New Hampshire Legislature

Governor backs Election Day voter registration

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:58:38 GMT

Bill Richardson is backing a proposal to allow New Mexicans to register and vote on Election Day - joining New Hampshire and a number of other states that already allow the practice.

Pa. Senate GOP has bragging rights in Northeast

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:55:55 GMT

Republicans have controlled the Pennsylvania Senate for most of the last three decades, and now they have new bragging rights: The Senate is the last state legislative chamber in the Northeast in GOP hands.

NM governor backs Election Day voter registration

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:46:45 GMT

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is backing a proposal to allow residents to register and vote on Election Day - joining New Hampshire and a number of other states that already allow the practice.

The long and difficult road to equal rights for gay citizens

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:38:17 GMT

We bask in the afterglow of an election that was a victory for democracy: This time around, no one disputes that a clear winner emerged.

Proposed gas taxes get mixed reviews

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT

National gasoline tax average: 30 cents a gallon. Highest state tax: California, 48.7 cents a gallon.

Local officials oppose Election Day registration

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:41:03 GMT

Allowing people to register to vote on Election Day would be an administrative nightmare, an Eddy County Bureau of Elections official said.

$60 million sliced from state budget - Concord Monitor

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:40:00 GMT

Lawmakers chopped almost $60 million from the state's budget yesterday, with wide-ranging cuts hitting school building aid, environmental programs and hospital reimbursements. The cuts stripped back many of the new programs lawmakers cited as ...

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Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:31:13 GMT

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New fee angers fishing industry - Portsmouth Herald

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:31:00 GMT

Among topics discussed at a N.H. Fish and Game meeting on Thursday were a saltwater angler registry that will come with a licensing fee, and charter captains say they are not happy about the idea. Kevin Sullivan, a marine biologist for Fish and Game ...

Georgia congressman named head of GOP group - Ledger-Enquirer

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:54:00 GMT

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Female Majority to Control N.H. Senate

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:33:45 GMT

New Hampshire's state Senate will carve history for the Granite State in January when the legislative body convenes with women in 13 of the 24 seats forming the country's first female majority.

New Hampshire governor proposing only limited cuts - Forbes

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:48:00 GMT

New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch will ask lawmakers to cut only $50 million to $60 million from the state budget now, leaving $95 million to do early next year. "This is the next step we will take, but not the last step," Lynch told The Associated Press ...

Cook On Concord: The 2008 election in perspective

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:25:54 GMT

In the Nov. 5 New York Times, Ethan Bronner wrote the following eloquent words: 'GAZA - From far away, this is how it looks: There is a country out there where tens of millions of white Christians, voting ...

Appeals Court Reverses Decision on Prescription Privacy - NHPR

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:25:00 GMT

listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf). The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld New Hampshire?s first-in-the-nation law that bars companies from selling the prescriptions doctors write. Last year a lower court had ruled ...

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Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:31:13 GMT

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Letter

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:34:49 GMT

I can empathize with the residents of Boscawen who were surprised by the increase in their property taxes.

Fisherman angry about saltwater registry, licensing fee - Portsmouth Herald

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:31:00 GMT

PORTSMOUTH ? Among the topics that will be discussed at a Fish and Game meeting on Thursday is a saltwater angler registry that will come with a licensing fee, and charter captains say they are not happy with the idea. Kevin Sullivan, a marine ...

N.H. Budget Cuts

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:52:06 GMT

Budget cuts are taking place in New Hampshire. Gov. John Lynch, D-New Hampshire, and the joint legislative Fiscal Committee agreed to cut $60 million on everything from school aid, to highway projects, to ...

Bond won't seek re-election as NAACP chairman - Ledger-Enquirer

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:09:00 GMT

BALTIMORE -- Veteran civil rights activist Julian Bond will not seek another term as chairman of the NAACP's national board, saying the time is right to "let a new generation of leaders" take over the century-old organization. Bond, 68, has served as ...

16-month-old child dies from hunter's rifle shot in Sullivan - Times Herald-Record

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:29:00 GMT

SWAN LAKE ? On Sunday afternoon, 16-month-old Charly Skala was standing in the kitchen of her grandparents' mobile home near Swan Lake, where the family had gathered to watch football. About 4 p.m. came two cracks of a hunter's rifle. The first ...

State to cut nearly $60m from budget

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:03:00 GMT

A legislative budget oversight group endorsed Gov. John Lynch's plan to trim nearly $60 million from the current state budget Friday.

Ga. Senate GOP select new leaders - Ledger-Enquirer

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:15:00 GMT

ATLANTA -- Georgia Senate Republicans selected new leaders heading into the coming legislative session. Sen. Tommie Williams, of Lyons, has been nominated for president pro tempore. The full Senate must vote on Williams when the legislature returns ...

$60 million sliced from state budget

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:58:16 GMT

Lawmakers chopped almost $60 million from the state's budget yesterday, with wide-ranging cuts hitting school building aid, environmental programs and hospital reimbursements.

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Hunter charged after bullet he fired killed toddler inside her home - Charleston Daily Mail

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:14:00 GMT

SWAN LAKE, N.Y. -- A deer hunter has been charged with manslaughter after a bullet he fired killed a toddler inside her grandparents' Hudson Valley home, police said Monday. Edward Taibi, 45, of New York City, was being held without bail on a second ...

N.H. Supreme court

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:00:20 GMT

Last year, Graham Jensen spent three days in jail for refusing to pay a 50 cent toll with coins instead of tokens.

Republicans work on strategy - Concord Monitor

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:59:00 GMT

New Hampshire Republicans are trying to figure out how to regain their hold on politics as they look toward the 2009 legislative session and a state budget shortfall. Outgoing state Sen. Joe Kenney, a Republican from Wakefield who ran as a fiscal ...

Seacoast hospitals up in arms over $29m Medicaid cut

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:01:24 GMT

Members of the Seacoast's health care community are extremely upset with Gov. John Lynch's decision Friday to cut $29 million in state Medicaid funds to reduce the state's budget deficit.

NH GOP regrouping, look toward Legislature - Boston Globe

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:57:00 GMT

DOVER, N.H.? New Hampshire Republicans are trying to figure out how to regain their hold on politics as they look toward the 2009 legislative session and a state budget shortfall. Outgoing State Sen. Joe Kenney, R-Wakefield, who ran as a fiscal ...

N.H. GOP regrouping for future - Citizen

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:32:00 GMT

With calls for fresh faces and updated messages, there's no shortage of opinions for how New Hampshire Republicans can regain their hold on state politics. But there's also the chance all they'll have to do is wait for Democrats to slip up, some say ...