By Dana Wormald | Editor
Good morning, New Hampshire, and welcome to a new week. Today, William Skipworth reports on arguments before the state Supreme Court regarding the settlement fund for YDC abuse victims. Also, Maya Mitchell looks at changes to the state’s Child Care Advisory Council. And, also from William, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits Concord and renews criticism of the hepatitis B vaccine. Thank you for reading, and enjoy the day. — Dana
Assistant Attorney General Mary Triick argues to state Supreme Court justices that the state does not have a contractual obligation to stay true to the exact parameters of the YDC Settlement Fund system it set up in 2022, on Oct. 14, 2026, in the Frank R. Kenison Supreme Court Building. Watching on are Justices Bryan Gould and Patrick Donovan (background) and attorney Daniel Deane (foreground). (Photo by William Skipworth/New Hampshire Bulletin)
By William Skipworth
A group of people who say they were abused as children under the state’s care argue that New Hampshire officials have pulled the rug out from under them. Now, they want the state Supreme Court to intervene and make New Hampshire stay true to a promise they say was made to them.
Shannon Tremblay (left), director of the New Hampshire Child Care Advisory Council, and Marianne Barter, the council’s former chair, sit during a meeting of the council on Aug. 14, 2025. (Photo by Claire Sullivan/New Hampshire Bulletin)
By Maya Mitchell
The New Hampshire Child Care Advisory Council is reducing the number of its scheduled meetings ahead of a new legislative session and another budget year. “Meetings were getting to be where it was more of just an update meeting, and not actually like getting any real good work done as far as making recommendations,” said Shannon Tremblay, director of the council.
By William Skipworth
In a visit to Concord Friday, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cast doubt on the safety of the hepatitis B vaccine but wouldn’t comment on state legislation in New Hampshire that his agency inspired.
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