Aug 11, 2008
August 11, 2008 Eagle Tribune CONCORD — The legislative session ended a month and a half ago, but some lawmakers are still putting in hours at the State House. While in theory, lawmakers, who receive an annual salary of $100, are supposed to get the month of July off,...
Jul 24, 2008
July 23, 2008 By Charles M. Arlinghaus FINDING A LITTLE extra money from the taxpayers to help out your friends is always more popular than cutting spending to balance the budget. It shouldn’t surprise us that just weeks after the latest round of spending cuts,...
Jul 19, 2008
July 19, 2008 Keene Sentinel New law will drive payday-loan operations out of the Granite State, for better or worse People across the Granite State stand to lose their jobs when a new law takes effect next year. With Gov. John H. Lynch’s signature earlier this month,...
Jul 18, 2008
July 18, 2008 Seacoast Online By Rep. Chris Nevins One can really tell that the election season is upon us when our local papers start to fill their editorial pages with letters from “concerned citizens” who often turn out to be our own elected officials....
Jun 11, 2008
June 11, 2008 Nashua Telegraph Gov. John Lynch signed legislation that lets groups as small as three form a public employee union but only if the local government agrees to it. Currently, groups no smaller than 10 can unionize. Rep. John Knowles, D-Hudson, wrote the...
Jun 4, 2008
Citizens of New Hampshire who fail to follow the activities of their state government do so at the peril of their freedom and property. A stark demonstration why took place this week. On Wednesday, June 4th, Governor Lynch invoked an obscure, nearly obsolete provision...