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Will Skipworth
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Reporter @NewHampshireBulletin.com | Formerly with @Forbes.com, @NWItimes.com & The Missourian | Proud Mizzou alum | Texas born, New England transplant, with stops in the Midwest www.newhampshirebulletin.com/author/wskipworth/
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 2d
The @aclu-nh.bsky.social filed a lawsuit against the state, arguing its decades-old loitering law is unconstitutional. The group told me it conducted a two-year investigation into how police are using the law to target and harass homeless people. #NHPolitics newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/10/08/a...
ACLU sues New Hampshire over its loitering law, arguing police use it to harass homeless people • New Hampshire Bulletin
The ACLU of New Hampshire is suing New Hampshire over the state’s four-decade-old loitering and prowling law, arguing it is unconstitutional and unfairly targets homeless people.
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 3d
RIGHT NOW: Gov. @AndyBeshearKY is visiting a brewery in the important presidential electoral state of New Hampshire. “We’ve gotta spend 80% of our time focusing on issues that matter 100% of Americans.” #NHPolitics #FITN
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 4d
“From what I am observing, the Medicare Advantage market as it exists today is collapsing.” #NHPolitics
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Anthem and Martin’s Point pull out of NH Medicare Advantage program; Aetna leaves most counties • New Hampshire Bulletin
Health insurance carriers Anthem and Martin’s Point will no longer participate in New Hampshire’s Medicare Advantage program beginning in 2026, while Aetna will cover enrollees only in certain countie...
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"2024 was the second consecutive year of drug fatality decreases in New Hampshire, following an 11.5% decrease from 2022 to 2023." From @willskipworth.bsky.social #NHPolitics
New Hampshire drug deaths fell 33% in 2024, NHFPI study finds • New Hampshire Bulletin
Drug-related deaths in New Hampshire fell 33.4% from 2023 to 2024, the sharpest decrease in over a decade, according to a new study from the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute.
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 9d
As the federal government shut down today, both Republicans and Democrats are blaming the other side of the aisle. New Hampshire's Rep. Maggie Goodlander made the case to me why the GOP was at fault and why Democrats' requests are so vital: #NHPolitics newhampshirebulletin.com/briefs/as-fe...
As federal government shuts down over health care spending, Goodlander points finger at GOP • New Hampshire Bulletin
Amid finger-pointing over the government shutdown that began on Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander said she saw only one Republican in the Capitol and congressional offices the day before.
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 9d
Speaking to some doctors from Massachusetts, I learned about an interesting phenomenon that I think says a lot about our complicated health system. The doctors have started sending patients north to New Hampshire for imaging/x-rays. Here’s why: #PublicHealth
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Some Massachusetts doctors are sending patients to New Hampshire for imaging. Here’s why. • New Hampshire Bulletin
This past summer, one of Dr. Amy Boutwell’s patients needed an imaging test done, but Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, which is down the road from her practice in the Boston suburb of Lexington, Mas...
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 10d
Spooky season comes early in the Bulletin office!
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 10d
Some good news: drug deaths are falling at the fastest rate (33.4%) in over a decade in New Hampshire, an @nhfpi.bsky.social study found. Read my write-up in @newhampshirebulletin.com on the study: #PublicHealth newhampshirebulletin.com/briefs/new-h...
New Hampshire drug deaths fell 33% in 2024, NHFPI study finds • New Hampshire Bulletin
Drug-related deaths in New Hampshire fell 33.4% from 2023 to 2024, the sharpest decrease in over a decade, according to a new study from the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute.
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 10d
Gov. Kelly Ayotte released a statement on a potential government shutdown. What stood out to me was a brag and a slight jab: "we put together a responsible, balanced budget every two years — leaders in Washington should take a page out of our playbook...” #NHPolitics
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 11d
Did some leaf peeping in the White Mountains up north this weekend!
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New Hampshire Bulletin @newhampshirebulletin.com · 15d
"If the credits expire, a single person in their mid-40s earning $31,300 in New Hampshire annually could see their total annual premiums increase $1,344." From @willskipworth.bsky.social #NHPolitics
Health care tax credits used by 50,000 in NH are expiring. Shaheen wants to make them permanent. • New Hampshire Bulletin
A tax credit used by almost 50,000 in New Hampshire to pay for their health care through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace is set to expire at the end of the year.
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 15d
Dan Innis dropped out of New Hampshire's U.S. Senate race today. He's endorsed John E. Sununu, who hasn't officially entered the race. #NHPolitics #Elections2026 newhampshirebulletin.com/briefs/innis...
Innis drops out of U.S. Senate race, endorses John E. Sununu, who isn’t officially a candidate • New Hampshire Bulletin
State Sen. Dan Innis became the first candidate in New Hampshire’s 2026 U.S. Senate race to drop out Thursday, and on his way out he endorsed John E. Sununu, who publicly said he’s considering a run b...
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 15d
BREAKING: Dan Innis just became the first candidate to drop out of the U.S. Senate race in New Hampshire. He's endorsing John E. Sununu who hasn't officially entered the race yet. Story to come. #NHPolitics #Elections2026
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 15d
A set of ACA tax credits almost 50,000 in New Hampshire use to pay for health care are set to expire in December.
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and Democrats want to make those permanent. Hear what the senator had to say and where the credits stand: #NHPolitics newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/09/25/h...
Health care tax credits used by 50,000 in NH are expiring. Shaheen wants to make them permanent. • New Hampshire Bulletin
A tax credit used by almost 50,000 in New Hampshire to pay for their health care through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace is set to expire at the end of the year.
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 15d
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Cuts to SNAP are imminent. I spoke to recipients, advocates, food pantries, critics, economists and more about what that means for New Hampshire. Read more here: #NHPolitics newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/09/15/i...
In New Hampshire, families who rely on SNAP may go hungry. Others will be affected, too. • New Hampshire Bulletin
Maria Khan spent much of this year terrified as she watched Congress debate whether to cut funding for federal food assistance and other programs she relies on.
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 17d
Super important reporting from my colleague @ethandewitt.bsky.social on the massive issue of housing prices in New Hampshire: newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/09/23/f...
For average families, New Hampshire homes are more unaffordable than ever • New Hampshire Bulletin
New Hampshire’s housing market has an income gap problem. The median household income has doubled since 1998, hovering at just under $100,000 today. But home prices have jumped at a much faster rate.
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 17d
A coalition of New Hampshire-based nonprofits working on solutions to the affordability crisis in child care announced Friday it's hired Julie Asher to serve as its inaugural executive director. newhampshirebulletin.com/briefs/nh-ea...
NH Early Childhood Funders Collaborative hires its first executive director • New Hampshire Bulletin
A coalition of New Hampshire-based nonprofits aimed at looking for solutions to the affordability crisis in child care announced Friday its hiring of Julie Asher as its inaugural executive director.
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New Hampshire Public Radio @nhpr.org · 19d
Authorities have confirmed that one man was deceased and multiple people injured in a shooting at the Sky Meadow Country Club.

Police say the suspected shooter was detained on-scene by Nashua police officers. Initial reports indicating that there were two shooters were erroneous. buff.ly/i72s32U
Nashua police: One dead, multiple people injured in country club shooting
The suspected shooter was detained on-scene by Nashua police officers, and there is no present threat to the public. Initial reports indicating that there were two shooters were erroneous.
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 20d
I just learned this past week was DSP Appreciation Week. I'm a little late, but read my May story for @NewHampshireBulletin.com about the struggles of DSPs and the people who hire them: newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/05/27/i...
In New Hampshire, people with disabilities face challenges hiring the help they need • New Hampshire Bulletin
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.
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 21d
Several CDC officials resigned in protest last month over the firing of their boss and Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s upheaval of the federal
government’s public health apparatus. I spoke to two of them. Read more in @newhampshirebulletin.com: newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/09/17/t...
These CDC officials resigned in protest after RFK Jr. fired their boss. Now, they’re speaking up. • New Hampshire Bulletin
Dr. Debra Houry said she first considered stepping down from her role as chief medical officer and deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in March.
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 21d
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: The sheer amount of proposals to cut or otherwise alter Medicaid has been hard to keep up with, so I wrote an explainer for @NewHampshireBulletin.com on which ones are actually happening in New Hampshire and how they'll work. #NHPolitics
Medicaid cuts have dominated NH headlines this year. Here’s what’s actually happening. • New Hampshire Bulletin
Lawmakers on both the federal and state level in New Hampshire have spent much of 2025 workshopping and debating changes and cuts to Medicaid, the nation’s public health care program for people with…
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 21d
Super interesting reporting from my colleague @mollyrains.bsky.social on environmental scientists' efforts to understand New Hampshire's changing snowpack: newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/09/17/n...
New Hampshire’s snowpack is shrinking. Researchers are still uncovering the scope of what it means. • New Hampshire Bulletin
New England residents know that snow is disappearing from our landscape, and scientists have proven that climate change is to blame. But the effects of snowpack decline go far beyond what’s visible.
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 22d
Health officials from 10 Northeast states announced they’re forming the Northeast Public Health Collaborative, a rebuke of the Trump administration and Robert Kennedy Jr. New Hampshire is the only New England state not part of it. #PublicHealth #NHPolitics
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Health officials from 10 Northeast states officially band together. New Hampshire remains out. • New Hampshire Bulletin
After months of informal talks, health officials from 10 Northeastern states have announced they’re forming a bloc called the Northeast Public Health Collaborative to issue vaccine guidance and coordi...
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 22d
BREAKING: After months of talks, several northeastern states have officially announced the Northeast Public Health Collaborative to provide vaccine guidance and coordinate health efforts independent of federal government. New Hampshire remains out. Story to come. #PublicHealth
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Will Skipworth @willskipworth.bsky.social · 22d
“​We cannot expect that parents can continue to pay more and more and more for the rising cost of child care solely. That’s a big ask of parents.” For @newhampshirebulletin.com: #NHPolitics
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Amid rising challenges, Manchester child care center director travels to DC to push for change • New Hampshire Bulletin
Kitty Larochelle, who has worked for more than 30 years in child care and now serves as director of The Growing Years Early Childhood Center in Manchester, traveled to Washington, D.C., alongside chil...
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