Christopher Ellms, former deputy commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Energy, was confirmed by the New Hampshire Executive Council Wednesday to serve as the new chairman of the Public Utilities Commission.  Ellms will lead the three-member body, which functions like a court to regulate the state’s utilities, issuing orders on utility expenditures and proposed […]

The New Hampshire Executive Council approved Daniel Will to be an associate justice on the New Hampshire Supreme Court, in a bipartisan vote that locked in Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s second nominee. The council also voted for the appointment of Lucy Lange as the next commissioner of the Department of Business and Economic Affairs and Adam […]

New Hampshire child care providers are being urged not to panic by state officials and lawmakers as news spreads that the Trump administration froze federal child care subsidies in five Democratic states earlier this week.  At an Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, Councilor Joseph Kenney of Wakefield questioned Lori Weaver, commissioner for the New Hampshire […]

State health officials are seeking approval to spend another $900,000 on a COVID vaccine PSA campaign to run through March.