Nearly two years into her tenure, Gov. Kelly Ayotte has become comfortable with a veto pen.  The Republican governor vetoed nine bills Thursday, many of them lightning-rod political issues and priorities of lawmakers in her party. Months before the November general election, she took a red pen to conservative proposals to increase book removals in […]

A report released Monday by a national transportation research group concluded that keeping New Hampshire’s roads and bridges safe would require more work than the state has funds to cover. One proposed remedy out of the New Hampshire Senate, in the form of a toll fare increase on the 89-mile New Hampshire turnpike system, was […]