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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. —A coalition of veterans' families has helped push for a change in congressional legislation to protect efforts to find the remains of missing POWs and MIAs...

New England is in the grip of an uncontrolled epidemic of opioid and heroin abuse, which has spread to our small towns and rural areas. As one addiction specialist put it: "It's...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., reaffirmed her opposition to an Internet sales tax Tuesday after reports that Senate Republican leadership has agreed to...

DOVER - A Portsmouth woman joined U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and other Congressional Democrats on Tuesday to demand an end to what Shaheen called the...

  "These are sobering statistics that show a real, unfair disadvantage for women entrepreneurs," said Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire. CreditAlex...

CONCORD, N.H. —U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) has written to key federal agencies calling for an aggressive, and coordinated response to protect Americans from the Zika...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — As Congress works on legislation to tighten sanctions against North Korea following its latest nuclear test explosion, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen has introduced...

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen on Wednesday asked three cabinet secretaries to quickly spell out what additional funds and legal authority their organizations may need to combat the...

Shaheen pointed out that on average someone dies every day in New Hampshire from heroin and opioid abuse. She said the country needs to take the issue as seriously as it took the...

"This is a multifaceted problem and we have to respond to each facet," she said. Roughly two dozen community leaders, school officials, law enforcement, health and social service...

BERLIN — Calling heroin and opioid abuse a national emergency, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen said she was pleased to see the collaborative approach the Berlin-Gorham region is taking...

Sen. Shaheen met for about an hour with the group. Credit Chris Jensen for NHPR On Friday Senator Jeanne Shaheen said the federal government should take the problem with heroin...

MANCHESTER — U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) has nominated 41 New Hampshire students to the United States Service Academies. The nomination from Senator Shaheen recommends...

Meeting with negotiators at the United Nations climate summit in Paris, I was impressed by their determination to reach ambitious goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions and to head...

Paris, France -Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D, New Hampshire) joined nine other democratic senators to stress the "urgency of the issue" of climate change at the the U.N. climate...

The U.S. Senate gave final congressional approval Thursday night to a long-term highway and transit construction bill. The benefits of the measure will extend into the Monadnock...

Americans who have hiked the Appalachian Trail or visited the Grand Canyon may not have heard of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). But for half a century, this...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is proposing $600 million in emergency funding to address the nation's opioid and heroin abuse crisis. The bulk of the money would go...

HAMPTON — U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., met with first responders in Hampton on Friday morning to hold a roundtable discussion about the statewide opioid crisis...

Today across New Hampshire we reflect on the incredible service and sacrifice of those who have defended our nation. New Hampshire has a proud tradition of military service and I...