ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 8 -- CNN issued the following news: CNN will host Republican presidential primary debates next month in Iowa and New Hampshire - home to the first contests that kick-off the race for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. The first CNN debate will take place January 10, 2024 at Drake University in Des Moines, less than one week before Iowa caucus-goers weigh in on the Republican presidential race. The second CNN debate will be held on January 21 at St. Anselm College in   more

NEW LONDON, New Hampshire, Dec. 5 -- Colby-Sawyer College issued the following news: By Mary McLaughlin Creative and professional writing Assistant Professor Brandon Arvesen believes that being a bad student helped him become a good teacher. "I was a really bad college student for my first year," said Arvesen, who joined the Colby-Sawyer College faculty in 2022 after teaching 12 years in public high school and six at Goucher College. "I was kind of waiting for the education to happen to me an  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 7 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: In a unanimous vote this week by fellow attorneys general, Attorney General William Tong was elected Vice President of the National Association of Attorneys General. Attorney General Tong will serve as part of a bipartisan four-person leadership team. Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, a Democrat, will become President on January 1. New Hampshire Attorney General J  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Nov. 30 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: Henry Kissinger, who died Wednesday at 100, had a long and complicated foreign policy career that was perhaps most closely associated with the Nixon-era opening of China and the fall of Vietnam, but his work as an adviser early in his career to Nelson Rockefeller '30 made a lasting impression. The relationship was so strong that Kissinger had planned to deliver an address the evening before the opening of t  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Dec. 5 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who died Friday at 93, made an appearance at Dartmouth early in her tenure as a Class of 1930 Fellow through the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy. Addressing an audience of more than 1,000 people at Dartmouth in April 1984, O'Connor reflected on the fact that the number of lawyers in the U.S. had surged to 650,000--two thirds of all attorneys in the wo  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Dec. 9 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: The Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth this month recognized two plays that question the meaning of authenticity and explore what it is to be human in a computerized world. Instagirl by Toronto-based playwright Jessica Moss won the 2023 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award for Playwriting--and a $5,000 cash prize--for its unique portrayal of social media and influencer culture. The play  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Dec. 7 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: More than a dozen Dartmouth students and professors are attending the United Nations climate talks in Dubai this month, serving as observers and sharing some of their own research. About 90,000 people registered to attend the climate summit, known as COP28, which runs from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12, according to the Associated Press. Among the attendees are 10 second-year students at the Tuck School of Business wh  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Republican state representatives in New Hampshire have introduced legislation to ban abortion after 15 days - with no exceptions for rape or incest - making it one of the most extreme and dangerous plans to ban abortion in the country. The legislation, House Bill 1248-FN, was sponsored by Republican state Senator Carrie Gendreau, who was one of Kelly Ayotte's first endorsementsafter launching her campaign for   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: In response to MAGA Republicans in New Hampshire filing an extreme abortion ban, DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement: "Donald Trump is responsible for the world where extreme MAGA Republicans can enforce these cruel bans - Trump himself brags about it. This is the future that Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, and Ron DeSantis are running on, backing extreme abortion b  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 1 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release: Attorney General John M. Formella announces the identity of the two New Hampshire State Troopers who discharged weapons during a shooting incident on November 20, 2023, in Franklin, New Hampshire that resulted in the death of Nate Landrebe (age 42). Those two troopers are James Powers, who has approximately 20 years of law enforcement experience, and Aramus Caraballo, who has appro  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 8 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release: Attorney General John M. Formella and Manchester Police Chief Allen D. Aldenberg announce that members of the Attorney General's Office and Manchester Police Department are investigating a suspicious death in the vicinity of Central High School in Manchester. As a precautionary measure, the school instituted a stay-in-place which is still in effect. There is no indication that the  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 6 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following statement on Dec. 5, 2023: * * * New Hampshire House Republicans filed legislation to ban abortion at 15 days with no exceptions for rape or incest. NHDP Chairman Ray Buckley released the following statement in response: "The MAGA majority is going to new extremes in their radical agenda to take away reproductive freedoms, filing a draconian ban on abortion at just 15 days -- before most women even know   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 6 -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release: The New Hampshire Department of Education (NHED) is announcing the expansion of its partnership with Tutor.com, one of the world's largest and most innovative online tutoring organizations. Thanks to the partnership, which launched in fall 2022, every middle and high school student in the state gained unlimited access to 24/7 individualized expert tutoring. With this expansion, Tutor.  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 7 -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: Today, Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut of the New Hampshire Department of Education announced the selection of two New Hampshire students to participate in the 62nd Annual U.S. Senate Youth Program - Michael Blair of Manchester Central High School and James Thibault of Winnisquam Regional High School. Blair and Thibault were selected by a panel of judges who eval  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 30 -- The New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game issued the following news: Wildlife prepare for the winter in many ways, such as migrating south, eating or storing more food, and settling in to hibernate. What do you do? Here is your chance to acclimate to the colder weather by attending a 3-hour workshop designed to help teachers incorporate winter wildlife ecology into their curriculum. Educators, both formal and informal, are invited to join New Hampshire Fi  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 9 -- Gov. Christopher T. Sununu, R-New Hampshire, issued the following statement on Dec. 8, 2023: * * * Today, after the Public Utilities Commission voted to approve a rate decrease for Unitil customers to 10.7 cents per kWh, Governor Chris Sununu issued the following statement: "The reduction of energy rates by 59% year-to-year for Unitil customers provides much needed relief for thousands of Granite State ratepayers," said Governor Chris Sununu. "Following an e  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 6 -- The New Hampshire Department of Insurance issued the following news release: The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) has initiated a focused data call targeting specific Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance companies to assess the current landscape of coverage available to select New Hampshire nonprofits dedicated to providing critical behavioral health and residential treatment services for juveniles. These nonprofits contribute significantly to fosteri  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 6 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,909) on Dec. 5, 2023, involving Public Service Co. dba Eversource Energy: * * * Petition for Recovery of Storm Expenses Order Nisi Approving Recovery of Costs as Modified by Assented-To Disallowances In this order nisi, the Commission approves the petition by Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy (Eversource or the Company) to recover costs fro  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 9 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,910) on Dec. 8, 2023, involving Unitil Energy Systems Inc.: * * * 2023 Schedule for Default Service Order Approving Petition for February 1, 2024 to July 31, 2024 Rates This order authorizes UES to recover the costs of power supply through energy service rates/1 for effect for the six-month period of February 1, 2024, through July 31, 2024. The table below summarizes th  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 30 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. DE 23-095) involving the Town of Newbury: * * * Request for Approval of Newbury Community Power Plan ORDER OF NOTICE On November 28, 2023, the Town of Newbury (Newbury) filed a Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (Community Power Plan) with the Commission pursuant to RSA 53-E:7 for Commission review and approval. RSA 53-E:7, II provides that The commission shall approve any  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 8 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following statement on Dec. 7, 2023: * * * In response to the fourth 2024 Republican primary debate tonight, NHDP spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: "Granite Staters saw nothing new tonight -- just a group of B-team Republicans fighting to out-MAGA each other with one extreme proposal after the other. "Thank goodness we don't have to put up with any more of these for the rest of the year."   more

FARGO, North Dakota, Dec. 8 (TNSres) -- North Dakota State University issued the following news: Daniel J. Klenow, NDSU professor emeritus of landscape architecture, disaster resilience and emergency management, recently had an article accepted for publication in the journal Sustainability. The article, "Understanding Hurricane Evacuation Decision Making: A Case Study of Florida County Emergency Managers," was co-authored with Sara Iman, University of New Hampshire, Yue Ge, University of Centr  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 5 -- New York University issued the following news release: A school-based dental program that can prevent up to 80% of cavities is coming to three New Hampshire school districts. CariedAway(TM) NH Concord, an innovative cavity prevention program developed by researchers at NYU College of Dentistry (NYU Dentistry), has received a $1 million, three-year award from Northeast Delta Dental to launch in elementary and middle schools in Concord, Pittsfield, and the Merrimack Valley sc  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 6 -- The Princeton Review issued the following news release: Tutor.com, one of the world's largest and most innovative online tutoring organizations, announced the expansion of its partnership with the New Hampshire Department of Education (NHED). Thanks to the partnership, which launched in fall 2022, every middle and high school student in the state gained unlimited access to 24/7 individualized expert tutoring. With this expansion, Tutor.com is now available to upper elementa  more