Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen announced this week that she will not run for reelection in 2026. Felice Belman, editor for the New York Times, joins us to talk about what's next for Shaheen and how could her decision affect the upcoming midterm elections. And voters across the state went to the polls this week for town elections. We talk through some of those results with Abigail Ham, reporter for the Keene Sentinel.

President Trump’s tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico were slated to take effect earlier this week, but on Thursday Trump changed course, saying he would give a break to all goods covered by the United States-Mexico-Canada agreement. We hear if energy imports are covered in the exemptions and how tariffs could affect Granite Staters’ energy bills. Also: A new lawsuit out of New Hampshire is challenging the Trump administration’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools. The lawsuit alleges the restrictions chill teachers’ free speech. We discuss these stories with local reporters Jeremy Margolis from the Concord Monitor and NHPR's Mara Hoplamazian on this week’s edition of the New Hampshire News Recap.

New Hampshire's bail system has been the subject of debate among state lawmakers and municipal leaders since it was overhauled back in 2018. A recent case in Manchester has helped bring that debate to the forefront once again. A prison in Berlin will potentially be one of five federal facilities used to hold immigration detainees in the U.S. And New Hampshire farmers are feeling the effects of the Trump administration's federal funding freeze. We talk about these stories and more on this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR's Todd Bookman and the Boston Globe's Amanda Gokee.

The state’s Education Freedom Accounts program gives money to families for homeschooling costs or private school tuition. A recent analysis from the Concord Monitor found those funds can go toward a wide range of different expenses, including ski trips and horseback riding. New Hampshire lawmakers are hoping to address a number of concerns related to maternal health this session. And businesses in the state could be losing millions of revenue to due a shortage of child care. We talk about these stories and more on this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with the Concord Monitor’s Jeremy Margolis and the New Hampshire Bulletin’s Will Skipworth.

Two New Hampshire high school students are challenging President Trump’s transgender sports ban. The students are also fighting the state’s version of the ban in federal court. Gov. Kelly Ayotte presented her budget proposal to the New Hampshire Legislature this week. And a new state law allows New Hampshire voters to cap school funding in their local districts. We talk about these stories and more on this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR’s Annmarie Timmins and New Hampshire Bulletin’s Ethan DeWitt.

State advisory panels on policing and diversity initiatives are no more after former Gov. Chris Sununu rescinded over a hundred executive orders before he left office. And a state lawmaker is apologizing after making derogatory comments about victims of abuse at the state’s youth detention facility. Republican Rep. Ken Weyler said victims may have brought abuse on themselves and didn’t deserve settlement payments from the state to compensate them. We discuss these stories and more on this week’s edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with Steven Porter of the Boston Globe NHPR's Paul Cuno-Booth.

New Hampshire schools and hospitals are figuring out how they’ll respond if immigration enforcement comes to their grounds. This comes after the Trump administration lifted protections on schools and other areas from immigration operations, including arrests. And a Trump administration directive that would freeze federal grants and assistance was rescinded this week. We hear about New Hampshire nonprofits who would have been affected by the order. We discuss these stories and more with NHPR reporters Olivia Richardson and Paul Cuno-Booth.

A New Hampshire nonprofit is one of three organizations suing President Donald Trump and other government agencies over efforts to end birthright citizenship. The ACLU of New Hampshire, as well as the groups affiliates in Massachusetts and Maine, are representing the plaintiffs. And the cost of public education in New Hampshire is rising, even as student enrollment continues to decline. We talk about these stories and more on this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR’s Lau Guzmán and the Boston Globe’s Amanda Gokee.

New Hampshire legislators are considering immigration enforcement as the incoming Trump administration promises to carry out a mass deportation of immigrants when he’s in office. How could these state proposals affect New Hampshire’s labor force? And Granite Staters rallied outside the State House earlier this week, calling on lawmakers to fund special education programs. We discuss these stories and more on this week’s edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR's Annmarie Timmins and Lau Guzmán.

Gov. Kelly Ayotte officially took office this week and gave her first inaugural address. She touched on many different issues in her speech – from the state budget, to education and housing. We discuss her message to Granite Staters. And state officials have approved the acquisition of Catholic Medical Center by HCA Healthcare. We hear what this means for the state of the healthcare industry in New Hampshire on this edition of the NH News Recap with reporters Ethan DeWitt and Paul Cuno-Booth.

Voters turned out in record breaking numbers in New Hampshire's general elections this November. Students across the country and here in New Hampshire took to college campuses this spring to protest Israel's war in Gaza. Communities across the state continue to recover from multiple flooding events. We look back on these top stories and more from 2024 in this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR reporters Josh Rogers, Olivia Richardson and Mara Hoplamazian.

In the new year, a former New Hampshire prison guard will stand trial for murder. State prosecutors say he killed a man in a prison psychiatric unit by restraining him in a dangerous way. But this wasn’t the first time someone in this unit with serious mental illness died after being held down by officers. And in that case, the state denies any wrongdoing. NHPR reporter Paul Cuno-Booth digs into the case on a special edition of the New Hampshire News Recap.