The Office of the Child Advocate says it is increasing oversight of the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester following new allegations of abuse and neglect of children in the state’s care. The state health department and Attorney General’s office say they are investigating. And the oyster industry in New Hampshire has grown, but across New England, oysters have been dying at alarming rates during the winter months. Scientists are trying to figure out why. We discuss these stories and more on this week’s edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with reporters Amanda Gokee with the Boston Globe and William Skipworth with the New Hampshire Bulletin.

Gov. Kelly Ayotte has expressed interest in expanding nuclear development in New Hampshire with the help of the federal government. But there are still questions about the local effects of nuclear power, including how to safely handle nuclear waste. And the crew aboard NASA's Artemis II mission is due to splash down to Earth following a record-breaking trip around the moon. What can we learn from this mission? We talk about these stories and more on this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with New Hampshire Bulletin's Molly Rains and UNH's John Gianforte.

President Trump issued an executive order this week aimed at limiting voting by mail. New Hampshire’s Secretary of State David Scanlan says he won’t change state election practices to follow that order. A number of states across the Northeast joined a public health collaborative this fall in response to turmoil within federal health agencies. New Hampshire was the only New England state that opted not to join, but the New Hampshire Bulletin reports the state has been involved behind the scenes. We talk about these stories and more on this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR's Josh Rogers and New Hampshire Bulletin's Will Skipworth.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement sent $122,515 to the town of Carroll this month. The payment follows Carroll’s decision to be part of the Department of Homeland Security's Task Force Model, also known as the 287(g) program. The New Hampshire Legislature is about halfway through its current session. What are the top issues and bills arising in the State House now? We talk about these stories and more on this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with Wired's Sammy Sussman and Anna Brown, executive director of Citizens Count and the Rudman Center at the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law.

This week the Executive Council approved over $100 million in federal funding to go toward health care access in rural New Hampshire. The state Attorney General's office is reviewing North Country Healthcare, which operates hospitals in Berlin, Lancaster and Colebrook. And the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled this week that the way police obtained cellphone location data without a warrant to track down murder suspect Logan Clegg was unconstitutional. Clegg was convicted and sentenced to at least 100 years in prison for allegedly killing a Concord couple in 2022. We discuss these stories on this week's edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with Boston Globe reporter Steven Porter and New Hampshire Bulletin reporter William Skipworth.

Increased polarization and eroding social norms is making is harder to police bad behavior in the New Hampshire House. Town meeting season is well underway in New Hampshire, and voters across the state cast their ballots on a number of local issues this week. And majority of the state has been in a drought this winter. Will the snow melt help? We talk about these stories and more on this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR's Josh Rogers and Kate Dario.

The U.S. Senate voted down a war powers resolution this week that would have blocked the US military from continuing attacks on Iran without Congressional approval. New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen voted in favor of the resolution, telling NHPR, “There was real concern about having the sole authority to go to war vested in the president of the United States.” Shaheen said Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was a dictator who was responsible for American and Iranian deaths, but she’s concerned about how the war has escalated and the loss of lives, including six American service members. On this week’s edition of the New Hampshire News Recap, we hear more about her position on the war with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and NHPR reporter Todd Bookman.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is ditching its plan for an ICE detention facility in Merrimack. Emails released by the federal government shed further light on New Hampshire businessman Dean Kamen's ties to Jeffrey Epstein. And state lawmakers are considering a bill that would restrict abortions to 20 weeks. We talk about these stories and more on this edition of NHPR's New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR's Todd Bookman and Boston Globe's Amanda Gokee.

The Midterm elections will be upon us soon, and some campaigns are gaining traction here in New Hampshire. A federal court issued a ruling this week that ends the Trump administration's ban on diversity and equity initiatives in public schools, including here in New Hampshire. And Republican lawmakers are backing a bill that would allow students to attend any public school in the state. We talk about these stories and more on this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR's Josh Rogers and Annmarie Timmins.

Gov. Kelly Ayotte has long denied knowing anything about Immigration and Customs Enforcement's plan for a detention facility in Merrimack. But at a U.S. Senate hearing Thursday, ICE director Todd Lyons told New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan his agency had been in contact with the governor. Thursday night, Ayotte released an additional statement that she now has documents on the facility from the Department of Homeland Security. These updates come after other communication gaps within Ayotte’s administration about the facility. We discuss these stories and more on this week’s edition of the NH News Recap with reporter William Skipworth at the New Hampshire Bulletin and NHPR's Annmarie Timmins.

The latest batch of Epstein files include dozens of records about the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender, and New Hampshire businessman Dean Kamen. The board of directors for ARMI, the government-funded Manchester research project led by Kamen, says it will investigate its founder. Newly revealed documents show some state officials had known for weeks about federal plans for an immigrant detention facility in Merrimack. And the Gov. Kelly Ayotte gave her second State of the State address this week. We talk about these stories and more with NHPR's Todd Bookman and Kate Dario.

Senators reached a deal Thursday to avoid a government shutdown. The deal funds most of the government, and also gives Republicans and Democrats time to negotiate on future funding for the Department of Homeland Security. At the center of the negotiations is the federal immigration crackdown across the country and criticisms of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, who shot and killed a U.S. citizen, Alex Pretti, in Minneapolis last weekend. We hear how New Hampshire’s congressional delegation is responding to the immigration crackdown around the country. In New Hampshire, Gov. Kelly Ayotte said this week she's reached out to the White House and the Department of Homeland Security, saying the town of Merrimack should have a say on ICE's alleged proposal to establish a detention facility there. And a federal judge blocked New Hampshire from ending annual mandatory auto inspections, which were supposed to permanently end starting in February. We discuss these stories on this week’s edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR's Josh Rogers and Mara Hoplamazian.