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Owner of Cog Railway proposes lodging on Mount Washington

The owner of a railway that runs up Mount Washington is proposing accommodations and a restaurant near the summit of New Hampshire's highest peak

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2022

Some in GOP want ballots to be counted by hand, not machines

Republican lawmakers in at least six states have introduced legislation that would require all ballots to be counted by hand instead of electronic tabulators, and similar proposals are being floated in some county and local governments around the U.S. The push comes as the nation continues to deal with the…

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2022

Thirteen gubernatorial battleground elections to take place in 2022

Thirty-six states will hold elections for governor in 2022. Of those, Ballotpedia has identified 13 as general election battlegrounds: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.

Ballotpedia · Mar 9, 2022

US governors order state-run liquor stores to stop selling Russian vodka

Governors of Ohio, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Utah say symbolic move shows support for Ukraine

The Guardian - US · Feb 28, 2022

COVID-stricken mom reunites with baby 2 months after birth

A 20-year-old New Hampshire woman has reunited with her new baby after fighting for her life against COVID-19 for two months

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2022

Another Pseudonymous / Sealed Police Officer Lawsuit

The case is Doe v. Town of Lisbon (D.N.H.), which stemmed from police officer Doe's being fired—wrongly so, he claims—and being placed on the "Exculpatory Evidence Schedule" (also known in New Hampshire as the "Laurie List"), in which his disciplinary record would be disclosed by prosecutors to defense lawyers whenever…

Reason · Feb 24, 2022

VA Bible lawsuit dismissed; separate display proposed

A judge has agreed to dismiss a nearly 3-year-old lawsuit over a Bible displayed on a table at a New Hampshire veterans hospital after the plaintiffs' lawyer proposed a separate display and sought to work with the hospital

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022

Is Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan eyeing the White House? Follow these signs

BALTIMORE — Years of speculation about Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s political future were hardly put to bed when the term-limited Republican announced that he wouldn’t run for U.S. Senate.

Tribune News Service · Feb 15, 2022

School boat from 2020 launched in New Hampshire is found in Norway

Sixth-grader near Dyrnes, Norway, found miniature boat covered in gooseneck barnacles

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2022

Current event: Boat launched by US students lands in Norway

A 6-foot-long boat launched by New Hampshire middle school students in October 2020 and containing photos, fall leaves, acorns and state quarters has been found 462 days later by a sixth grader in Norway

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2022