New Hampshire Expands Unpaid Leave Rights for Employees

Starting January 1, 2026, a new law in New Hampshire will notably broaden the unpaid leave rights for employees, allowing them to attend medical appointments related to childbirth, postpartum care and infant pediatric needs. The law applies to...

Some NH towns saw more than 1 inch of rain Wednesday as drought persists

Several New Hampshire communities saw around an inch of rain on Wednesday, as the state is still stuck in a significant drought. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report released Thursday morning showed no changes from last week's report, which said...

New Hampshire has 6th highest median household income in US. How does your income compare

By USA Today Network via Reuters Connect New Hampshire households are bringing in more money than those in most states, according to a new ranking by online finance publication Visual Capitalist. The list ranks all 50 states by 2024 median...

Who’s New Hampshire’s biggest landowner? The biggest private land owner owns 23,000 acres

By USA Today Network via Reuters Connect New Hampshire might not be a big state, but how much land the largest landowner has might surprise you. The World Population Review drew on 2025 data and found the biggest land owners in each state of the...

The One New Hampshire Airbnb You Need to Book for Epic Dark Sky Views

Nearly two decades later, John E. Sununu wants New Hampshire to send him back to the U.S. Senate

John E. Sununu, a Republican who served in the U.S. Senate from 2003 to 2009, announced Wednesday he’s officially seeking a return in 2026. “Maybe you’re surprised to hear that I’m running for the Senate again,” Sununu said in his campaign launch...

NH SNAP benefits: Will you get November benefits? Where…

On Oct. 27, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said her department lacks the amount of money needed to cover SNAP benefits in November. New Hampshire has a contingency plan for delayed SNAP benefits. Over 75,000 New Hampshire...

Surprise candidate leads the pack for Dems’ 2028 presidential nomination

He might be out of office, but a former top official in the Biden administration remains prominent in the minds of Democratic primary voters. As they think about the 2028 race for the White House, former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete...

Opinion: It’s not the lattes. New Hampshire’s affordability crisis is real.

Sign up for the Concord Monitor's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. Every time we post on social media about New Hampshire’s affordability crisis, the comments pour in. “Young people are lazy. If they worked harder, they could...

Modern medicine depends on a prehistoric crab whose future is in danger

Medicine leans on a living animal to keep people safe. Labs bleed horseshoe crabs along the U.S. East Coast to test for dangerous contamination. In 2021, labs along the East Coast collected 718,809 horseshoe crabs for biomedical use, the most on...

Maine’s Job Market Among the Nation’s Best, Study Finds

Maine and New England tend to rank high on many lists. Whether it’s quality of life, great food, amazing outdoor recreation, or ridiculous accents, there’s certainly a lot to appreciate about the region. This includes the fact that all of New...

Menna: The Myth of Choice in New Hampshire's New School Voucher Law

On June 10, Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed S.B. 295, dramatically expanding New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Accounts with state-funded savings accounts that allow K-12 students to use public tax dollars for private school tuition, tutoring...

US lawmakers want response after Sudan ‘horrors’ by paramilitaries

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican and Democratic U.S. senators called for a strong response from President Donald Trump’s administration after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seized new territory in Sudan, reportedly...

She Went Viral for Cleaning Gravestones. Here's Why She Was 'Hesitant' to Post Her Videos (Exclusive) By Tabitha Parent

NEED TO KNOW Caitlin Abrams has nearly three million followers on TikTok — though not for what the average user might expect Abrams, who posts under the handle @manicpixiemom, has grown her massive following for cleaning gravestones and posting...

Malibu’s chance to make PCH safe

By Haylynn Conrad Malibu has a tremendous opportunity in front of us that must be embraced: a $50 million investment from Caltrans to enhance public safety on Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). This project represents a long-awaited chance to protect...

New Hampshire rain totals by town: Oct. 20, 2025

New Hampshire rain totals by town: Oct. 20, 2025 Good Tuesday morning after some beneficial rain, skies brighten up today, but more wet weather is possible very soon. Rain is something we so desperately need here in New Hampshire. In fact,...

Gov. Hobbs: Arizona can't fill gap if food stamp funds dry up next week

Gov. Katie Hobbs says the nearly 900,000 Arizonans getting food stamps should not look to her or the state’s government for help if benefits dry up next week due to the federal shutdown. “Arizona doesn’t have the capacity to backfill that,’’ Hobbs...

Election 2026 Senate New Hampshire

New Hampshire Republican John E. Sununu has announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate seat he lost nearly 20 years ago. Sununu is seeking the Republican nomination for the seat being vacated by U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat who ousted him...

Behold, another nonsolution to New Hampshire’s school funding nightmare

New Hampshire Republicans seem to understand that the state has a property-tax problem, so that’s good. The bad news is that their idea of problem-solving consistently rests on finding new ways to blame the state’s schools for an unfair funding...

Concord City Council Ward 8: Cate, Sekou have little common ground on housing

Sign up for the Concord Monitor's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. The two candidates running to represent Ward 8, which spans most of southeast Concord, including parts of the Heights and the airport, are as starkly opposed on...