Gov. Kelly Ayotte strolled into the Secretary of State’s Office Thursday morning flanked by dozens of supporters and officially filed her bid for reelection, kicking off five months of official campaigning.   But the governor’s more immediate political battles Thursday were against her own party, just down the hall.  As they met for the last standard […]

A sweeping Republican bill to override local firearms rules and make firearms regulation an exclusive power of the Legislature hit a last-minute hurdle Wednesday, after Attorney General John Formella penned a letter urging it be killed. Addressing lawmakers in both chambers, Formella said the bill, which would remove the ability for local and state governments […]