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As Midterms Reshape Congress, Shaheen Hopes For Bipartisanship
by Annie Ropeik
New Hampshire's senior U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen says she's hoping for more bipartisanship in Congress, with a new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives. Shaheen was at an event in Portsmouth Wednesday and spoke to NHPR about the mixed midterm results. While Democrats took back the House of Representatives, Republicans expanded their majority in the Senate. Shaheen says it's a call for all of Congress to work across the aisle. "We've had too much partisanship. I think that was… Continue Reading
November 07, 2018
Portsmouth’s Amico gets EPA honor for PFAS fight
by Jeff McMenemy
PORTSMOUTH - Local mother and community activist Andrea Amico received a national public service award from the Environmental Protection Agency for her work advocating for families exposed to PFAS contamination at the former Pease Air Force Base. Amico received the award from EPA Region I Administrator Alexandra Dunn during a ceremony Wednesday in City Council Chambers at City Hall. The event was attended by U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, who has worked with Amico for years to address the water con… Continue Reading
October 31, 2018
Shaheen, at Keene State, urges 'seat at the table' for US on global stage
by Jake Lahut
At the outset of a foreign policy speech at Keene State College Tuesday, there was a palpable feeling in the luminous Mountain View Room that a business-as-usual approach would not be appropriate. After being introduced by Keene State Democrats President Davis Bernstein, U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen set aside her prepared remarks for the college's forum on foreign affairs and took a pause. "I started this speech a few weeks ago, before the events of last week," the New Hampshire Democrat s… Continue Reading
October 23, 2018
Shaheen visits the Glen House’s geothermal system
by Edith Tucker
GREEN'S GRANT - U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) visited the just-opened Glen House hotel at Mount Washington on Route 16 last Friday to discuss the critical role of energy efficiency initiatives in combating climate change. After touring the closed-loop geothermal heating and cooling system housed with backup propane boiler system in the basement of the three-story building, Shaheen discussed the hotel's sustainability components with General Manager Howie Wemyss, who also has oversight over … Continue Reading
October 22, 2018
Shaheen tours data site at Bartlett Experimental Forest
by Edith Tucker
BARTLETT - Part of the 86-year-old Bartlett Experimental Forest, established in 1932 as a 2,600-acre set-aside tract for research within the White Mountain National Forest, now will provide a site where ecological research on a continental scale will be advanced for the next 30 years. U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) got an overview last Friday afternoon of the extensive research that will be done at the forest now that it has been designated as part of the National Ecological Observatory Netw… Continue Reading
October 13, 2018
U.S. pastor credits Shaheen's role in his release from Turkish prison
by Kevin Landrigan
WASHINGTON - Andrew Brunson, a North Carolina Christian missionary pastor detained for two years in Turkey, singled out U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., along with President Trump and Republican leaders with playing major roles in his release from captivity."There are a number of people in the Senate, and I can't mention everyone, but I know that my Senator (Thom) Tillis visited me in prison, so did Senator Shaheen and Senator (Lindsey) Graham, and Senator (James) Lankford," Brunson said while … Continue Reading
October 10, 2018
Portraits of Heartbreak: New Hampshire mom raising awareness of opioid deaths through art
by Cristina Corbin
If art imitates life, Anne Marie Zanfagna's portraits capture the promise of youth - brush strokes of vibrant colors that make up each face, vivacious and carefree, on square canvases displayed Wednesday near the U.S. Capitol. The young subjects - each with their own story - are dead. Collectively the 150 portraits represent a generation ravaged by the opioid epidemic. "When you see them all together, it's very powerful," said Zanfagna, whose 25-year-old daughter, Jacqueline, died from an acci… Continue Reading
October 03, 2018
NH congressional delegation requests emergency dredging of Hampton Harbor
by Kimberley Haas
HAMPTON - The congressional delegation from New Hampshire is requesting that emergency dredging of Hampton Harbor be included in the Army Corps of Engineers' work plan for the 2019 fiscal year.The plan must be submitted to Congress no later than Nov. 20.Sand shoals in the harbor are causing serious issues for those who navigate the waters for work and recreation. The channel is currently only 20 to 30 feet wide in some places and at least two boats have gotten stuck on the shoals this season.Las… Continue Reading
October 03, 2018
Senate passes bill that could help NH fight opioid crisis
by Cherise Leclerc
MANCHESTER, N.H. - A bill that would bring much-needed resources to help the state fight the opioid crisis is headed to President Donald Trump's desk. The legislation passed by the Senate on Wednesday prioritizes funding for hard-hit states like New Hampshire. The bipartisan bill promises more money for treatment and recovery, and it gives law enforcement more help in fighting the crisis. "We've given law enforcement more tools to prosecute people who are bringing in fentanyl. We've given t… Continue Reading
September 18, 2018
Senate Passes Bill to Combat Opioid Crisis, N.H. Senators Say Help Coming For Granite State
The U.S. Senate passed bipartisan legislation last night targeting the misuse of opioids and other addictive drugs. The measure would increase scrutiny of arriving international mail that may include illegal drugs. It would also make it easier for the National Institutes of Health to approve research on finding nonaddictive painkillers. The Food and Drug Administration would be allowed to require drug makers to package smaller quantities of drugs like opioids. And there would also be new feder… Continue Reading
September 14, 2018
Funding bill adds $10M to national study of PFAS
by Jeff McMenemy
PORTSMOUTH -- A key funding bill agreed to by U.S. Senate and House negotiators includes $10 million to pay for the second year of a national health study on the health effects of PFAS exposure, U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen announced Friday. Shaheen established the first-in-the-nation study on PFAS exposure in the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act. Friday's news about the negotiated funding bill means she has now secured a total of $20 million for the national health study, which … Continue Reading
September 13, 2018
Hampton Harbor dredging project moves forward
by Max Sullivan
HAMPTON -- Language permitting the emergency dredging of Hampton Harbor was kept in the federal Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 finalized this week, the dredging considered necessary to keep the harbor in use. The House and Senate reached an agreement on the bill Monday, the language for permitting the emergency dredging pushed by U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., as well as U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter earlier this year. Boat captains have said their ships are getti… Continue Reading
September 11, 2018
The United States has leverage to end the Yemeni civil war. Use it.
by Jeanne Shaheen and Todd Young
Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, represents New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate. Todd Young, a Republican, represents Indiana in the U.S. Senate. The civil war in Yemen has been raging for more than three years and has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis. The statistics are staggering: Three-quarters of Yemen's population, approximately 22 million people, need humanitarian assistance; 8 million are threatened with starvation; and 400,000 children suffer from severe malnutrition. Yemenis are e… Continue Reading
September 10, 2018
$10M in funding delivered for PFAS study
by Jeff McMenemy
PORTSMOUTH -- The Department of Defense has transferred $10 million to a federal agency so it can move forward with the first national health impact study on people exposed to PFAS chemicals in their water, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen announced Monday. The DOD transferred the money to the Agency For Toxic Substances and Disease Registry for the study Shaheen established in the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act. Shaheen, D-N.H., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, also se… Continue Reading
September 10, 2018
Londonderry Fire Department receives $700k FEMA grant
by Ryan Lessard
LONDONDERRY - For the first time, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded the Londonderry Fire Department a federal SAFER grant totaling $700,566. U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., visited the town's central station Friday, the same day as the official announcement of the grant, to discuss the grant and a bill she's co-sponsored to create a cancer registry for firefighters.Shaheen wrote a letter to FEMA officials in June in support of Londonderry's bid for the SAFER grant.With… Continue Reading
September 07, 2018
Shaheen defends federal worker raises at shipyard
by Hadley Barndollar
KITTERY, Maine -- During a Friday afternoon shift change at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen stood outside Gate 1 opposing President Donald Trump's pay freeze that would affect 2 million federal civilian workers nationwide, including the ones driving in and out of the yard behind her. Just ahead of Labor Day, Trump announced his intention to freeze the promised pay raises that were slated to go into effect next January, citing his reasons as the need for performance-based pay and … Continue Reading
September 06, 2018
Seacoast Indonesians get deportation reprieve
by Brian Early
SOMERSWORTH - Some 50 Indonesians facing deportation, most of whom reside in the Seacoast area, have had their deportation orders voided and their asylum proceedings reopened after recent orders from the Board of Immigration Appeals. "This is a miracle," said the Rev. Sandra Pontoh of the Maranatha Indonesian United Church of Christ in Madbury, a vocal advocate for the locals facing deportation. "I am so thankful. All of us are thankful." Boston-based law firm Hahn & Matkov attorney Willia… Continue Reading
September 03, 2018
Trump’s pay freeze plan rattles shipyard
by Hadley Barndollar
PORTSMOUTH -- After announcing ahead of Labor Day that he would freeze the salaries of nearly 2 million federal workers, including those at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Pease Air National Guard Base, President Donald Trump said he is "studying" the matter after outcry among unions, Democrats and some Republicans. New Hampshire elected officials chirped back at Trump's proposed pay freeze last week, where he cited "serious economic conditions" that prevented the country from affording the raise… Continue Reading
August 24, 2018
Military Sexual Assault Survivors May Not Be Getting Benefits — And This Senator Wants Answers
by Morgan Brinlee
One senator is demanding answers following reports that clerical errors may have caused the Department of Veteran Affairs to deny benefits to survivors of military sexual assault. In a letter sent Thursday to Veteran Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie, New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen asked how the VA will assist military sexual assault survivors going forward and urged the agency to immediately begin implementing new ways to handle benefit claims related to military sexual assault. "I write to e… Continue Reading
August 16, 2018
Our view: A step forward on at-sea monitoring
by Editorial
The New England fishing industry is enjoying a rare victory over federal regulators, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced earlier this week that it would pick up the cost of at-sea monitoring of boats this year. What's more, NOAA will reimburse fishermen for some of their out-of-pocket expenses from 2017. While that's good news, there is still work to be done. There is no guarantee the new policy -- less a promise of change than a one-time concession tucked in the fe… Continue Reading
