N.H. Delegates Say Ryan's Plan To Overhaul Medicare Is An Asset
New Hampshire delegates at the Republican National Convention in Florida say Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan's plan to overhaul Medicare is an asset.If there was ever any question whether...
View ArticleTrue, False, Or Pants On Fire?
Campaign season is in full swing. You know it by the TV ads and campaign signs … and by the return of PolitiFact’s Truth-O-Meter. PolitiFact New Hampshire is a partnership of The Telegraph in Nashua...
View ArticleRomney Rallies in Nashua
Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney spoke at a rally in Nashua on Friday night.Approaching the stage of a crowded baseball stadium in Nashua to the Kid Rock song Born Free, Mitt Romney and his wife...
View ArticleVoter ID Problem? There's an App for That.
Last week, the Justice Department approved New Hampshire's new law requiring voters to present a valid photo ID at the polls, or to sign an affidavit attesting to their identity in order to vote. Josh...
View ArticleSmith Concedes GOP Gubernatorial Nomination Race
Last night Ovide Lamontagne turned a commanding lead in the polls into the Republican nomination for governor. His main challenger, first-time candidate Kevin Smith, conceded the race early in the...
View ArticleHassan Accepts Democratic Nomination
Democrat Maggie Hassan won the Democratic nomination for Governor at the Puritan Conference Center in Manchester last night. She says she’s ready to face Ovide Lamontagne, whom she called “the tea...
View ArticleA Foreign Perspective on Election 2012
Foreign policy has taken center stage in Election 2012 after protests and violence at multiple U.S Embassies. Political back and forth about how or how not to respond to the incidents have held up...
View ArticleWho Built What? Diving Deeper Into This Season's Campaign Rhetoric
When StateImpact reporter Emily Corwin set out to understand what the slogan 'we built this' means for business and the economy in New Hampshire, she thought she’d find a lot of disagreement. But in...
View ArticleI Choose To Run: When Politics and Athletes Intersect
This past weekend in New Hampshire was full of two things that NHPR's Keith Shields follows very closely: politics and marathons.Shields is executive producer of The Exchange and a 27 time marathoner....
View ArticleBass Snags Bipartisan Endorsement
The two men who headed the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles Commission, which made recommendation on how to lower the federal deficit and balance the budget, have endorsed Congressman Charlie Bass. If you...
View ArticleChildhood Experiences And Parenthood Led Maggie Hassan To Politics
Maggie Hassan is working the room, shaking hands with members of the Seacoast’s financial industry at the largest rotary club in New England – in Portsmouth.She’s 54, and running for Governor on a...
View ArticleBass and Kuster Fight Rematch For 2nd District Congressional Seat
If you had to describe New Hampshire’s congressional elections in one word, “rematch” would be a good choice. In the race to Congress two years ago, the distance between Kuster and Bass was almost...
View ArticleN.H. Mormons Navigate "Mormon Moment" As Election Day Nears
Governor Mitt Romney’s connection to New Hampshire is well-documented. He owns a house on Lake Winnipesaukee, which he visits regularly. And the Mormon meetinghouse in Wolfeboro serves as his second...
View ArticleLGBT in the United States: A New Breakdown
Recently, the Williams Institute published the largest single study investigating the U.S. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer population. Gary Gates is a distinguished scholar with the...
View ArticleHere's What's Awesome: Election Edition!
Today, it’s the election edition, and we’re going to be talking about some of our favorites memes, viral videos, and online trends of this presidential election cycle…it’s been a pretty endless...
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