Turn on the news and you’ll see hundreds of headlines like this “A recession is guaranteed. But when?” or this: “America is heading for a recession — and it may be the worst yet.” An analysis of the New Hampshire economy and labor market shows a more nuanced story than national headlines suggest. New Hampshire’s economy is still relatively strong by many traditional indicators, but for many families it’s getting harder to keep up. And if you’re feeling like your paycheck isn’t stretching as far as it used to, you may not be imagining it.
In 1860 and 1948, two election years when racial issues predominated, there were two Democratic parties, each with its own nominee: John C. Breckinridge and Stephen A. Douglas in the 19th century, and Harry Truman and Strom Thurmond in the 20th. There arguably were two Democratic parties in …
Today, civic life is marked by deep divides on policy issues, distrust in government as an agent of the people, and by serious doubts that government at any level can effectively operate.
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The April 13 Meredith Selectboard meeting included discussions on infrastructure goals, cemetery fee changes, town manager versus town administrator form of government, short-term rental program challenges, and the announcement of Meredith’s first recipient of its Citizen of the Year award.
Donald Trump, president of the United States, meet Pyrrhus, king of Epirus.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. ― FBI Director Kash Patel joined a roundtable hosted by Sen. David McCormick (R-Pa.) earlier this month to discuss the work the Trump administration, Congress, local law enforcement and area prosecutors have done to curb the fentanyl trade in Pennsylvania over the past 13 months.
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War is a great engine of change, sweeping aside assumptions, toppling established power relationships, driving new forces into play, rearranging long-held theories and challenging orthodoxies. That happened in six years of fighting in World War II, in the seven days of the 1967 Middle East W…
PITTSBURGH ― Last September, Pastor Jason Howard of the Sanctuary Church in Pittsburgh saw a surge of young people flocking to his Christian congregation, the week after Charlie Kirk was murdered.
The March 30 Meredith Selectboard meeting agenda included board organizational activities, a workshop on prioritizing board-directed strategic goals, a follow-up discussion on 2026 petitioned warrant articles, and two items of interest from the town manager’s report.
There are few things in life more terrifying than a cancer diagnosis, as any victim of this horrible disease will tell you.
This week, New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute released a new analysis of New Hampshire’s housing market, highlighting how high prices, limited supply, and rising rents continue to challenge affordability. While price growth has slowed in some areas, housing costs still outpace incomes, li…
The future is another country, glimpsed only faintly in the distance, its contours difficult to discern, its political landscape hard to imagine ― especially at a time when the nation is consumed with a war in the Middle East, inflation in economic affairs and quickly changing domestic circu…
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Public Schools announced this week that students will be learning from home the day before and during the NFL draft, scheduled in the city for April 23-25. The announcement has parents, caregivers and students questioning the decision that affects all of their lives.
The successful passage of the 2026 town budget is something I am deeply grateful for and incredibly grateful of our community for supporting. For the past two years, our town has faced the difficult reality of operating under a default budget. Anyone who has worked through that process under…
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