During these times of profound economic instability, assistance to families and individuals living at or near the poverty line, along with those who have experienced sudden large drops in income, is indispensable.
The state is trying to reassure environmental advocates in the wake of a controversial federal decision to ease pollution enforcement during the pandemic.
Social distancing is nearly impossible to maintain in jails or prisons, corrections officials say, and some inmates could be at risk for serious or life-threatening symptoms from the coronavirus.
On Tuesday, advocates working on behalf of New Hampshire’s children pitched staffing a new “warmline” for families struggling to keep it together during the COVID-19 crisis.
Some 27,454 New Hampshire workers and business owners filed initial unemployment claims in the week ending March 28, bringing the number of claims for benefits in the Granite State to 56,833 in two weeks.
The internet service providers with the largest portion of the New Hampshire market report traffic is up, as so many employees work from home, students use remote learning tools and people spend more of their leisure time stream videos and play games online.
The new arrivals are looking for an escape amid the coronavirus pandemic – causing an unusual sense of tension in places where locals and out-of-towners can usually coexist.
Gov. Chris Sununu passed emergency legislation that made self-employed workers eligible for unemployment benefits if they have lost work and income due to COVID-19.
Homeless advocates and officials have struggled in recent weeks to develop a solution for how to house and keep socially distanced the state’s homeless population.
In response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, makerspaces across the state have mobilized an effort to manufacture protective face shields for health care workers.
With higher estimated percentages of older adults and younger at-risk adults than the country as a whole, New Hampshire’s health care system may be especially strained to respond to this crisis.