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Gov. John Lynch yesterday vetoed a bill to legalize marijuana for seriously ill patients, saying there are "serious flaws" in legislation supporters call the strictest in the nation.

Gov. John Lynch yesterday vetoed legislation that would have legalized medicinal marijuana.

Gov. John Lynch doesn't have a problem with Massachusetts having a sales tax, but vowed New Hampshire businesses won't be collecting it on behalf of their southern neighbor.

TWO OF A KIND? Outgoing Attorney General Kelly Ayotte continued to attract much political attention in New Hampshire and Washington yesterday as Democrats compared her to Sarah Palin and a Republican backer set up a support group on "Facebook." Ayotte, who announced on Tuesday she will resign as attorney general effective July 17 to explore a run ...

Gov. John Lynch is expected to swiftly to replace Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, who announced this week that she's stepping down to explore a possible run for U.S. Senate.

Attorney General Kelly Ayotte's resignation yesterday has Gov. John Lynch on a somewhat unexpected job search for a new top law enforcement officer.

Just months after she told Gov. John Lynch that if she was reappointed as New Hampshire attorney general, she would finish her four-year term, Kelly Ayotte resigned today to consider running against Paul Hodes for Judd Gregg's to-be-open Senate seat.

New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte announced today she will be resigning her post to pursue a campaign for the Senate, landing Republicans a top-tier recruit to run against Democrat Paul Hodes.

Andrew Cline has been editorial page editor of the New Hampshire Union Leader since October of 2001.

Joel Alonzo, 15 minutes after becoming a United States citizen, said he knows the opportunities his new country holds for him and what he has to offer America.

THE STATE'S new 10 percent tax on gambling is not as complicated as some people think, Revenue Commissioner Kevin Clougherty said last week.

Although Attorney General Kelly Ayotte appears to be quietly speaking to people about a run for the U.S. Senate, an aide to Gov.

Share + Jul 3, 2009 11:42 am US/Eastern DURHAM, N.H. A new poll shows New Hampshire Gov.

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Advocates for the New Hampshire medical marijuana bill recently passed by the state Legislature announced a new TV ad today urging Gov.

It isn't every day that a piece of legislation championed by a Nashua lawmaker makes it all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Back in the 1980s, there was a popular series of TV commercials that extolled the virtues of a particular stock brokerage firm.

Gov. John Lynch signed an $11.5 billion state budget Tuesday as one judge threatened to blow a $110 million hole in it and another put at risk a $9 million state government money grab.

The special friendship between Gov. John Lynch and the State Employees' Association appeared to be on life support last week.

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