Jackie Harris

1 month ago | businessnhmagazine.com | Jackie Harris |Rick Ganley

A view of Saint-Gobain's Merrimack facility (Mara Hoplamazian)In 2016, the manufacturing company Saint-Gobain told New Hampshire officials it found PFAS – also called forever chemicals – in the public water supply near its Merrimack facility. The company responded by providing some residents with safe drinking water indefinitely. Now Saint-Gobain is leaving the state and it’s unclear what future clean up efforts might look like.

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Jackie Harris |Rick Ganley

In 2016, the manufacturing company Saint-Gobain told New Hampshire officials it found PFAS – also called forever chemicals – in the public water supply near its Merrimack facility. The company responded by providing some residents with safe drinking water indefinitely. Now Saint-Gobain is leaving the state and it’s unclear what future clean up efforts might look like. A new investigative book reveals what companies like Saint-Gobain knew about the PFAS they were emitting.

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Jackie Harris |Rick Ganley

The Office of the Public Guardian warns if lawmakers don't increase funding in the next few weeks it will have to drop its services for hundreds of Granite Staters in its care.The office provides public guardians to people who courts have deemed legally incapacitated and need help managing their health or finances. NHPR Morning Edition host Rick Ganley spoke with the CEO of the Office of the Public Guardian, Lisabritt Solsky Stevens.

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Rick Ganley |Jackie Harris

New Hampshire’s top corrections official resigned this week without explanation ending a more than two decade career with the department. Commissioner Helen Hanks oversaw the Department of Corrections for eight years until this week. Tensions had been brewing between Hanks and top New Hampshire Republicans. And the number of Canadians visiting the U.S. declined in recent months and state officials are expecting a drop in tourists from our northern neighbors this summer.

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Jackie Harris |Rick Ganley

Advocates for crime victims are celebrating a new state Supreme Court ruling that makes it harder for defendants to access their accuser's mental health treatment history. The court handed down its decision after a man charged with sexually assaulting a minor tried to get ahold of his accuser’s mental health records in court. The accuser’s counseling center informed her that the defense requested her records without her permission and she objected.