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Over the last several weeks, I've been involved in several discussions about philanthropic activities both inside and outside of the office. I love this topic, because it's such an important one. And it's important for a long list of reasons.

The roiled solar power market shows how Trump's tariffs can disrupt an industry

Robocalls ravaged Americans' smartphones in record numbers last month. But some of the nation's top businesses ' from credit card companies and student lenders to retailers and car dealers ' are still urging the Trump administration to make it easier for them to dial and text mobile devices en masse.

MANCHESTER ' People who like painted signs or trays can make their own while drinking a glass of chardonnay with friends.

Customer service phone lines routinely tell consumers their 'call is being recorded for quality assurance purposes.' But a new Walmart patent shows the retailer might someday collect checkout line sounds and capture conversations between customers and the cashier ringing up their milk and diapers.

There is absolutely no reason for New Hampshire to have the death penalty.

George Will was once regarded as the eminent columnist. Then George, with the advent of Donald Trump on the presidential campaign scene, began berating Trump as a buffoon. As Trump progressed through the Republican primaries, George's vitriol increased.

I'm proud to endorse Mindi Messmer for Congress in the First Congressional District. Serving with Mindi the past two years in the New Hampshire House has seemed like much more due to her extraordinarily productive first term.

In June, 45-year-old Robert Carrigg of Hooksett allegedly walked up to 25-year-old Riman Douedari in a downtown restaurant and yanked at the woman's hijab, a garment worn by some Muslim women that covers the head and chest.

No one can know for sure how a U.S. Supreme Court justice will rule on the divisive issues that come before the court. Eisenhower rued naming Earl Warren to the court. George H.W. Bush, and Chief of Staff John Sununu, were chagrined by David Souter's veer to the left.

Gov. Chris Sununu promised to veto any legislation that would make it harder for college students to vote in New Hampshire. When Democrats claimed that a bill clarifying the state's voter residency requirement would do just that, Sununu asked the New Hampshire Supreme Court for an advisory opinion.

IT IS A PRUDENTIAL axiom: If it isn't broken, don't fix it. This reflects the awareness that things can always be made worse, and the law of unintended consequences, which is that they often are larger than and contrary to intended ones. As baseball reaches the all-star break amid lamentations about several semi-broken aspects of it, it is time to...

OF PRESIDENT Donald Trump's explosion at Angela Merkel's Germany during the NATO summit, it needs to be said: It is long past time we raised our voices.

Police are asking for help in locating Skyler Heselton, 16.

After receiving an advisory opinion from the New Hampshire Supreme Court finding the bill to be constitutional, I signed HB 1264 into law this past Friday. New Hampshire will now align with virtually every other state in requiring residency in order to vote.

A state police helicopter seen hovering over an area near the McDonald's on Portsmouth Avenue Wednesday was part of the investigation into the alleged murder of a woman found dead after a mobile home fire last month.

A civil warrant for the arrest of New Hampshire mortgage broker Michael Gill has expired.

The search for a 32-year-old female kayaker whom authorities said fell into the Piscataquog River and didn't resurface will resume this morning, but authorities are terming it a recovery effort after rescuers failed to find her Thursday night.

Matt Paradis, of Concord Country Club, will face Carter Country Club of Lebanon's Pat Pelletier in the 36-hole championship match of the 115th edition of the State Am today at 8 a.m. at Hanover Country Club.

The 37th New Hampshire Open starts today at the Waterville Valley Tennis Center with a field that includes the defending champion, a former winner and some Granite State talent.