With the elections only weeks away and the economy reeling, voters nationally are looking for candidates they can trust to bring back some stability. Here in New Hampshire, voters ought to be looking for candidates who understand how the state can make things better,...
October 7, 2008 Union Leader In New Hampshire politics, there are artful dodgers, and then there is Jeanne Shaheen, who is in a class by herself. For months, Shaheen has been going to extraordinary lengths to avoid answering questions about nuclear power, drilling for...
From the Union Leader (partial article) SMOKEY SNAFU: The tobacco tax wasn’t supposed to be this messy. It was supposed to go up a quarter this year and raise between $18 million and $23 million. But then lawmakers tried a clever way of keeping grocers happy....
From the Nashua Telegraph Democrats get push from Planned Parenthood Democratic candidates at the local and national level were getting a boost in Nashua on Saturday thanks to a team of pink-clad volunteers committed to women’s health. Cecile Richards, president...
From the Union Leader Note: CNHT does not endorse candidates but will point out which candidates are friends or foes of the taxpayer. It is amusing that many of the same people who angrily shout insults in the direction of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, dismissing her as...
From the Union Leader The $300 million deficit John Lynch just said here at the governor’s forum at NHIOP that the state faced a $300 million deficit when he took office. Not true. That was a projection, but it never materialized. He said the budget increased only 5...