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Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire’s senior U.S. senator, was among a bipartisan group of senators who negotiated the provisions that focus on the needs of small...

EXETER – An Exeter family stranded in Peru due to the coronavirus pandemic recently returned home thanks to the help of U.S. Sen Jeanne Shaheen. Shaheen, D-N.H., announced...

CONCORD - New Hampshire is getting an additional $11.7 million from the massive federal coronavirus relief package to help community service programs and the homeless, the state's...

President Donald Trump signed into law bipartisan legislation cosponsored by Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen to reauthorize the Older Americans Act, which will strengthen...

Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act remains stalled in Congress. But lawmakers and advocates are trying to find ways to help victims of domestic violence who are...

MANCHESTER, N.H. - New Hampshire will receive an additional $147 million in COVID-19 response funding as part of the $2 trillion stimulus package signed into law last Friday, the...

Here in New Hampshire and across our country, people are hurting and worried because of the coronavirus. At risk are their health and the health of their families, their jobs,...

The state's congressional delegation sent a harshly critical letter to Trump administration officials, charging the Federal Emergency Management Agency with a "poor response" to...

The $2 trillion stimulus package passed unanimously by the Senate on Wednesday seeks to help soften the economic damage of the coronavirus. Here's a summary of how the bill, which...

New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen defended her party's decision to vote down a Republican-backed stimulus bill on Monday in the Senate, saying the stimulus package must...

On completely different fronts, two New Hampshire women in government were doing their jobs well last week. U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, having worked diligently on the matter since...

MANCHESTER, N.H. - U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen has been tapped to help negotiate the small business portion of the $1 trillion third coronavirus response package being readied on...

MANCHESTER, N.H. - New Hampshire will receive $28.1 million in federal funding in 2020 to continue its efforts to combat the substance abuse crisis, Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie...

WASHINGTON - A Dover man who was imprisoned in Lebanon and facing charges of torturing inmates dating back decades has been released, U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said...

WASHINGTON D.C. - The Androscoggin Valley Chamber of Commerce issued the following communication from U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's office regarding the impact of the coronavirus on...

PORTSMOUTH -- Funds to dredge Rye Harbor were included in the Army Corps of Engineers’ fiscal year 2020 work plan, according to New Hampshire’s congressional...

NASHUA – Police Chief Michael Carignan and his fellow officers were still grieving the unexpected death of Capt. Jonathan Lehto – who took his own life while visiting...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire on Tuesday commemorated the life of Christa McAuliffe, a Concord High School teacher who died in the space...

In late December, on the doorstep to the Christmas holidays, New England's groundfishermen received an early present. As part of a $1.4 trillion spending package, the U.S. Senate...

Federal engineers have begun a $4.6 million dredging project in Hampton-Seabrook harbor. Vessel owners in the state's largest fishing port say the emergency dredge is long...