In late June, when the New Hampshire Legislature passed its two-year budget, it imposed a roughly $51 million cut to the Department of Health and Human Services. This week, the department told the Executive Council it would reduce several of its contracts by millions of dollars. The “back-of-the-budget cut” mandated by the Legislature gave officials […]

With Congress showing no signs of resolving its stalemate and ending the ongoing federal government shutdown, those waiting on government food assistance are facing a halt to benefits Saturday. In New Hampshire, state officials have approved a plan to fill the gap, at least partially. If the shutdown doesn’t end this week, New Hampshire residents […]