WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of March 31 Deadline, Feenstra, Pappas Introduce Legislation to Permanently Extend Medicare Coverage of Audio-Only Telehealth Today Congressmen Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Randy Feenstra (IA-04) introduced the Audio-Only Telehealth Access Act (link is external), which would make Medicare's coverage of audio-only telehealth services permanent. Audio-only telehealth refers to services where   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Annual average unemployment rates increased in 21 states in 2024 March 07, 2025 In 2024, annual average unemployment rates increased in 21 states and were little changed in 29 states and the District of Columbia. Employment-population ratios decreased in 5 states and were little changed in 45 states and the District. The U.S. jobless rate increase  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 7 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Formella, Coalition Submit Final Proposed Fix to End Google's Search Monopoly Concord, NH - Attorney General John M. Formella announces that he, along with 37 of his fellow state attorneys general and the U.S. Justice Department, today proposed a final package of remedies to end Google's illegal monopoly over internet search engines and to restore competiti  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire issued the following news release: * * * Former New Hampshire Woman Sentenced to 27 months for Defrauding Bedford Women's Care Associates CONCORD - A former New Hampshire woman was sentenced in federal court in connection with her conviction for defrauding her prior employer out of more than $140,000, Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack announces. Elizabeth Morse, 56, currently of Albuquerque,  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, vice chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news on March 7, 2025: * * * JEC Establishes Committee Leadership for the 119th Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Last week, the Joint Economic Committee concluded its committee organizational vote to adopt the committee's leadership for the 119th Congress. Chairman David Schweikert (R-AZ-01) and Vice Chairman Eric Schmitt (R-MO) formally ratified the committee's membership,  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 7 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release: * * * Joshua Lanchester Indicted in Connection with the Death of Cynthia Lanchester Concord, NH - Attorney General John M. Formella announces that the Grafton County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against Joshua Lanchester, age 23, for one count of reckless Second-Degree Murder in connection with the death of Cynthia Lanchester (age 76) on September 28, 2024. Mr. Lanches  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 7 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release: * * * Joshua Shea Sentenced to 37 years to life for the Death of Evangelos Ioannou in Nashua, New Hampshire Concord, NH - Attorney General John M. Formella and Chief Kevin Rourke of the Nashua Police Department announce that Joshua Shea pled guilty and was sentenced today by the Hillsborough County Superior Court (Southern District) for the murder of Evangelos Ioannou on June 7,   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Library of Congress issued the following news: * * * Library Announces Teaching with Primary Sources Regional Grant Awards The Library of Congress recently awarded six Teaching with Primary Sources regional grants. Recipients of these regional grants will make subgrants on behalf of the Library to organizations that wish to integrate Library resources and Teaching with Primary Sources methods into their educational programming. The recipients include Illinois Stat  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire issued the following news release: * * * Manchester Man Pleads Guilty for his Role in a Conspiracy to Traffic Approximately 50 Pounds of Methamphetamine to New Hampshire CONCORD - A Manchester man pleaded guilty in federal court in Concord to a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy, Acting U.S. Attorney John J. McCormack announces. Riley Thibodeau, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of conspira  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 7, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Meets with New Hampshire Group Supporting Children and Families in Ukraine WASHINGTON--Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met with co-founders of the Common Man for Ukraine, a non-profit that delivers humanitarian aid, food an  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 6, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democrats Statement on Meeting with USAID Acting Deputy Administrator Peter Marocco WASHINGTON--Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR),  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 7, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen, Senator Collins Lead Bipartisan Resolution Recognizing International Women's Day WASHINGTON--Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing March 8, 2025, as Intern  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire issued the following news release: * * * Rhode Island and Manchester Residents Plead Guilty in Connection with their Leadership Roles in a Drug Trafficking Organization CONCORD - Two defendants have pleaded guilty in federal court in Concord for their roles as dispatchers in a drug conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, Acting U.S. Attorney Jay McCormack announces. Melissa Rey Ramos,   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Risch Introduces Resolution Honoring Women-Owned and Operated Businesses WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho)--the former Chairman and current member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship-introduced a resolution celebrating the extraordinary accomplishments and vital role of women business owners in the United States ahead of International Women's Day on March 8th. "I  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 6, 2025: * * * Risch, Shaheen Introduce Bill to Curb Fentanyl Imports from China WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced the Break Up Suspicious Transactions of Fentanyl Act, or the BUST FENTANYL Act, which would crack down on t  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Hassan Presses FDA Commissioner Nominee to Lower Prescription Drug Costs and Protect Reproductive Health Care Medication WASHINGTON - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan questioned Dr. Marty Makary, President Trump's nominee to be Commissioner of the FDA, at a hearing in the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Senator Hassan pushed Dr. Makary to work with Congress to low  more