FIRST-TERM state Rep. Emily Phillips, R-Fremont, became the first Republican to declare she would oppose a sitting state senator this fall — three-term Sen. Bill Gannon, R-Sandown.
Bridgette Doucette-Howell, 40, was sentenced to one year in jail on Tuesday after she admitted to having sex with an 18-year-old student in 2021 while working as a high school teacher.