HANOVER, New Hampshire, Sept. 26 [TNSgrantresearch] -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: * * * - NSF-funded study aims to develop a fundamental understanding of quantum systems. * * * A team of researchers from Dartmouth College and Brown University have received a $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation to research the materials and exotic quantum states that make quantum technologies possible. In the quantum world, particles can behave as if they are in mo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Republican Governors Association issued the following news release: New Hampshire Democrats displayed unprecedented levels of partisanship during the 2019 legislative session, working to obstruct popular Republican Governor Chris Sununu from delivering results for the Granite State. Instead of working with the governor to pass a sound budget, liberal legislators spent the session pushing a hyper-partisan agenda that would have raised taxes and driven jobs out of the   more

MIDDLEBURY, Vermont, Sept. 28 [TNSgrantsresearch] -- Middlebury College issued the following news: Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Mez Baker-Medard has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation's Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems program. The $600,000 grant will support her project, titled Socio-Ecological Feedbacks of Marine Protected Areas: Dynamics of Small-Scale Fishing Communities and Inshore Marine Ecosystems, which she will conduct in partner  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 23 -- The New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game issued the following news: The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is announcing that Executive Director Glenn Normandeau will be leaving his position at the end of his term in March 2020. Director Normandeau has been serving in his role as head of the agency since April 2008. He is the second-longest serving Executive Director in the history of the Fish and Game Department which was established in 1865. It   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 25 -- The New Hampshire Judicial Branch issued the following news release: The Communications Office of the Judicial Branch released the following information today: The New Hampshire Supreme Court has appointed the Hon. Susan W. Ashley to serve as deputy administrative judge of the state's circuit court. Her five-year term runs through September 15, 2024. Ashley was first nominated to the bench in 2006 and is a graduate of Suffolk University Law School. Hon. Dav  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 25 -- The New Hampshire Republican Party issued the following statement by Chair Stephen Stepanek regarding a budget proposal from Senate Majority Leader Dan Feltes: "Governor Sununu's budget compromise is a clear defeat for Dan Feltes and his far left caucus' extremist budget - it doesn't include Feltes' disastrous income tax or Democrats' massive structural deficit. "This budget does not increase taxes, and will likely lead to a further reduction in employer ta  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 24 -- The New Hampshire Republican Party issued the following statement by Executive Director Elliot Gault regarding New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu's announced budget compromise: "Thanks to Governor Sununu's steady hand over the past several months, negotiations have delivered a fiscally responsible budget that slashes the structural deficit by 75%, does not increase taxes, provides cities and towns across the Granite State with much-needed property tax relief, a  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 24 -- The New Hampshire State Senate issued the following news release: Today, Governor Chris Sununu, Senate President Donna Soucy, and Speaker of the House Stephen Shurtleff announced that they have reached a compromise on the state budget. This compromise budget will go before the full House and Senate on Wednesday. "The people of New Hampshire won today," said Governor Chris Sununu."This compromise budget does not increase taxes and ensures financial promises c  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 25 -- The New Hampshire Supreme Court issued the following order regarding suggested amendments to Supreme Court rules: Advisory Committee on Rules Chair, Justice Patrick Donovan, recently received a suggestion to retitle and amend the 2018 Supplemental Rules of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire for Electronic Filing and to amend existing Supreme Court Rules 1-A, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 25. The amendments would require self-represented parties and nonlawyer repr  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 25 -- The New Hampshire State Senate issued the following news release: Today, the New Hampshire Senate passed HB 3 and HB 4, a compromise on the state budget, which included funding to fix the Portsmouth Commercial Fish Pier on Pierce Island, which failed this summer. Following the vote, Seacoast Senators Martha Fuller Clark (D-Portsmouth), David Watters (D-Dover), and Tom Sherman (D-Rye) released the following statements: "Today, as a result of the bipartisan b  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 25 -- The New Hampshire State Senate issued the following news release: Today, the New Hampshire Senate passed HB 3 and HB 4 a compromise on the state budget. Following the vote, Senate Leadership released the following statements:"Budgets are a statement of our values, and this budget compromise makes clear that New Hampshire values the people of our state and is committed to ensuring every Granite Stater has there sources and opportunities they need to thrive,"  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, Sept. 24 [TNSbiologyresearch] -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: A debilitating, often fatal, fungal disease has been discovered in wild North American porcupines in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, according to the New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire. UNH pathologists found that 12 wild porcupines taken to wildlife rehabilitators in Maine and Massachusetts with what appeared to be ma  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, Sept. 25 [TNSsociologyresearch] -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: Substance use and mental health issues have become a major societal problem across the United States, especially for teens. Some experts say it has even reached epidemic proportions with no signs of letting up. The quest to find effective treatment options has led many parents and healthcare professionals to outdoor behavioral healthcare (OBH), commonly referred to as wil  more

SEATTLE, Washington, Sept. 27 [TNSsociologyresearch] -- The University of Washington issued the following news release: The share of Washingtonians living below the federal poverty threshold declined from 11.0 to 10.3 percent between 2017 and 2018, according to new Census data released Thursday. Washington was one of 14 states in which poverty rates fell between 2017 and 2018. Washington's poverty rate is lower than the poverty rate in most states. Eight states - Hawaii, New Hampshire, New Jer  more