Governor Ayotte Statement on Ten-Year Highway Plan

CONCORD, NH — Today, Governor Kelly Ayotte released the following statement regarding the State’s 10-year highway plan:

“Make no mistake of it, this is a tax increase on Granite Staters. If you pay cash, you will pay double. If you didn’t get a new transponder when you moved here, you will pay double.

“I’ll always use my veto pen when it means stopping tax hikes. Politicians will always want to spend more of your money, but when they double costs, it makes life less affordable and crushes working families.”

Senator Hassan Recognizes Renée Blacken of Bethlehem as August’s Granite Stater of the Month

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan recognized Renée Blacken of Bethlehem as August’s Granite Stater of the Month for completing a historic solo row across the Atlantic Ocean and using the journey to support trauma recovery programs in northern New Hampshire.

On January 24, Renée departed from Lanzarote in the Canary Islands as part of the

Small Businesses Invited to the 2026 Burlington Navy Week Event – Doing Business with the Navy and Marine Corps

Burlington, VT – Small businesses throughout New England and New York will have the opportunity to meet with representatives from the Department of Navy Office of Small Business Programs and representatives from key small business support organizations. The

Emergency Response Agencies Are Taking a More Data-Driven Approach to Heat Safety

Triplett examines how emergency response organizations use portable WBGT monitoring to support responder safety, rehab, crew management, and field operations.

Emergency operations present a unique set of heat-related challenges because environmental conditions, work intensity, and protective equipment can all influence responder heat stress at the same time”

— Richard Wexler

MERRIMACK, NH, UNITED STATES, August 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As emergency response agencies face increasingly challenging operating environments, Triplett Test Equipment & Tools, a leading test and measurement equipment

Cleantech Industry Resources (CIR) Trains Bhutan’s Next Generation of Solar Engineers

Cleantech Industry Resources logo.

Cleantech Industry Resources has completed over 13 GWp and 632 sites in Late-Stage Engineering (Solar), 6.2 GWp and 127 sites of Late-Stage Engineering (BESS), and 334 GWp across 17,045 sites in Project Sites Diligenced globally.

College of Science and Technology (CST), Royal University of Bhutan selects CIR to teach advanced PV modeling in STAR-C Bhutan’s first Level 2 program

BURLINGTON, VT, UNITED STATES, August 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Cleantech Industry Resources (CIR), the world’s only commoditized Development-as-a-Service (DaaS) platform for clean energy, was selected by the College of Science and

Hypertherm’s HySpeed® Technology Accelerates Plasma Cutting Performance for Powermax SYNC® Systems

HySpeed® Technology Accelerates Plasma Cutting Performance

Achieves laser-like cutting speeds for air plasma cutting

Achieves laser-like cutting speeds for air plasma cutting

HANOVER, NH, UNITED STATES, August 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Hypertherm Associates, a U.S.-based leading manufacturer of industrial cutting systems and software, launched its new HySpeed® technology (patent pending), enabling fabricators to

Polly Report: Insurance Savings Now Cover 90% of Car Buyers' Negative Equity

Q2 2026 Embedded Insruance Report Key Data

Polly Insurance

As trade-in debt hits near-record highs, Polly's Q2 2026 report finds insurance savings can close 90% of the gap.

The data keeps telling us the same thing: insurance engagement is one of the few levers dealers can pull that consistently improves deal outcomes without adding friction to the deal.”

— Chris Pres, VP of Automotive

WILLISTON, VT, UNITED STATES, August 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Polly, the leading embedded auto insurance marketplace for automotive retail, today released its Q2 2026 Quarterly Embedded Auto Insurance Report, showing that insurance savings can

Eyesight Ophthalmic Services Welcomes Fellowship-Trained Retina Specialist Dr. Qingjie Wang

Qingjie Wang, MD, PhD

EXETER, NH, UNITED STATES, August 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Eyesight Ophthalmic Services, Northern New England's leading provider of eye care for adults and children, is pleased to announce that Qingjie Wang, MD, PhD, a fellowship-trained vitreoretinal specialist, will join the practice in August.

Dr. Wang brings an exceptional combination of clinical

Welch Discusses Farm to School Funding, Access to Nutrition Programs at School Nutrition Association of Vermont’s 2026 Conference

More than 19,400 children face hunger in Vermont 

SHELBURNE, VT — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, delivered remarks Monday at the School Nutrition Association of Vermont’s 2026 “Seeds of Change: Growing Vermont’s Future” conference. At the event, Senator Welch discussed his bipartisan efforts to protect and expand access to nutrition and farm to school programs.  

“What I so admire about what you do today, and every day, is you believe in nutrition for

Welch, Shaheen Lead Colleagues in Pushing for Answers on Violent U.S. Joint Counternarcotics Operation with Ecuadorian Military

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, led their colleagues in pressing for answers about the sharp discrepancy between the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and Ecuadorian military regarding a violent joint counternarcotics operation carried out in March 2026. 

Between March 1 and March 6, 2026, Ecuadorian and United States armed forces carried