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Boston Globe
6 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
28-05-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
With an eye on 2028 presidential race, N.H. leaders mark 50th anniversary of law guarding first-in-the-nation primary
Advertisement The law that Scanlan touted, which requires his office to schedule the state's presidential primary ahead of similar contests in other states, was signed on May 27, 1975, so Tuesday's celebration was a 50th anniversary bash complete with cake and speeches. 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 James R. Splaine, a Democrat who 'It's democracy at its best,' he said. William Gardner, who as secretary of state from 1976 to 2022 has Advertisement Political dignitaries from both major parties are gathering now at the N.H. State House for an event celebrating 50 years since state lawmakers enshrined New Hampshire's — Steven Porter (@reporterporter) While everyone who spoke at Tuesday's event struck a proud and optimistic tone, they also acknowledged that the 2028 cycle will present another opportunity for New Hampshire's coveted status to come under threat. Critics contend New Hampshire, as one of the whitest states in the country, doesn't reflect the nation's diversity. That was a major rationale the DNC cited for pushing South Carolina to the front of the calendar in 2024, to elevate the voices of Black voters (though the DNC-endorsed calendar also boosted Biden by allowing him to skip a state where he lagged in the 2020 primary, to focus instead on a state where he had excelled). Scanlan said the criticisms based on New Hampshire's demographics are 'red herring' arguments. 'There is no state that truly reflects the makeup of America, and there is no state that is more American than any other state,' he said. Scanlan framed New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary as a unique and indispensable opportunity where 'the little guy' can kindle a grassroots campaign by traversing a small state filled with attentive voters who participate in state-run elections that make it relatively easy for candidates to have their names listed on the ballot. 'You don't need a lot of money,' he said. 'You don't need to have a lot of name recognition to be able to run a good campaign.' 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, Advertisement Steven Porter can be reached at
Boston Globe
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
New Hampshire Fish and Game invites reality TV crews back for a new season
But, Simek said, while those treacherous sides of the job are what sells, she's hoping to highlight other aspects of the department's work in upcoming episodes. 'We have biologists doing amazing research, we have biologists doing amazing restoration work. And so we'd like to showcase all of that,' she said. Advertisement The format will also be updated this time. Rather than creating 40-plus minute episodes of reality TV, Simek said the producers are planning to create shorter YouTube videos that they can share easily online. 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 The Before it came to New Hampshire, the show was filmed in Maine, where it faced criticism, including from Advertisement 'I think it promotes the state,' said Colonel Kevin Jordan, law enforcement chief at Fish and Game. 'Selfishly, I think it promotes the great work the people that I work with do. In this day and age, any opportunity we get to promote that is a good thing.' And state officials will have a say in what makes it to air, according to Jordan. He said the department will have full editing rights and will be able to control what's shown to viewers. 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
17-03-2025
- General
- Boston Globe
Irish ancestry in modern-day New Hampshire reflects region's history of migration
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 That migration included as many as 2 million people who came to the United States in the mid-1800s to escape famine in Ireland, Kelly said. The vast majority of them were impoverished and settled in urban areas from Quebec to Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, she said. Advertisement 'They lacked the means to travel further inland and buy land, being famine refugees,' she said. While the bulk of the Irish migrants who came to North America earlier, during the colonial period, were Protestants and aligned with England — including a group that settled in what is now Londonderry, N.H. — those who came later, during the Irish famine, were Catholic and faced hostility upon their arrival, Kelly said. 'This is the era of nativism and political parties like the ' The tensions that boiled nationwide were evident in New Hampshire's political environment. In 1854, Advertisement Kelly said the cold reception that Irish newcomers encountered reflects the way Americans have historically treated other groups of immigrants who don't fit popular notions of white Anglo-Saxon protestantism. 'Those patterns are evident when you look at the history,' she said. Kelly said the way Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day now differs remarkably from her childhood in the late-1960s, when she grew up in a town on Ireland's western coast, in the shadow of a mountain associated with an ancient pilgrimage in honor of St. Patrick. 'It was a religious holiday, and pubs were closed,' Kelly said, recalling a much quieter, even somber occasion. Kelly, a practicing Catholic, said her experience with St. Patrick's Day is more introspective than revelrous. At the same time, she sees value in how traditions have evolved to recognize Irish ethnic presence in America and the contributions of Irish people. 'I can appreciate,' she said, 'the focus on the modern, kind of broadly configured embrace of all things Irish.' 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, Steven Porter can be reached at
