HANOVER, New Hampshire, Nov. 6 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: * * * - The AAU is a consortium of leading research institutions. * * * Dartmouth has joined the Association of American Universities (AAU), President Philip J. Hanlon '77 announced today. Founded in 1900, the AAU is a consortium of 65 of America's leading public and private research universities--including all of Dartmouth's Ivy League peers--that collectively help shape higher education policy, promote   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 4 -- New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald issued the following news release: Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald announces that on November 1, 2019, the Hillsborough County Superior Court - Southern District, issued an order which concluded that Marc Bernier violated the New Hampshire Civil Rights Act, RSA chapter 354-B and thus ordered an injunction against Mr. Bernier. The trial court found that on March 17, 2019, Mr. Bernier repeatedly threatened   more

CONCORD, N.H., Nov. 5 -- The New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration issued the following news release: * * * - NHDRA launches new online taxpayer portal & revenue management system * * * The New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration (NHDRA) has launched the first of three phases of its new online user portal and revenue management system, overhauling decades old technology and providing taxpayers an improved online experience. NHDRA, which collects more than $2 billion i  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 7 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following letter (No. DM 19-182) : To: Bobby Schiff, Ultimate Energy Advisors, LLC, 514 Lockwood Drive, Richardson, TX 75080 Re: Ultimate Energy Advisors, LLC Application to Rcgister as Provider of Natural Gas Aggregation Service Dear Mr. Schiff: On November 4, 2019, Ultimate Energy Advisors, LLC (Ultimate Energy) submitted an application with the Commission to register as a provider of natural gas agg  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 6 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Ray Buckley: "Tonight's results show that Granite Staters trust Democrats over Republicans when it comes to driving economic development, improving local schools, and addressing the challenges that impact communities across the state. "Democratic gains and high turnout across New Hampshire tonight, including in Republican strongholds like Laconia, prove that Granite Staters are energiz  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 7 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chair Raymond Buckley in response to Vice President Mike Pence's appearances in Concord and Manchester: "Nothing Pence says today can erase the truth. In 2016, Trump promised the world to Granite Staters. In the three years since, he hasn't delivered anything but a trail of broken promises. "We saw through his empty rhetoric then, we rejected it again on Tuesday, and we'll proudly send him p  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 4 -- The New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game issued the following news: The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department has been awarded a grant from the New England Forests and Rivers Fund for the purpose of creating large-scale pollinator habitat in highway rights-of-way and other public lands throughout the Granite State. Fish and Game's Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program will work with the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (DOT) to identify opport  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 8 -- The New Hampshire Republican Party issued the following statement by Chairman Stephen Stepanek on a vote by the state Democrats to table $46 million in federal funding for public charter schools: "Today, New Hampshire Democrats turned their back on New Hampshire's at-risk students in a move that can be explained as nothing more than a sellout to union party bosses," said Chairman Stephen Stepanek. "By moving to table a $46 million federal grant - the largest g  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 6 -- The New Hampshire Republican Party issued the following news: Today the NHGOP delivered over 600 petitions to Speaker Shurtleff's Office this morning requesting that Rep. Tamara Le (D-North Hampton) be removed from the House Education Committee after using an expletive to describe her beliefs on private and religious schools. "Rep. Le's comments are disgusting and indefensible, but are not surprising," said Chairman Stephen Stepanek. "For her to make such a st  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 7 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following news release: Today, the New Hampshire Democratic Party filed an election law complaint against the New Hampshire Firearms Coalition (NHFC) for refusing to put its name and required disclaimer on hateful signs it printed that depict New Hampshire Democrats as Nazis. On October 30th, the NHFC brought a professionally printed banner and posters with the faces of House and Senate Democrats next to swastikas   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Tuesday's election results in New Hampshire and across the country spell trouble for Gov. Chris Sununu. Democrats won 76 percent of the races in New Hampshire in which they competed. After campaigning hard for Victoria Sullivan in Manchester, Sununu suffered an embarrassing defeat with a Democrat carrying Manchester by 14 points. Sununu went all in for a Republican mayoral candidate In Laconia, a city where T  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 6 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following news release: In Case You Missed It, the Union Leader reports that every Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in New Hampshire opposes abortion rights and would restrict a woman's access to a full range of health services. Key points from the Union Leader's reporting: Jeanne Shaheen first was elected Governor by beating a staunchly anti-choice candidate, but the Republicans she has faced in her campa  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, Nov. 5 -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: The United States ranks 24th out of 29 countries in government spending as a share of GDP and last in social protection spending, according to new research released by the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire that uses data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. In comparison, the U.S. ranks at or near the top in military, healthcare, educati  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Nov. 5 [TNSenvironmentresearch-Nature Geoscience journal] -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: * * * - Plants Will Demand More Water in the Future Making Less Water Available for People * * * With climate change, plants of the future will consume more water than in the present day, leading to less water available for people living in North America and Eurasia, according to a Dartmouth-led study in Nature Geoscience. The research suggests a drier fut  more