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LONDONDERRY - Central fire station will be outfitted with sprinkler and fire alarm systems, thanks to a $50,544 federal grant. U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., announced the...

ROCHESTER - The Lilac City's Fire Department has been awarded nearly $67,000 in federal funds through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen,...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A Bedford teenager who continues to suffer health problems three years after eating a salmonella-tainted tomato is urging Congress to require more government...

DOVER - U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen wants the nation's largest health insurer to justify steep rate increases on individual premiums, which are in the order of 12 to 13 percent in New...

CONCORD, N.H. -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and some N.H. business owners say record profits at insurance companies have them wondering why they've seen a recent spike in premiums. Scott...

Lawmakers intensified political pressure on WellPoint Inc. (WLP) as leaders of the Senate Finance Committee asked the health insurer Wednesday to provide data related to planned...

DOVER - U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Susan Collins have been honored with the AARP's Legislative Achievement Award for their work on the Medicare Transitional Care Act, which is...

It's early in the political year but already New Hampshire's would-be U.S. senators are calling, predictably, for big change in Washington. Here's one commitment we hope they'll...

(NECN) - Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) was posed the question on NECN's DC Dialogue of whether to start from the drawing board on health care reform legislation.  "I don't...

DURHAM - The University of New Hampshire on Friday was awarded a nearly $3 million grant to develop a program that will train 1,000 health care workers. The money, which is part of...

WASHINGTON - Wearing a pink-colored suit jacket, a long gray skirt, black boots and a pink scarf, U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen calmly positions herself for a photo with a visiting...

Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday dismissed the effort by some Democrats to limit filibusters, saying that the chamber's procedures were designed to prevent...

WINDHAM - A $37,145 federal grant to the Windham Fire Department comes at an opportune time. The money will pay most of the bill for 23 sets of firefighter apparel, called...

Filibuster - the parliamentary maneuver that allows senators to block bills that lack 60 votes - has become a dirty word in Washington. Democrats are especially furious about it,...

Fire departments in Hampstead and Danville will be awarded almost $100,000 in federal grant money, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's office announced yesterday. Hampstead was awarded $59,375...

SOMERSWORTH - The city's Fire Department will receive much-needed safety upgrades after it was awarded a $94,525 federal grant Wednesday. The money will pay for sprinkler and fire...

WHITEFIELD - Senator Jeanne Shaheen braved the North Country's bitter winter winds last Friday to recognize the strides in clean energy the Mountain View Grand (MVG) has made over...

A New Hampshire veteran received a Bronze Star medal today, more than six decades after earning it for his service in Europe in World War II. Milton Christian, 84, of Derry, N.H.,...

DERRY, N.H. (AP) - A World War II veteran from New Hampshire is to be presented with a medal he earned long ago but never received. Milton Christian of Derry is to receive the...

Instrumental in helping secure the funding, U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen had a first-hand look Friday at how the N.H. Electric Cooperative will integrate "smart grid" technology to...