Spending Cap Vote Deadline Nears – Demonstration Planned
From the Union Leader… MANCHESTER – Wall Street’s opinion on a spending cap is expected to be available today, one of the key pieces of information demanded Tuesday night by Democratic aldermen as they pushed to delay a referendum on the proposed cap. City...Franklin Rep Jim Ryan
From the Concord Monitor… Franklin Rep. Jim Ryan remained in the Carroll County jail yesterday on unpaid restitution of nearly $9,700 from a 16-year-old criminal case. But that’s only a portion of what he owes. Ryan is also delinquent on two debts in...Former Finance Director Accused of Taking $40K
From the Union Leader… LACONIA – Nancy Cook, the former Belknap County administrator and finance director, waived indictment on a charge of taking about $40,000 in county funds over the course of four years, the Attorney General’s Office said yesterday....N.H. on verge of hiking cigarette tax 25 cents
September 3, 2008 Seacoast Online CONCORD — New Hampshire is on the verge of raising its cigarette tax 25 cents a pack. Last spring, grocers pleaded with lawmakers not to raise the tax to help deal with a budget gap. They said they could bring in the same revenues if...Jailed Lawmaker Has Long Record
From the Citizen… A Lakes Region lawmaker who is still in jail for violating a court order regarding restitution in a felony fraud case has a criminal record dating back to the 1980s and has been described by one official familiar with his record as a chronic...VISITORS