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State House Dome: Lynch may be gambling buzz saw

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:45:39 GMT

The attempt to expand gambling in New Hampshire may be building strength in the Legislature, but it could run into a buzz saw elsewhere.

Times may be changing for LLC tax

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:45:28 GMT

Now that rules are in place for the LLC tax, it's time to change it.

State layoffs loom again to fill gap

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:05:12 GMT

There's that "L" word again. Layoffs.

State House Dome: Lynch - more budget cuts coming

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:44:08 GMT

CONCORD - Lynch said he met with the heads of state agencies this morning and told them to draw up plans to save $140 million through the next fiscal year, which ends June 30, 2011.

And the 'Dome' makes three

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The third of three Sunday News and Union Leader staff-reported columns devoted to New Hampshire politics and government is returning to the newspapers' UnionLeader.com Web site effective today.

State House Dome: Lynch angles for JUA money despite ruling

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

With the Supreme Court's decision throwing out the piece of state budget law that tapped the state Joint Underwriting Association for $110 million, there has to be a next step.

State House Dome: Balanced budget? Depends on whom you ask

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

WITH A UNANIMOUS vote, the book on the 2009 budget was finally closed Friday.

State House Dome: GOP fuming over gun-ban issue

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

RELATIONS between Republicans and Democrats took a big step backward Friday over the gun-ban issue.

State House Dome: Groups 'armed' for weapons bill

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Two bills that would bar deadly weapons in public buildings, including the State House, come up for a hearing in the afternoon. There will be a crowd.

State House Dome: Weapons ban enforcement mulled

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:34:31 GMT

NOW THAT a weapons ban is in place at the State House, the question of how to enforce it comes up.

State House Dome: Will LLC tax late payers catch a break?

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT

THERE WERE lots of suggestions at a public hearing last week on rules for collecting the so-called LLC tax.

State House Dome: Full house expected at tax hearing

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT

THERE WILL be a crowd when the public hearing on new tax rules starts up Wednesday.

State House Dome: Right-to-know violators: Pay $1,000 or resign

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

AN IMPORTANT CHANGE to the state right-to-know law will come to the House in January, and may not even get a debate.

State House Dome: Lawmakers eat free thanks to gaming

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:50:12 GMT

DON'T LOOK for your local legislator to file a financial report on the free meal Millennium Gaming was handing out recently.

State House Dome: No rush to state negotiating table

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:52:49 GMT

THERE DOESN'T seem to be any urgency to getting a new state workers' contract in place.

State union cozying up to GOP

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Republicans are making political hay out of the bitter contract talks between Gov. John Lynch and the State Employees Association.

Shhh, they're talking income tax

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:06:26 GMT

OOPS. Speaker of the House Terie Norelli let a little secret slip last week.

State House Dome: Lottery panel faces angry allegations

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT

AN INCREASINGLY heated legal dispute has locked up a major six-year contract for state lottery operations in the Executive Council.

State House Dome: Improper-influence allegations linger

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT

EVEN WITH an attorney general's rejection of his complaint, Pan Am Systems president David Fink's allegations are not going away.

State House Dome: Hopes of keeping $110m pinned on appeal

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT

FOOTBALL COACHES like to say the best defense is a good offense. State Democratic leaders have taken up the idea, too.

State House Dome: State gambling tax follows federal tax

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

THE STATE'S new 10 percent tax on gambling is not as complicated as some people think, the state's revenue commissioner said.

City Hall: Bars and Manchester politicians share long history

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Mayor Frank Guinta found himself tangled up in the sort of mini-scandal that was just weird enough to earn mentions on several major political blogs, including The Huffington Post.

State House Dome: Court fight may unbalance NH budget

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Balancing the budgets for the year that ends Tuesday, and for the coming fiscal year, hangs on the idea of taking $110 million in surplus from the medical malpractice insurance fund.

State House Dome: Parties split over $11.6 billion budget

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Republicans are being urged to vote against the plan as spending too much. Democrats are calling it a difficult compromise that spreads the pain fairly.

State House Dome: Lawmakers on the hunt for $150m

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

THIS IS the big week, one of early mornings and late nights as House and Senate members try to finish budget work.