By Dana Wormald | Editor
Good morning, New Hampshire, and welcome to Friday. Today, Molly Rains reports on a successful effort to address cyanobacteria that had invaded a New Hampshire lake. Also, Emma Davis of Maine Morning Star writes about U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ latest bout with corruption allegations. And, from States Newsroom’s Ariana Figueroa, the Government Accountability Office finds that the Department of Homeland Security wasted millions of dollars in its efforts to ramp up immigration detention. Thank you for reading, and enjoy the weekend. — Dana
A team of researchers with the UNH Lakes Lay Monitoring Program heads out to track water quality on Lake Kanasatka in Moultonborough Thursday, Sept. 24. At the helm is lakeshore resident Kevin Kelly, who has helped measure water quality on the lake for decades. (Photo by Molly Rains/New Hampshire Bulletin)
By Molly Rains
Clear waters in Moultonborough's Lake Kanasatka this summer strengthened residents' hopes that an expensive, last-ditch chemical treatment undertaken several years ago was paying off. Yet experts have been clear that the treatment, which for Lake Kanasatka cost more than half a million dollars, is not permanent. Nor is it necessarily well-suited to all of the many other water bodies across New Hampshire dealing with similar bloom struggles.
Joined by former Maine CDC director Nirav Shah (left) and former state legislator Cathy Breen (right), Executive Director of the Maine Democratic Party Devon Murphy-Anderson discusses corruption allegations involving U.S. Sen. Susan Collins during a Portland press conference on Sept. 23, 2026. (Photo by Emma Davis/Maine Morning Star)
By Emma Davis
As U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has repeatedly defied odds to hold onto her seat by touting her ability to bring in federal money to Maine, Democrats have tried to target that defense by leveling corruption accusations, so far to no avail. Now, they see new reporting alleging the incumbent Republican’s involvement in a pay-for-play scheme as a turning point that could upend the nationally relevant race six weeks out from the election.
By Ariana Figueroa
Government investigators Thursday released a report that found the Department of Homeland Security wasted more than $20 million in federal funding in its rapid expansion of immigration detention, including warehouse purchases strongly opposed in numerous U.S. communities.
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