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America’s Healthiest States Might Surprise You
Living a healthy lifestyle sounds simple enough: eat nutritious food, exercise regularly, and avoid risky habits like smoking or excessive drinking. But in reality, it’s not always that straightforward. While healthy habits are essential for...

Launch into the world of spacesuit design with a company that makes the
An Astro EVA spacesuit designed by ILC Dover. Nancy-Lee Rodden, a 35-year employee of ILC Dover, will speak about the company's line of products used in space exploration on July 10 at 7 p.m. at the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire. Courtesy...

Connecticut Governor Lamont Signs Bill Banning Digital Asset Investments
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has signed House Bill 7082 into law, officially enacting the ban on state investment in digital assets, which includes Bitcoin (BTC). This marks a significant divergence from the growing trend of cryptocurrency...

ISU scholar expects birthright citizenship will be upheld after 'confusion and harm'
An attorney who teaches immigration law at Illinois State University expects the U.S. Supreme Court will ultimately uphold automatic birthright citizenship. Matt Kuenning, who practices law in Champaign, says a New Hampshire judge's ruling to...

From mobile driver’s licenses to Medicaid rules: Budget signed by governor packed with new policies
The two budget bills signed by Gov. Kelly Ayotte Friday are sprawling — House Bill 2, the policy bills, has 162 pages of new laws. And many of the budget’s changes have already graced headlines, inspired protests, and set off debates in State...

Counter-culture group continues pouring into Missouri’s Mark Twain National Forest
Around 650 members of a counter-culture group have arrived so far in southern Missouri’s Oregon County to camp out in Mark Twain National Forest. Hillary Markin, Public Information Officer with the U.S. Forest Service’s National Incident...

Forest Society conserves 200th property with 280 acres in Farmington
This story was originally produced by the Concord Monitor. NHPR is republishing it in partnership with the Granite State News Collaborative. The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests has conserved its 200th forest: the 280-acre Bean...

Governor Ayotte receives Homeland Security briefing on Iran
CONCORD, NH – Gov. Kelly Ayotte participated in a briefing call held by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about the ongoing situation in Iran on Sunday, June 22. New Hampshire Department of Safety Division of Homeland Security...

What Gay Porn Your State Watches Most, According to Pornhub
Photo: Pekic via iStockphoto In June, adult video site Pornhub released its latest “Pride Insights” report, analyzing users’ browsing habits and emerging trends on the platform. As part of the report, Pornhub released data for every country and...

6 Cheapest General Liability Insurance Companies for Small Businesses in 2025
Despite having low pricing, the best cheapest general liability insurance companies will still offer good customer service, adequate coverage amounts, and a good claims experience should you ever need to file a claim. These companies should also...

Senate committee approves ex-Ohio governor candidate for Labor Department job
Former Ohio gubernatorial candidate Jeremiah Workman has been nominated to serve an Assistant Secretary of Labor. (Courtesy of Workman for Ohio) WASHINGTON, D. C. - A Senate committee on Thursday signed off on the nomination of Ohio’s Jeremiah...

Bill to allow ‘no fault’ evictions makes it to governor’s desk
Paul Morey holds up the eviction notice notifying him that he and his wife, Marilyn, have to vacate their apartment by Dec. 12 at their apartment building on Maple Street in West Lebanon, N.H., on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (Valley News) Alex...

How Top Companies Like Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson Use Intergenerational Leadership to Win?
A 25-year-old digital native brainstorming with a 55-year-old industry veteran may sound like a generational clash waiting to happen. But in reality, it could be the secret to a company’s next big breakthrough. Intergenerational leadership thrives...

Wage Trouble Brewing in Craft Beer Industry
Washington, DC It’s summer, the temperature is roasting, and temptation is in the air. If you are a footloose, fancy-free twenty-something, doesn’t working in a craft brewery/brew pub sound like a blast? Or if you are a serious brew master, might...

2024 H-1B petitions: Approvals for employers classified under Information industry across North Country Reporter publication area
Ur Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (left) and Jennifer B. Higgins, Deputy Director. | https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/organization/leadershipUr Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and...

Jerome's House Is a Very, Very, Very Fine House
There's been a bit of a building boom going on in D.C. that's kind of run under the radar with all the sonic booms of the Trump administration reverberating in the air overhead, drowning out the sound of elven hammers hard at work. Back in April,...

2024 H-1B petitions: Approvals for employers classified under Educational Services industry across Concord Ledger publication area
Jennifer B. Higgins, Deputy Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services | https://medium.com/the-u-s-digital-service/meet-the-dhs-digital-service-champions-may-2018-caee7dade2bJennifer B. Higgins, Deputy Director, U.S. Citizenship and...

Release the nocturnal beast with this Marlborough evening road race
Matt Betten and his wife Laura had just moved last year to Marlborough from New Hampshire and, both being avid runners, hoped to get involved with the community of their new home. He then spotted a race listing that vividly caught his attention,...

The campaign to succeed Trump is already well underway
KEENE, N.H. — Minnesota Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, listened to factory executives and local storekeepers talk about the impact of tariffs as she reconnected with a local state senator and mayor...

Education Department in the middle of a growing tug-of-war between Trump, Democrats
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education has emerged as central in the struggle over control of the power of the purse in the nation’s capital. Democrats in Congress are pushing back hard on the Trump administration’s freeze of $6.8 billion...