Dan Tuohy

Political signs are all over the place, but not for long. By law, candidates must remove all of their political signs no later than the second Friday following the election.

“I am optimistic this is going to go well,” Sean Locke, who heads the NH Attorney General’s Election Law Unit, said in an interview last week. “I suffer from maybe crippling optimism. But we have no indications that anything should kind of go awry.” Read more from my colleague Todd Bookman here:

The SCOTUS ruling on student IDs is a victory for the New Hampshire Secretary of State’s office, which argued the change could sow confusion at local polling locations, NHPR's Todd Bookman reports. Here's the latest:

“My life was threatened, I had to call the FBI. I got hate mail at my office,” said a Hampton man who initially pitched the idea of a data center in Nottingham. Read the latest story in "Awaiting Data," a series from NENC, including this story by my colleague Kate Dario.

Eye-catching stat: In New Hampshire, over a third of adults 18 to 34 years old are now living in their parents’ home, according to Census data.

Cecil Abels III says he failed to meet mandatory residency requirements for candidates for state Senate.

Here's where the New Hampshire gubernatorial candidates stand on some key housing issues. Read more from my colleague Jackie Harris, NHPR's Cost of Living reporter.

Bedford’s school superintendent said Tuesday that the town’s schools could face a $1.4 million budget cut under a school tax cap going before voters next month, Annmarie Timmins reports.

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says Randy Inman and Sherwood Dubrey Jr. poached at least 41 bobcats, a protected species in New Hampshire.

Big Lake issues: Over the past seven years, harmful cyanobacteria blooms have been increasing substantially, by an average of 23% per year.

What the National Weather Service calls a “limited power outage threat” is expected along the Seacoast, where steady northeast winds will contribute to minor coastal flooding at high tide, starting Friday night. A high surf advisory was issued: Large breaking waves of 7 to 12 feet are expected.

Following reports that a former power plant property could be used for a hyperscale data center in Bow, residents from the town and neighboring communities overwhelmingly spoke out against such a plan at a selectboard meeting Tuesday.

"If we can sort of band together behind the conservation of a particular species, we are absolutely able to have a successful conservation story," said Mickayla Johnston, New Hampshire Audubon's avian biologist.

Attention leaf peepers: “We’re in the ‘Goldilocks Zone’ in terms of the influence of summer weather on the condition and duration of fall foliage,” says Dave Anderson of the Forest Society. “It's going to be an awesome foliage year!” www.nhpr.org/show/somethi...

The plaintiffs filed an appeal to the New Hampshire Supreme Court, seeking to stop the state from sending the ballots to towns and cities. In an order late Thursday, the Supreme Court denied their request.

In New Hampshire, you can only vote by mail if you vote by absentee ballot, and you can only do that if you meet certain criteria. Unlike some other states, New Hampshire does not allow “no-excuse” mail-in voting. Here’s an overview of how to vote absentee in this year’s election in New Hampshire.

“Judges should hold themselves to the highest standards and they have to be fair and impartial,” Ayotte told reporters Wednesday. “We will make sure that whoever we put on the court conducts themselves that way.”

New Hampshire Supreme Court Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald announced his resignation from the bench on Tuesday, effective immediately, after being accused of violating the state’s judicial code of conduct for his role in orchestrating a payout to a top ally last year.

Story excerpt: The ruling released Monday by the high court means the U.S. Postal Service is expected to continue delivering ballots as usual.

New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan said that the federal government provided no "factual or legal basis” for the demand, and that the ballots remain confidential.

Two beams are being projected from the Mount Washington summit to honor the 25th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks this weekend, but local conservationists are worried the memorial could hurt migrating birds.

Nottingham residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of a temporary moratorium on data centers in town. The ballot question was approved 1,335 to 143.

Democratic Rep. Maggie Goodlander and Republican Lily Tang Williams both sailed to solid victories in their respective primary races, setting up a rematch from two years ago in November’s general election.

The Associated Press called the race for Shaheen at 12:35 a.m. Wednesday, with 37% of the vote against 35% for Sullivan, with 88% of total votes counted.

The AP has called the race for Sununu and Pappas, who will face off in November. In the 1st District, Anthony DiLorenzo has won the GOP primary, according to AP results.

Here's what you need to know to register and vote in the state primary election on Tuesday, Sept. 8.

NH Secretary of State David Scanlan, asked about Aaron Day's bid for the Nov. 3 ballot: “He missed the deadline with his nomination papers. So he will not be on the general election ballot.” This comes a day after a court sided in Day's favor "if he is otherwise eligible."

A UNH Survey Center poll from last week showed Chris Pappas leading Karishma Manzur by 13 points, down from the 43 point margin Pappas enjoyed back in April.

In a new class action lawsuit, residents of a housing authority in Concord claim the sheer amount of data being collected by Minut devices is akin to a continuous warrantless government search, and a violation of their privacy rights.

It's coming down to the wire for a couple of Democrats seeking their party's nomination in the 1st Congressional District. My colleague Todd Bookman reports on one of the notable names in the field ahead of the state primary on Sept. 8.

John E. Sununu says Congress should take back the power it has ceded to the executive branch under Republican and Democratic administrations.

On Thursday, state Sens. Darryl Abbas, a Republican from Salem, Donovan Fenton, a Keene Democrat, and Suzanne Prentiss, a Democrat from Lebanon, announced they planned to file legislation for the “Imagination Library Act.”

Mooniacs on the loose tonight. A near-total lunar eclipse is due around midnight. Scene at Jenness State Beach a few minutes ago.

"I don't owe anybody anything," Brown said. "I didn't get the president's endorsement, John [E. Sununu] did. That's a guy that was with [John] Kasich, Nikki Haley, and wrote an op ed calling the president a loser, but somehow he got that endorsement."

Attorney General John Formella likened holding Meta accountable as akin to reining in big tobacco and opioid manufacturers. “This case really began with a simple question: what responsibility does a company have when they design their products to addict kids? And when those products harm kids?”