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COURTESY U.S. NAVY VETERAN Ray Vercoe of Laconia joins members of his family after he was presented medals for his service in Vietnam by U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen in...

More than 270 people have died in New Hampshire this year from drug overdoses, putting the state on track to eclipse its total number of overdose deaths in 2014, according to data...

PORTSMOUTH - U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., marked the beginning of National Veterans Small Business Week with a visit Monday to SilverCloud, a Portsmouth technology...

The world is witnessing a humanitarian crisis of staggering scale, with up to 10,000 refugeesentering Europe each day from the Middle East. As leader of a recent Senate...

MANCHESTER - U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., a strong supporter of the STEM program - Science, Technology, Engineering and Math — Friday afternoon visited the Manchester...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to help European nations struggling with a surge of Syrian refugees...

Recent headlines have celebrated the success of women chief executives at Facebook, IBM, General Motors and other corporate giants. But this misses a much bigger story: women-owned...

U.S. Sen. Jeanne shaheen, D-NH, wrapping up a visit to Europe to better understand the Syrian refugee crisis, said America should contribute more to the humanitarian...

Drone pilots keep flying their aircraft near wildfires. You can understand why: Fires are visually fascinating, and drones are the cool new way to shoot photos and videos of...

The New Hampshire Technical Institute at Concord's Community College has been awarded a $2.5 million federal job-training grant aimed at boosting information technology...

CONCORD, NH — February 21, 2014 — U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D?NH) visited with dairy farmers  today. The Bartlett family of Concord opened their barn doors to...

Lawmakers are looking for a last-minute legislative fix to extend a visa program for Iraqis who served as interpreters for the U.S. military during the Iraq War. The program for...

MANCHESTER - Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and the president of one of the state's largest paving companies on Tuesday urged the U.S. House to act quickly on a long-term extension of the...

WOMEN’S health care is under attack. Already this year we have seen assaults on Planned Parenthood, on federal funding for women’s health and now on access to...

Democrats and Republicans agree we need action on our economy, and we need action on our energy policy. We must overcome the political gridlock that has kept solutions to both...

It was a historic victory for women's health when the Obama administration changed the law to require private health plans to provide preventive services including breast exams,...

HUDSON – Jeanne Shaheen fielded students’ questions about jobs, health-care, party politics and life as a U.S. senator. But more than her answers, perhaps the biggest...

After months of unnecessary delays and uncertainty, Berlin Prison will finally open.  And that's good news for jobs in the North Country. Berlin Prison itself will add more...

It’s time for the Senate to send Russia a strong signal in support of human rights, transparency and the rule of law. In the aftermath of last week’s election –...

European leaders are gathering in Brussels on Dec. 8 to organize a collective response to the growing debt crisis -- but it's not only the euro that endangers European unity. Lost...