John Lynch News

The state's battle with the federal government administration over claimed reimbursement payments has a long, complicated history.

Now that gay marriage has been defeated in Maine, attention again shifts to New Hampshire, where lawmakers say momentum from Tuesday's vote may fuel legislation to repeal the state's law and give voters a say.

The House of Representatives overrode Governor John Lynch's veto of HB 648 to legalize marijuana by 240 to 115 - 10 over the bar of a two-thirds vote - on Wednesday, known as "Veto Day." But the state Senate came up two votes short of the needed 16 of 24 to make a two-thirds majority that would have made the Granite State the 14th state to legalize ...

By DIANA LACEY 2 hours, 57 minutes ago Gov. John Lynch's administration, not the State Employees' Association, has failed state taxpayers, contrary to what was stated in the New Hampshire Union Leader's Oct.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 The people ought to have a voice, too The New Hampshire Constitution is clear on the appointment and tenure of judges.

Fifty years after he first visited Benson's Animal Park as a child, Gov. John Lynch returned to the 165-acre former zoo-and-amusement park yesterday and pledged to help town officials in their quest to construct a new senior center on the site.

The determined opposition of nine state Senate Republicans and one Democrat blocked New Hampshire from becoming one of 14 states that legalized the possession of marijuana by chronically ill patients and their caregivers.

Over the last several months, there has been much misinformation regarding what the state pays to part-timers or how consultant costs have grown significantly.

New Hampshire lawmakers are mulling whether to override Gov. John Lynch's veto of bills meant to speed up the legal process for divorcing couples and to ease the backlog of jury trials by letting retired judges hear them.

Community leaders are hoping to convince the Executive Council and Governor John Lynch to give widening Route 101 another look for inclusion on the 2010 Ten Year Transportation Improvement Plan.

The last chapter of the case of a former liquor commission officer, permanently disabled in the line of duty, will end with a decision on whether the state will recoup some of what it has paid for his medical bills.

CONCORD, N.H . a * As progressive, big government lawmakers met at a managed Tax Summit inside the State House to push their pro income tax and sales tax agenda, Citizens for Sensible Legislation met outside the legislative office building with concerned New Hampshire residents to explain how uncontrolled spending by the New Hampshire State ...

" Very Likely Democratic - " Democrat John Lynch has been a Teflon triangulator during his three terms as governor, but I do wonder whether his confrontation with public employee unions will cause him any political problems.

Advocates of legalizing medical use of marijuana for certain conditions say it's the compassionate thing to do.

The state could have kept an entire DWI offender program by cutting funding for nonessential services.

New Hampshire's lead-poison prevention program is being cut back as part of state government layoffs.

Although some New Hampshire state workers receiving layoff notices as part of the governor's budget mandate might feel targeted for their union activity, Ralph Woekel of North Hampton doesn't think that's the case.

Though some other governors immediately and loudly opposed the proposed expansion of Medicaid as a state budget-buster, Gov.

New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch did not represent me when he signed the declaration for "Climate Change" at the Governors' Global Climate Summit 2, and I suspect he didn't represent the majority of the state's residents.

Unionized state workers have rejected a contract proposal that called for 19 days of furloughs over two years, setting the stage for hundreds of layoffs, a State Employees Association official announced last night.