Julia Furukawa

1 week ago | nhpr.org | Michelle Liu |Julia Furukawa

Residents in some New Hampshire school districts voted for major reductions to their school budgets earlier this year. Timberlane School District is over $6 million dollars and Merrimack Valley schools are cutting $2 million. As the school year comes to an end, two students reflect on how those cuts could affect them when they return to school in the fall. Abigail Robinson and Nicholas Gelinas are both high school juniors who served as the student representatives of their respective school boards.

2 weeks ago | nhpr.org | Michelle Liu |Julia Furukawa

Every other Tuesday, the team behind Civics 101 joins NHPR’s All Things Considered Host Julia Furukawa to talk about how our democratic institutions actually work. In March, the Trump administration invoked a wartime law, the Alien Enemies Act, to deport Venezuelan citizens it has accused of being gang members. The administration’s use of the act and methods of deportation, have been challenged in court.

3 weeks ago | nhpr.org | Julia Furukawa |Michelle Liu |Todd Bookman

The state of New Hampshire recently upped the amount that lawyers can get paid when they take on cases where defendants can’t afford an attorney. The hourly rate for assigned counsel from $90 to $125 for most cases, and from $125 to $150 for major crimes, this January. The pay increases are just one action to try and fix what is a longstanding problem: a lack of attorneys willing to take these cases.

4 weeks ago | nhpr.org | Michelle Liu |Julia Furukawa

This is NHPR’s The Big Question! We ask you a question about life in New Hampshire, you submit an answer, and your voice may be featured on air or online. Many of us have skills we’ve learned and honed over the years that have helped us through our lives. Passing down that knowledge can prepare a future generation for life and keep traditions alive. So, for May’s Big Question, we asked: What’s a skill you have that you hope to pass down to a future generation? Here’s what some of you shared.

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Michelle Liu |Julia Furukawa

This is part of a series of stories about people working on solutions to New Hampshire's maternity care challenges. Catch up on more of our coverage here. In New Hampshire, there are many factors that determine the quality of maternal health care and wellbeing. Dr. Trinidad Tellez is a family physician and a health equity practitioner. She’s also a Democratic state representative from Manchester.