In a rare move, the New Hampshire House voted to initiate possible disciplinary proceedings against Republican Rep. Travis Corcoran Thursday over a series of inflammatory social media posts. The decision comes as partisan tensions and caustic behavior continue to flare in the House.

At issue for Corcoran — who maintains a busy schedule of social media traffic — are recent posts on X, in which he called for a “final solution” in response to a karaoke night invitation from a Jewish lawmaker, and another in which he talked of deporting a fellow lawmaker who was born in the Philippines: “She has to go back,” he wrote.

House Speaker Sherman Packard had condemned the posts earlier, and on Thursday the full House moved to send Corcoran’s case to the Legislative Administration Committee for what Packard described as “review and report.”

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The referral came at the request of the House’s top Democrat, Rep. Alexis Simpson of Exeter. Such referrals are rare: The Legislative Administration Committee hasn’t been asked to consider sanctioning a lawmaker since 2017.

But Corcoran’s online conduct, which often includes inflammatory and offensive posts, has been under scrutiny in Concord for some time. A letter Packard sent Corcoran this week indicated his office has been receiving complaints about his social media activity for more than a year.

“Your verified public writings are negative, targeted and purposely written to leave a hate-filled interpretation,” Packard wrote Corcoran. “In sum, your statements are disrespectful, inappropriate and unworthy of the dignity of our state legislature.”

The “Letter of Caution” Packard sent Corcoran followed Corcoran’s failure to respond to voice messages left by a bipartisan panel of lawmakers tasked with reviewing public complaints about members of the Legislature.

Records from the House clerk’s office show the group, formed in 2019, has sent nine caution letters to lawmakers over the years, taking up a range of conduct issues.

They include rude behavior by a lawmaker at a state DMV office; another lawmaker telling members of the public to ‘shut up;’ and another being dismissive to people weighing in on legislation who are not from New Hampshire.

But several of the letters involve lawmakers’ behavior on social media. One admonished a lawmaker for posting the address of an antagonistic voter on Facebook. Another letter tells a longtime lawmaker that a bipartisan review panel “was unanimously disappointed that you defended your use of the hashtag ‘NHGOPTaliban.’ ”

According to several advisory group’s members, Corcoran has apologized for being non-responsive to the group’s phone calls, but on Thursday he seemed disinclined to back away from his social media posts, or explain himself.

“My only comment for NPR, is that NPR is regime media, the end,” Corcoran said when asked by an NHPR reporter about the House’s action Thursday.

Precedent would suggest Corcoran’s political future will likely fall to voters in his hometown of Weare to decide, as the Legislature rarely censures its members. Lawmakers facing scandal sometimes choose to resign, but the last time the House voted to expel a member was in 1913 and involved bribery allegations. The House’s top Republican says Corcoran’s case boils down to speech rights.

“We’ll see what happens,” said House Majority Leader Jason Osborne. “I think at the end of the day, everyone realizes that members have free speech, and you might not like all of it.”

Motorcycle enthusiasts from across New England will hit the roads Saturday, May 2 for a charitable ride supporting women in recovery.

The International Female Ride Day event is organized by the New England Motorcycle Group, according to a community announcement. The ride will start at Big Moose Harley-Davidson in Gorham, Maine, and will end at Seacoast Harley-Davidson in North Hampton, NH, with a stop at Harley-Davidson of Rochester along the way.

The event is open to all riders, regardless of gender, experience level or type of motorcycle, according to the announcement.

Proceeds from the ride will benefit Dismas Home of New Hampshire, a residential treatment and re-entry program for women recovering from incarceration. The organization, based in Manchester, is currently constructing a new, larger campus in Rochester, which is expected to open this summer and serve an additional 20 women at a time.

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Registration

Registration for the ride is $45 per person, which includes breakfast, a mid-ride snack, a cookout and one raffle ticket. A $60 option is also available, which includes a commemorative International Female Ride Day 2026 Challenge Coin. Participants are encouraged to register online in advance and arrive with a full tank of gas. Registration can be completed at dismashomenh.org.

Schedule

On-site registration and check-in will take place from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., with the group ride beginning at 10 a.m. The midpoint stop at Harley-Davidson of Rochester will offer riders a chance to snack, socialize and refuel. The ride will conclude around 2 p.m. with a community cookout, remarks and an opportunity to hear from Dismas Home residents about their journeys. Raffle winners and 50/50 prizes will also be announced.

Last year, more than 150 riders participated in the event.

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CONCORD, NH — New Hampshire Lottery players made more than 550,000 wagers totaling more than $25 million on this year’s men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments, according to the lottery.

The tournaments began with conference play and continued through the NCAA brackets. Michigan won the men’s tournament, while UCLA won the women’s title.

“March is a special time of year for basketball, there’s nothing like these tournaments,” Charlie McIntyre, the executive director of the New Hampshire Lottery, said. “Dozens of games at all times of the day to kick off, buzzer beaters that send home tournament favorites, Cinderella runs from unassuming small schools, all culminating in two teams on the top of the mountain — and hopefully lots of wagers won by our New Hampshire players. With so many ways and opportunities to bet, March Madness is our largest sustained sports betting driver every single year. While I love watching as many games as I can, the best part of the tournaments is seeing all these wagers come in to support New Hampshire public education.”

Before the tournaments began, New Hampshire players heavily wagered on UConn, Florida, and Duke to win the men’s championship, according to the lottery. On the women’s side, the pre-tournament favorites among New Hampshire bettors were UConn, South Carolina, and UCLA.

The lottery said only one pre-tournament favorite for New Hampshire bettors won a title this year: the UCLA women. UCLA defeated South Carolina in a game oddsmakers had expected to be close. On the men’s side, Michigan won its first national title since 1989 in a championship game against UConn, which the lottery identified as New Hampshire’s betting favorite.

Sports betting has generated significant revenue for education since it launched in the state on Dec. 30, 2019, according to the lottery. Granite Staters have wagered nearly $4.5 billion, generating $187 million to support New Hampshire public education.

The lottery said New Hampshire residents can place wagers through the DraftKings Sportsbook app, the exclusive digital sportsbook operator in the state. The agency also said DraftKings offers responsible gaming tools, including My Stat Sheet, limit setting, cooling-off periods, and self-exclusion.

The New Hampshire Lottery said it has contributed more than $3 billion to education in the state since 1964. The commission, based in Concord, manages lottery operations in New Hampshire and regulates charitable gaming, simulcast racing, fantasy sports, and sports wagering.