The Union Leader: Kuster leads push to for military health insurance to cover COVID tests In a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Rep. Annie Kuster and 14 members of Congress asked that COVID-19 tests be automatically covered under the military’s health insurance program. Private health insurance companies have been required to cover at-home COVID-19 tests since… Read more »

WMUR: Reps. Kuster, Pappas support banning members of Congress from trading stocks MANCHESTER, N.H. — An effort to ban stock trading by members of Congress is picking up support from New Hampshire’s two House representatives. The Trust in Congress Act represents the nuclear option when it comes to stopping members of Congress from making money off the inside information they… Read more »

AP News: New Hampshire delegation praises Planned Parenthood grant CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The federal government is sending $500,000 to Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, which has struggled with the loss of state funding in New Hampshire. The state’s all-Democratic congressional delegation said Friday the Title X Dire Need Grant will help offset funding losses over the… Read more »

New Hampshire Center Square: New Hampshire congressional delegation urges Biden to rescind Title X 'gag' rule   (The Center Square) – New Hampshire's congressional delegation is urging president Joe Biden to swiftly finalize a repeal of Trump era policy that blocks funding for abortion providers to offset a loss of state funding for reproductive services. Rules put in… Read more »

Berlin Sun: Kuster visits Kel-Log timber harvest ERROL — Mike Kelley of Milan, who owns both Gorham-based Kel-Log, Inc. and Milan-based Kelley Trucking, last Friday morning welcomed U.S. Rep Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) to his company’s timber-harvesting operations 10 miles east of the Seven Islands Bridge, off Route 16 in Thirteen Mile Woods.   Kelley, who described himself as… Read more »

By Steve Gilbert on Jun 19, 2021 You can’t miss it. Walk into the exhibit room at the Historical Society of Cheshire County in Keene and it commands its environs, floor to ceiling — a Sherman tank — complete with turret, cannon and camouflage netting on top. But looks are deceptive, and deception is the theme in this fascinating summer-long exhibit about a classified Army unit… Read more »

BY LAUREN GIELLA ON 4/29/21 Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States was fighting another public health crisis. Opioid addiction has been ravaging the country for years. Combating the opioid crisis has been a bipartisan effort for years. In this episode of ASP Explores, Representatives Democrat Annie Kuster New Hampshire and Republican Bob Latta of Ohio discuss the causes of… Read more »

By Julie Huss for the Eagle Tribune As communities across the Granite State continue to face challenges due to the pandemic, a core spot in most towns and cities also continues to work on ways to serve the public and keep people engaged. Local libraries are feeling many crunches in the past year and many library officials got some good news about federal support in a call Wednesday… Read more »

By Sandhya Raman for Roll Call House lawmakers are restructuring their bipartisan task forces dedicated to combating the drug epidemic and expect the chamber to consider behavioral health legislation this year, members told CQ Roll Call. The push is spearheaded by four lawmakers in an effort to broaden the scope of legislative efforts beyond opioids to include all forms of… Read more »

By Mariel Padilla On January 6, a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol and temporarily halted the certification of the legitimate results of the 2020 election. The president, at a rally that day, had encouraged thousands of his supporters to “take back our country.” In the Capitol, rioters fought with police, smashed windows and ransacked offices. The… Read more »