WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As MAGA Republicans in New Hampshire hold a hearing on their proposed extreme abortion ban, DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement: "Donald Trump and MAGA extremists have waged an all-out war against women's reproductive freedom, opening the floodgates to increasingly extreme abortion bans, including one proposed by New Hampshire Republicans that bans abortion af  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 13 -- CNN issued the following news on Jan. 12, 2024: Ahead of the New Hampshire GOP primary, CNN Anchor Wolf Blitzer will moderate a live CNN Republican Presidential Town Hall with Governor Ron DeSantis at 9pmET on Tuesday, January 16 from New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire. CNN has a longstanding tradition of hosting presidential candidates for Town Halls and political events as a critical component of the network's robust campaign coverage. The 2024 Republ  more

NEW LONDON, New Hampshire, Jan. 11 -- Colby-Sawyer College issued the following news: The students in Community-Based Research, a 300-level environmental science course spanning two semesters, are collaborating with the Pleasant Lake Protective Association and the town of New London on a watershed analysis project that focuses on Pleasant Lake. "So far, the class has collected data from twenty-six different tributaries for the lake on twelve individual dates, which represents the most extensiv  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: * * * Study finds steepest drops in areas of the Northern Hemisphere reliant on snow for water. * * * Snow is one of the most contradictory cues we have for understanding climate change. As in many recent winters, the lack of snowfall in December seemed to preview our global warming future, with peaks from Oregon to New Hampshire more brown than white and the American Southwest facing a severe s  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Jan. 9 (TNSres) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: * * * The Title IX coordinator seeks data from all students, faculty, and staff. * * * On Jan. 8, undergraduates, graduate and professional students, faculty, and staff are receiving an email invitation with a unique code to participate in a voluntary, confidential online survey about sexual misconduct. Student participants will be entered to win a $10 Amazon gift code, with 1,000 to be distribute  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: * * * Study reports on the role, and limitations, of polling in South Korea's democracy. * * * Public opinion polls are often considered "the will of the people," but a new study on the role of polls in South Korea shows that they may not always be that transparent. "Using polls to gauge what people think about politics is not as simple as it sounds, as there are multiple mediating factors betwe  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Jan. 13 (TNSres) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: * * * Researchers work to keep artificial intelligence from perpetuating stereotypes. * * * When artificial intelligence models pore over hundreds of gigabytes of training data to learn the nuances of language, they also imbibe the biases woven into the texts. Computer science researchers at Dartmouth are devising ways to home in on the parts of the model that encode these biases, paving the way  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: While former U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte continues to struggle to prove her MAGA bona fides in New Hampshire's GOP gubernatorial primary, she has found one constituency to rally around her: a coalition of extremists, conspiracy theorists, and designated hate groups, which grew this morning with the announcement that state Representative Ken Weyler has endorsed her campaign for governor. Weyler is best known fo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news on Jan. 10, 2024: After voters across the country rejected Republicans' extreme attacks on reproductive freedom last year, the Republican Governors Association said it plans to "encourage GOP candidates to engage on this issue" in 2024. All this week, the Democratic Governors Association is offering a preview of what it could look like if Republican gubernatorial candidates heed this advice and lean into thei  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: In response to Donald Trump bragging about his role in allowing Republicans to push for extreme abortion bans across the country, DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement: "MAGA Republicans' extreme crusade to rip away women's basic reproductive freedoms would not be possible without one man: Donald Trump. Because of Trump, women in Kansas, New Hampshire, Idaho, an  more

RINDGE, New Hampshire, Jan. 10 -- Franklin Pierce University issued the following news: Franklin Pierce University is proud to announce the introduction of its newest academic program, the Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC). The hybrid program, which will welcome its first cohort this fall, aims to equip and empower students as leaders and caregivers in the field of mental health treatment. The demand for licensed mental health counselors has grown exponentially in rece  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Jan. 13 -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release: The New Hampshire Department of Education (NHED) announces the selection of Richard K. Sala of Hopkinton as the new director of the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR New Hampshire). Sala will be responsible for administering the operations of VR New Hampshire in the development and implementation of federal and state programs, as well as authorizing and directing all aspects of  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Jan. 11 -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2024: For the first time ever, newly submitted finance data from New Hampshire public school districts indicates that New Hampshire's average cost per student has exceeded $20,000. Last week, the New Hampshire Department of Education released its newest cost per pupil data for the 2022-2023 school year. The new statewide average operating cost per pupil of $20,323 is a 4.8  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Jan. 12 -- Gov. Christopher T. Sununu, R-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: Today, Governor Chris Sununu wrote to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of SB 414 and SB 415, mandatory minimum sentences for trafficking and the distribution of large quantities of a controlled drug with death resulting and relative to the penalty for certain fentanyl related offences. * * * January 11, 2024 Dear Members of the Senate Judicia  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Jan. 11 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. DW 23-088) on Jan. 10, 2024, involving Pennichuck Water Works Inc., Pennichuck East Utility Inc., and Pittsfield Aqueduct Co. Inc.: * * * REQUEST FOR CHANGE IN RATES COMMENCEMENT OF ADJUDICATIVE PROCEEDING AND NOTICE OF HEARING On November 21, 2023, Pennichuck Water Works, Inc. (PWW), Pennichuck East Utility, Inc. (PEU), and Pittsfield Aqueduct Company, Inc. (PAC) (collectively, t  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Jan. 5 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. DW 23-101) involving Pennichuck East Utility Inc., Pittsfield Aqueduct Co., Pennichuck Water Works Inc: * * * Joint Petition for Approval of Consolidation of Pennichuck East Utility, Inc. and Pittsfield Aqueduct Company with Pennichuck Water Works, Inc. COMMENCEMENT OF ADJUDICATIVE PROCEEDING AND NOTICE OF PREHEARING CONFERENCE On December 15, 2023, Pennichuck East Utility, Inc. (P  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Jan. 12 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. DE 24-003) on Jan. 11, 2024, involving the Town of Atkinson: * * * Request for Approval of Atkinson Community Power Plan ORDER OF NOTICE On January 10, 2024, the Town of Atkinson (Atkinson) filed a Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (Community Power Plan) with the Commission pursuant to RSA 53-E:7 for Commission review and approval. RSA 53-E:7, II provides that The commiss  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Jan. 9 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. DE 24-001) on Jan. 8, 2024, involving the Town of Bennington: * * * Request for Approval of Town of Bennington Community Power Plan ORDER OF NOTICE On January 2, 2024, the Town of Bennington (Bennington) filed a Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (Community Power Plan) with the Commission pursuant to RSA 53-E:7 for Commission review and approval. RSA 53-E:7, II provides that  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Jan. 5 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following letter (No. DW 23-101): * * * Re: Pennichuck East Utility, Inc., Pittsfield Aqueduct Company, and Pennichuck Water Works, Inc. Joint Petition for Approval of Consolidation of Pennichuck East Utility, Inc. and Pittsfield Aqueduct Company with Pennichuck Water Works, Inc., Hearing Guidelines To the Parties: To facilitate the hearing scheduled in this matter, the Presiding Officer has adopted t  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Jan. 11 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following letter (No. DW 23-088) on Jan. 10, 2024: * * * Re: Pennichuck Water Works, Inc., Pennichuck East Utility, Inc., and Pittsfield Aqueduct Company, Inc., Request for Change in Rates, Hearing Guidelines To the Parties: To facilitate the hearing scheduled in this matter, the Presiding Officer has adopted the following procedures. All participants will be expected to appear in person at the hearin  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Jan. 13 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following statement on Jan. 12, 2024: * * * NHDP Chair Ray Buckley released the following statement to mark the three-year anniversary of Donald Trump inciting a violent insurrection on the United States Capitol: "Today marks three years since Granite Staters watched as Donald Trump, in a blatant attempt to remain in power, encouraged a violent mob to launch an insurrection on our nation's Capitol. Insurrectionis  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Jan. 13 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following statement on Jan. 12, 2024: * * * NHDP Chair Ray Buckley released the following statement in response to the New Hampshire Department of Justice sending cease and desist letter to the Democratic National Committee: "Well, it's safe to say in New Hampshire, the DNC is less popular than the NY Yankees. "State law requires the New Hampshire Secretary of State to conduct the first-in-the-nation primary and  more

CARBONDALE, Illinois, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- Southern Illinois University issued the following news release: Just days before voters begin casting ballots, political experts at Southern Illinois University Carbondale believe the focus of the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire Republican primary is on who finishes second - and has a chance to earn the party's nomination. John Shaw, director, and John Jackson, visiting professor, at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, say former president Donald  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 11 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has helped obtain a significant pro bono win for public school children in New Hampshire, upholding their rights under the state constitution to equal educational funding, together with co-counsel from the Education Law Center. The judge in Rand v. State ruled that the state's administration of a tax to fund public schools violates a constitutional requirement for uniform taxatio  more