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New Hampshire's small businesses need tax breaks and funding, among other initiatives, to help create jobs, according to the three Democrats in the state's federal delegation. U.S....

U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., announced Wednesday that the Laconia Fire Department has been awarded a $33,003 fire safety federal grant. The Assistance to Firefighters Grant...

New Hampshire Democrats in Congress applauded President Obama's refocus on the middle class last night, while Republican Sen. Judd Gregg said "bipartisan ground" exists on issues...

WASHINGTON - Legislators from New Hampshire were enthusiastic with President Barack Obama's talking points centered on restoring and rebuilding America during his State of the...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is visiting New Hampshire homeowners and construction workers who have benefited from federal funding for energy efficiency...

NASHUA - Federal lawmakers' No. 1 priority remains getting the economy moving, with reforming health care, building a strong clean-energy industry and freeing up credit for small...

PORTSMOUTH - U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen made a special visit to Pease-based Global Relief Technologies on Friday to praise the company as they prepare to head off to Haiti on Monday...

NEWINGTON - Responding to a great need, 12 members of the Air National Guards' 260th Air Traffic Control Squadron departed the Pease Air National Guard Base Friday night on a...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The federal government is giving New Hampshire an additional $2.5 million in emergency home heating assistance to help low-income and elderly families heat...

DOVER - Since her first day on the job one year ago, U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen has received a daily report on the letters, e-mails and phone calls that flood her Capitol office....

What should the military do to deployed soldiers who become pregnant? Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo, the commander of an Army division in Iraq, recently made headlines when he...

More than 60 years ago, President Harry S. Truman said: "Millions of our citizens do not now have a full measure of opportunity to achieve and to enjoy good health. Millions do not...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen announced today that her request for funding for conservation efforts at the Great Bay estuary has been approved by the Senate as part of the...

CONCORD - Dairy farmers whose livelihoods have been jeopardized by low milk prices and high production costs will be able to take advantage of the USDA's Dairy Economic Loss...

Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A fundamental aspect of addressing global climate change and shifting global energy use to alternative energy sources...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Mary Ellen Jackson is thrilled that New Hampshire nonprofit organizations could get an influx of volunteers, but she hopes resources will be available to train...

On Tuesday, a spillover crowd stood in the hallway outside a small room in the U.S. Capitol to listen as Sen. Jeanne Shaheen introduced a series of measures that will almost...

SOMERSWORTH - In announcing more than $500 million in stimulus funds that were awarded to community health centers across the country, President Obama on Wednesday singled out Avis...

Small business owners across the country are hoping a pair of federal programs boosted by economic stimulus spending will get a second chance, in the form of new funding. The Small...

WASHINGTON - The Census Bureau should look to the long-term unemployed when it staffs the 2010 census, a group of Senate Democrats said Wednesday. The census "is providing a...