list of legislative victories.
Tracy Richmond of the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire talks about as a Jewish American as antisemitic violence increases.
Data analysts at Wallethub have named New Hampshire the third-best state for military retirees, behind only South Carolina and Maryland.
The Trump administration announced it’s withdrawing a stop-work order holding up a $5B wind power project off the coast of Long Island.
Gov. Kelly Ayotte supports a GOP proposal to mandate a statewide “bell-to-bell” ban on cellphones in New Hampshire classrooms.
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John Corbett led Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s 2024 campaign as general consultant, a race culminating in a 9-point victory over Mayor Joyce Craig.
Some Democrats oppose the measure, saying it violates “local control”; teacher unions say students cannot concentrate and are acting out.
Former Strafford County Sheriff Mark Brave, once a rising star in the NH Democratic Party, is now serving a 3.5 to 7-year prison sentence.
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Former school committee member: The mayor has raised spending; continued the terrible precedent of using “one-time revenues” from reserves.
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When Beth Scaer, a conservative activist, described an athlete who identifies as a girl a “tall boy,” Alison Mastin gaveled her down.