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Boston Globe
5 days ago
- Business
- Boston Globe
How proposed federal SNAP cuts would harm New Hampshire
Advertisement Right now, the federal government pays for 100 percent of the state's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, formerly known as 'food stamps' – $154 million in fiscal year 2024, according to the Get N.H. Morning Report A weekday newsletter delivering the N.H. news you need to know right to your inbox. Enter Email Sign Up People with low income who are eligible get a benefits card, and they can use money loaded onto the card toward the cost of groceries each month. The bill would require states to pay 5 percent to 25 percent of those benefits, and states that made more errors, such as overpayments or underpayments, would have to pay a higher percentage. Advertisement In 2023, New Hampshire's error rate was 12.53, according to the But Laura Milliken, executive director at New Hampshire Hunger Solutions, said it's very unlikely New Hampshire would be able to come up with that kind of money. 'There's no question that there would be cuts,' she said. Milliken's organization estimates that tens of thousands of Granite Staters would lose access to SNAP if the federal proposal is approved. The federal spending bill would also require states to pay 75 percent of the administrative costs of SNAP, up from 50 percent. In 2023, the overall cost of administering SNAP in New Hampshire was $22 million, according to the 'It's just so disturbing at a time when the cost of living is squeezing us all,' Milliken said of the proposed federal cuts. 'SNAP has been our country's first line of defense against hunger for 60 years. We should be strengthening those programs, not taking them away.' This article first appeared in Globe NH | Morning Report, our free newsletter focused on the news you need to know about New Hampshire, including great coverage from the Boston Globe and links to interesting articles from other places. If you'd like to receive it via e-mail Monday through Friday, Amanda Gokee can be reached at
Boston Globe
7 days ago
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Stefany Shaheen, daughter of retiring US senator, launches congressional campaign in New Hampshire
Shaheen co-founded Get N.H. Morning Report A weekday newsletter delivering the N.H. news you need to know right to your inbox. Enter Email Sign Up Shaheen is up against Advertisement Pappas went public with his decision after Senator Shaheen, 78, With the state primary still more than 15 months away, it's not yet clear which Republicans will enter these races. Advertisement New Hampshire's First Congressional District, which has historically flipped back and forth between the parties in recent decades, is viewed as one of New England's few battleground districts. Democrats are also eager to hang onto both the Senate seat, which Shaheen has held since 2009. Stefany Shaheen has notable ties to the Democratic establishment, not only via her mother but also her father, What's more, when she released a book in August 2015 about her daughter's health struggles, Stefany Shaheen included a prominent blurb from then-presidential-candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton. And when President Biden visited New Hampshire in March 2024, she joined her father in greeting him on the tarmac in Manchester. President Biden meets with William Shaheen and Stefany Shaheen after arriving at the airport in Manchester, N.H., in March 2024. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff Maureen O'Toole, a regional press secretary for the National Republican Congressional Committee, released a statement Wednesday slamming the newly announced candidate as a beneficiary of nepotism who will align with her party. 'Nepo baby Stefany Shaheen is a DC elitist who is committed to the Democrats' radical agenda that makes life more expensive and less safe,' O'Toole said. 'Granite Staters will resoundingly reject her and her out of touch policies.' Steven Porter can be reached at
Boston Globe
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
N.H. corrections commissioner resigns, sparking celebration from probation supervisors
Hanks has been the subject of multiple Get N.H. Morning Report A weekday newsletter delivering the N.H. news you need to know right to your inbox. Enter Email Sign Up Governor Kelly A. Ayotte accepted Hanks' resignation on Monday and placed DOC Assistant Commissioner Paul D. Raymond Jr. on leave, according to a brief statement from Ayotte's office that didn't offer a rationale for the actions taken. Advertisement The statement said Ayotte will nominate John V. Scippa, director of the New Hampshire Police Standards and Training Council, at the next Executive Council meeting to serve as acting DOC commissioner for up to 90 days, as the search for Hanks' successor gets underway. The high-profile leadership transition comes at a sensitive time for the department, as Hanks had been warning state lawmakers that the next state budget, as currently drafted, would create an Advertisement Efforts to reach Hanks and Raymond for comment on Monday were unsuccessful. A spokesperson for the governor's office did not immediately provide additional information. Scippa did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Ragassa said his members would welcome Scippa 'with open arms.' Hanks began working for the New Hampshire DOC in 2003 as a social worker and climbed the ranks under Republican and Democratic governors, according to her Hanks was reappointed by Sununu in October 2021 to a second four-year term and reconfirmed by the five-member Executive Council, so her resignation now enables Ayotte to install a new DOC commissioner about six months earlier than otherwise would have been allowed. Hanks' resignation marks the highest-profile departure in New Hampshire government since Ayotte's inauguration in January. That said, the governor has announced she Raymond was nominated by Hanks in 2022 for the assistant commissioner post, appointed by Sununu, and confirmed by the Executive Council. Under Amanda Gokee can be reached at
Boston Globe
15-05-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
Canadian visits to N.H. have plummeted amid Trump's tarrifs and '51st state' talk
About Get N.H. Morning Report A weekday newsletter delivering the N.H. news you need to know right to your inbox. Enter Email Sign Up 'It is particularly disturbing to me to see how quickly the relationship has fallen,' said Brian Gottlob, principal at PolEcon, an economic research firm in Dover, and director of the NH Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau. Advertisement He spoke in his personal capacity during a panel for the Carsey Policy Hour hosted by the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire on Wednesday, calling the downward visitation trend 'a very troubling data pattern.' Gottlob said he's heard from Hampton residents that rental properties and smaller hotels are seeing Canadians canceling reservations. 'If that continues, that will have some really profound effects, I think, on our hospitality and tourism industry in New Hampshire,' he said. Advertisement Canada is New Hampshire's biggest trading partner. The Granite State imported about $2 billion in Canadian goods in 2024, and sent about $1.15 billion exports in return. There are Gottlob estimated that if tariffs last for a year, it could lead to about 2,150 fewer jobs in New Hampshire. Over time, and especially if tariffs are lifted, he said those jobs would recover and the state's economy could return to baseline in about three to four years. 'The damage to trust and mutual respect, from my perspective, I just find that more troubling,' he said. 'It's much more difficult to repair.' This story first appeared in Globe NH | Morning Report, our free newsletter focused on the news you need to know about New Hampshire, including great coverage from the Boston Globe and links to interesting articles from other places. If you'd like to receive it via e-mail Monday through Friday, Amanda Gokee can be reached at
Boston Globe
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Bestselling authors implore New Hampshire lawmakers to kill ‘book-banning' bills
Advertisement Picoult, whose acclaimed novel 'Nineteen Minutes' ranks among Get N.H. Morning Report A weekday newsletter delivering the N.H. news you need to know right to your inbox. Enter Email Sign Up Prescott said books are powerful vehicles for storytelling that builds a reader's sense of empathy. 'When you can imagine what life is like for someone completely different than you, you gain understanding and with that a deeper connection to the world,' she said. Prescott said her novel 'The Secrets We Kept' — which discusses Soviet censorship of the novel 'Doctor Zhivago' — was banned in China because it includes a storyline about a romantic relationship between two women. Advertisement 'It's hard to believe we're seeing echoes of that in our own country today,' she added. The legislation defines what is considered 'harmful to minors' based on what adults determine is 'suitable' and age-appropriate, so critics have said the proposal would expose teachers, librarians, and other school officials to civil, professional, and even While higher educational' justifications, essentially depriving K-12 school personnel of an affirmative defense that is presently available to them. 'That one-word change makes it possible to criminally charge a high school teacher for, say, showing a nude in a classical painting during an art history class,' Bowen said. 'That is completely unacceptable to me, and hopefully to you.' Although this proposal is The bill's prime sponsor, Republican Representative Advertisement A topically similar proposal designed to give people a right to challenge the age-appropriateness of school materials, This article first appeared in Globe NH | Morning Report, our free newsletter focused on the news you need to know about New Hampshire, including great coverage from the Boston Globe and links to interesting articles from other places. If you'd like to receive it via e-mail Monday through Friday, Steven Porter can be reached at
