Fred Tausch is keeping the pressure on U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes, his potential opponent for the U.S. Senate.

CONCORD — Gov. John Lynch vetoed a bill legalizing the use of medical marijuana today saying that while he agrees with the goal generally he believed the bill was poorly written.
In vetoing H.B. 648 the bill will go back to the Legislature in September where lawmakers will attempt to override the veto into law.
“I have [...]

A five-term incumbent and the only independent on the Manchester Aldermanic board told the Union Leader this morning he will not run for re-election this year so he can spend more time with his ailing wife.

A well-known Washington Times conservative blogger wonders if state Attorney General Kelly Ayotte is really a fiscal conservative.
Amanda Carpenter says it is possible that Ayotte, a Republican about to run for the U.S. Senate, supports President Obama’s stimulus package in a time when the Republican National Committee is blasting it.
From her post as attorney general, [...]

CONCORD — Gov. John Lynch will nominate his legal counsel, Michael Delaney, to serve as the state’s next Attorney General at the Executive Council meeting next week.
Delaney, of Manchester, served at the state Department of Justice from 1999 to 2006, eventually becoming the deputy Attorney General. He will be nominated to serve the remainder of [...]