Politics & Government

While Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte won re-election Tuesday, the balance of power in the State House shifted in the direction of Democrats.

Some hope a Democratically controlled Congress can restore funding for scientific research that has been cut by the Trump administration

Two federal judges have ruled the EPA illegally canceled the Solar for All grant program. Massachusetts had been awarded $156 million to expand access to solar energy in low-income communities. Despite the court rulings in September, the fate of that money remains uncertain.

The NH Attorney General received 277 calls to its Election Day hotline. None of them, apparently, involved complaints about Rob Gronkowski.

New Hampshire voters were asked to remove a defunct Register of Probate job from the state Constitution. A two-thirds majority was needed for passage, and it came up short on Election Day.

New England voters helped shift the balance of power in Washington and made changes at home.

Democratic supermajorities in the Vermont House and Senate can now pass legislation without Republican Gov. Phil Scott. But one Democratic strategist says it would be a mistake to assume “they have a mandate to tax and spend.”

Some UNH students and professors are opposing an effort from the university to remove less-used physical books as part of a library renovation project.

Vote counting in the governor’s race stretched deep into the night Tuesday. Shortly before midnight, Ayotte addressed a roomful of supporters at Tuscan Village in Salem and urged them to be patient — and hopeful.

Democrat Troy Jackson won a stunning victory early Wednesday morning over Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in a race that helps Democrats retake the U.S. Senate and blunt President Donald Trump’s agenda during the last two years of his final term.