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New Hampshire homicide rate estimated at 0.9 per 100,000 last year, FBI reports

By Metric Media News Service | Oct 6, 2021

Last year, New Hampshire recorded a homicide rate of 0.9 per 100,000 residents, compared to the national rate of 6.5 per 100,000 and the state’s 1.0 rate a decade earlier, according to newly released crime data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

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New Hampshire received $544.2 million in school stimulus funds during the COVID-19 pandemic

By Metric Media News Service | Sep 28, 2021

The total amount of federal public education stimulus funds that New Hampshire received from Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic is $544.2 million, according to a tally from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).

Three New Hampshire beaches have unsafe water quality for at least one out of four sampling days

By Metric Media News Service | Jul 27, 2021

Three New Hampshire beaches were found to have hazardous water quality for at least one out of four sampling days in 2020, according to a new analysis of bacteria data by Environment America in 29 coastal and Great Lakes states, as well as Puerto Rico.