CONCORD - Gov. John Lynch nominated George Bald today for a new four-year term as state Commissioner of Resource and Economic Development.

CONCORD - A two-year-old law that guarantees municipal and school workers raises even when their contracts expire is just now starting to make itself felt at town and school district meetings.

CONCORD - The New Hampshire House this week voted to return $5 million to cities and towns with money from the state's tax on rooms and meals. The vote would leave a new hole in the state budget.

MANCHESTER - As the Local Government Center faces scrutiny from state security regulators and the Professional Fire Fighters of New Hampshire, some municipal officials are reviewing dues they pay the center.

CONCORD - Republican legislators yesterday called on Gov. John Lynch to appoint a panel to get a firm handle on how federal stimulus money has been spent in New Hampshire.

CONCORD - The public is encouraged to attend the 3 p.m. Friday session in Concord but it is not a public hearing.

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MANCHESTER - An official says the process is not intended to reach a conclusion or a consensus.

MANCHESTER - With Democratic efforts to push health-care bills through Congress likely scuttled, elements of the legislation may be broken out and acted on separately, New Hampshire 1st District U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter said yesterday.

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