New Hampshire Government News

When someone attempted to end Ray Buckley's political career with slimy personal attacks, AG Kelly Ayotte stepped in and cleared his name.

Gov. John Lynch said today that he will nominate former Deputy Attorney General Michael Delaney to replace Kelly Ayotte as New Hampshire's attorney general.

A former New Hampshire chief forensic examiner was found dead in a North Carolina lake.

TWO OF A KIND? Outgoing Attorney General Kelly Ayotte continued to attract much political attention in New Hampshire and Washington yesterday as Democrats compared her to Sarah Palin and a Republican backer set up a support group on "Facebook." Ayotte, who announced on Tuesday she will resign as attorney general effective July 17 to explore a run ...

Dr. James Adams, the state prison's long-time chief forensic examiner, drowned in a North Carolina lake while on vacation, the Raleigh News and Observer reported today.

New Hampshire Democrats are going after Senate candidate Kelly Ayotte -- and comparing her to Sarah Palin -- for, they say, breaking a promise to stay in her job as attorney general.

More prisoners and less money have some concerned about inmates and officers safety at the Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility.

New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte announced today she will be resigning her post to pursue a campaign for the Senate, landing Republicans a top-tier recruit to run against Democrat Paul Hodes.

Washington D.C. - Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter today announced that the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services will receive $500,000 dollars to remove the Winnicut Dam and install a fish passage structure under an upstream bridge, restoring a channel to more than 39 miles of habitat for migratory fish.

A really good day at the track or a high-stakes poker table became a little less lucrative for New Hampshire residents last week.

Advocates for the New Hampshire medical marijuana bill recently passed by the state Legislature announced a new TV ad today urging Gov.

A conservative watchdog group wants New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch to veto a bill legalizing medical use of marijuana on financial grounds.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney smiles after his official portrait was unveiled during a ceremony on the Grand Staircase at the Statehouse in Boston Tuesday, June 30, 2009.

Despite what you might think, New Hampshire is not the world's cyanobacteria capital.

With summer here, Massachusetts health officials have begun urging residents to take steps to avoid mosquito bites and help prevent West Nile Virus and eastern equine encephalitis.

No New Hampshire business organization is pleased with the compromise state budget reached in the early morning hours last week that will be voted on today by the full House and Senate.

In an unusual "off-season" Special Town Meeting authorized by the state legislature for the purpose of acting on the acceptance of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to complete public projects, the Town of Bristol approved a $1,191,000 Bristol Drinking Water System Improvement Project by a vote of 40-6 this past Saturday.

Faced with a host of business-related issues that span the region and the state, local business leaders met Tuesday to plan how to meet those challenges.

Gov. John Lynch is lobbying New Hampshire lawmakers this week to approve a budget compromise and avoid a long summer of fighting over where to cut and what taxes to raise.

Reality sure has a way of exposing the ridiculous hyperbole of so much political rhetoric.