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.

Reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Manchester schools spread across social media and within local communities this week. The Manchester School District says it has not received any substantiated reports of ICE activity, but would continue to monitor the situation. And earlier in January, federal officials dropped the number of vaccines recommended for children. Now it's up to the state as to whether it will adopt those same recommendations. At the same time, New Hampshire lawmakers are considering proposals to eliminate some or all vaccination requirements for children. 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.

Protests have erupted in Minneapolis and across the country this week in opposition to tactics used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE. How active is the federal agency here in New Hampshire? State lawmakers repealed the death penalty in New Hampshire in 2019. Now some lawmakers are looking to bring it back. We talk about these stories and more on this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR's Josh Rogers and the Boston Globe's Steven Porter.

Two New Hampshire courts have told the Legislature that it needs to increase the amount of money the state spends per public school student. But in the first meeting of the legislative session this week, lawmakers voted against doing so. And the Trump administration has frozen child care funding in several states amid allegations of fraud in Minnesota, but Gov. Kelly Ayotte told child care providers this week funding hasn’t paused here in New Hampshire. We discuss these stories on this week’s edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR reporter Annmarie Timmins and Ethan DeWitt from the New Hampshire Bulletin.

It's been a busy year in politics with Donald Trump's return to the White House bringing sweeping federal funding cuts and an aggressive anti-immigration agenda to New Hampshire. The state also saw the start of Kelly Ayotte's first term as governor. As we near the end of 2025, we're recapping the some of the year's top headlines with NHPR's Josh Rogers, Annmarie Timmins and Lau Guzmán.

Parts of New Hampshire have been under extreme drought conditions this year. This summer was the driest on record in the state, and that's led to more than 200 households with dry wells. What's the state doing in response? And state lawmakers won't officially head back to Concord until next month, but Gov. Kelly Ayotte and leaders in both parties are starting to lay out their priorities. 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 Molly Rains.

The Disability Rights Center in New Hampshire is investigating the state’s disability care system following reporting from the New Hampshire Bulletin, which revealed allegations of systemic abuse and neglect. Congressional Republicans made some significant changes to Medicaid this year, but they need states like New Hampshire to figure out a system for implementing those changes. We discuss these stories and more on this week’s edition of the NH News Recap with New Hampshire Bulletin reporter William Skipworth and NHPR's Kate Dario.

The Trump administration has dismantled the U.S. Department of Education and its special education offices. What effect could this have on programs for children here in New Hampshire? And New Hampshire's education system is facing budgetary challenges at every level. How are these schools working to bridge gaps in funding? 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.

Congress voted this week to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. New Hampshire’s Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan helped negotiate the deal with Republicans. Representatives Chris Pappas and Maggie Goodlander voted against the measure in the House, dividing the state's all-Democratic congressional delegation. And an investigation by the New Hampshire Bulletin into a series of tragedies has exposed a pattern of abuse and neglect in the state's intellectual and developmental disability care system. We discuss these stories on this week’s edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR's Josh Rogers and New Hampshire Bulletin reporter William Skipworth.

The New Hampshire Department of Justice is reviewing a series of personnel maneuvers that allowed a top state court employee to collect nearly $50,000 in employment benefits following a layoff that lasted just 48 hours. And New Hampshire voters made their way to the polls in municipal elections this week. Several incumbent mayors were reelected. We talk through the results and more on this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR's Todd Bookman and Josh Rogers.

Starting Saturday, federal nutrition benefits, also known as SNAP, will pause due to the ongoing federal government shutdown. Tens of thousands of Granite Staters are set to lose their benefits and local food pantries are bracing for a surge in demand. The U.S Drug Enforcement Administration claimed it arrested 171 high-level members of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel in New England this August. In Franklin, New Hampshire alone, there were 27 arrests. But an investigation from the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team found many of those arrested were instead low-level offenders with little to no link to the drug cartel. We talk about these stories and more on this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR's Kate Dario, Josh Rogers and the Boston Globe's Steven Porter.

As the federal shutdown continues, people across the country, including here in New Hampshire are feeling the effects. To make up for delayed funds, the state is planning to provide support for the 75,000 residents who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP. Dartmouth College has rejected a compact with the Trump administration. It was one of nine colleges and universities asked to sign the agreement. The school said it wouldn’t trade academic freedom for federal funding. We discuss these stories and more on this week’s edition of the New Hampshire News Recap with NHPR reporters Kate Dario and Annmarie Timmins.