Granite Shore Power, which owns Merrimack Station, says the exemption from the federal government means they won’t need to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to comply with new regulations months before closing down.

The money at issue comes from legal settlements with companies accused of fueling the opioid crisis.

The Mass. House Ways and Means Committee released its $61.4 billion fiscal 2026 budget. Floor deliberations are planned for the week of April 28.

The college has shared little about the students in question, their immigration status, or their circumstances. But officials have suggested these events fit a pattern evident in a nationwide crackdown on foreign students.

Bachir Atallah says he was handcuffed and then held by Customs and Border Patrol for several hours last weekend. Bachir spoke with NHPR’s Morning Edition host Rick Ganley about his experience.

The National Education Association and its New Hampshire chapter are suing the U.S. Department of Education to stop its ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

Difficulties include recent federal funding cuts to state health equity work and a dispute over Indigenous belonging in Vermont.

Eighteen years ago, Rob Martin learned that his lobster gear had entangled a humpback whale. He made it his mission to prevent repeats of his experience by becoming a gear specialist for the federal government. Now Martin is among thousands of federal employees who have themselves become entangled in the Trump administration’s sweeping job cuts.