William Skipworth

Munster, New Hampshire

Reporter @NHBulletinNews | Formerly with @Forbes, @NWI & @emissourian | Proud @Mizzou alum | Texas born, New England transplant, with stops in the Midwest

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State senators try to salvage New Hampshire’s child advocate amid budget cuts

5 days ago | vnews.com | William Skipworth

E-Edition Advertise Newsletters Subscribe Home News Opinion Sports Photos Arts & Life Obituaries Classifieds Calendar Puzzles By WILLIAM SKIPWORTH New Hampshire Bulletin Published: 06-02-2025 5:00 PM New Hampshire’s Office of the Child Advocate has been on the chopping block this session as state lawmakers look to trim the budget during a difficult fiscal year.
State senators try to salvage New Hampshire’s child advocate amid budget cuts

5 days ago | newhampshirebulletin.com | William Skipworth

New Hampshire’s Office of the Child Advocate has been on the chopping block this session as state lawmakers look to trim the budget during a difficult fiscal year. However, some senators, slightly more bullish on the state’s economic outlook, have proposed a way to keep the office, albeit in a slimmed-down form. When the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed its version of the budget, it eliminated the Office of the Child Advocate.
State senators try to salvage New Hampshire’s child advocate amid budget cuts

5 days ago | conwaydailysun.com | William Skipworth

Sen. Sharon Carson, photographed during a Senate Finance work session Thursday, plans to propose an amendment to restore the Office of the Child Advocate after the House voted to eliminate it. Still, her proposal pares the agency down. (Photo by William Skipworth/New Hampshire Bulletin)kAmkDA2? DEJ=6lQ7@?E\H6:89Ei c__jQm}6H w2>AD9:C6’D ~77:46 @7 E96 r9:=5 p5G@42E6 92D 366? @? E96 49@AA:?8 3=@4< E9:D D6DD:@?
Social districts, booze in bathrooms, no-food bars: Lawmakers try to make NH more bar friendly

6 days ago | keenesentinel.com | William Skipworth

Last time Drew Cline visited family in his hometown of Hickory, N.C., he went to his favorite barbecue joint in a downtown area that had been struggling to keep businesses afloat in recent years. “I always take a walk around downtown to see how it’s changed,” he said. “And there would always be vacant storefronts. Until last time I went and we did our stroll around downtown, and not a single storefront was vacant.
Moose apocalypse: As winters get shorter, ticks ravage NH herd

1 week ago | eagletribune.com | William Skipworth

Every fall, winter ticks in New England sit on shrubs or other plants waiting for a large animal to pass by so they can latch on and begin sucking out blood. This has a huge impact on the area’s moose, wildlife biologists say. “They basically become zombies and die,” Eric Orff, a New Hampshire-based wildlife biologist, said. “We have zombie moose.”kAmp44@C5:?8 E@ 6DE:>2E6D 7C@> }6H w2>AD9:C6 u:D9 2?5 v2>6[ E96 vC2?:E6 $E2E6’D >@@D6 A@AF=2E:@? A62<65 :?
Home health aides becoming scarce in NH

1 week ago | eagletribune.com | William Skipworth

CONCORD, N.H. — Last time Jim Piet, who has cerebral palsy, needed to hire a new personal care assistant to help him complete daily tasks, it took four months. Amid New Hampshire’s tight labor market and low Medicaid reimbursement rates, people with disabilities, like Piet, face challenges hiring the help they need. And for people with unique needs, this can be difficult, isolating, and exhausting.
New Hampshire lawmakers move to make ivermectin an over-the-counter medication

1 week ago | vnews.com | William Skipworth

E-Edition Advertise Newsletters Subscribe Home News Opinion Sports Photos Arts & Life Obituaries Classifieds Calendar Puzzles By WILLIAM SKIPWORTH New Hampshire Bulletin Published: 05-30-2025 10:00 AM State lawmakers are pushing to allow ivermectin — an antiparasitic drug that became notorious during the COVID-19 pandemic — to be purchased without a prescription in New Hampshire.
‘Zombie moose’: As climate change shortens winters, ticks ravage New Hampshire’s moose population

1 week ago | vnews.com | William Skipworth

E-Edition Advertise Newsletters Subscribe Home News Opinion Sports Photos Arts & Life Obituaries Classifieds Calendar Puzzles A cow moose shakes water and a swarm of insects from its fur while feeding in Lobster Stream, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, in Lobster Township, Maine.
Lawmakers want ivermectin sold over-the-counter

1 week ago | eagletribune.com | William Skipworth

CONCORD, N.H. — State lawmakers are pushing to allow ivermectin — an anti-parasitic drug that became notorious during the COVID-19 pandemic — to be purchased without a prescription in New Hampshire. And they’re doing it by tacking on a provision to a Medicaid cost-efficiency program. Senate Bill 119 was introduced in the New Hampshire Senate earlier this year with the goal of making the state Medicaid program more cost-efficient. kAm%96 3:== D66<D E@ 2==@H |65:42:5 E@ AFC492D6 ?2>6\3C2?5 5CF8D H96?
‘Zombie moose’: As climate change shortens winters, ticks ravage New Hampshire’s moose population

1 week ago | newhampshirebulletin.com | William Skipworth

Every fall, winter ticks in New England sit on shrubs or other plants waiting for a large animal to pass by so they can latch on and begin sucking out blood. This has a huge impact on the area’s moose, wildlife biologists say. “They basically become zombies and die,” Eric Orff, a New Hampshire-based wildlife biologist, said. “We have zombie moose.”According to estimates from New Hampshire Fish and Game, the Granite State’s moose population peaked in the late 1990s at around 7,000 to 8,000 moose.