The House Finance Committee yesterday recommended making $47.1 million in general fund budget cuts in areas ranging from hospital payments to the state film commission. If the proposed cuts become law, state employee retirement contributions would increase, and several social service programs would be cut or eliminated.
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The New Hampshire House yesterday voted to send a bill repealing the so-called LLC tax to interim study, rejecting Republican calls to pass the repeal bill immediately.
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Of the 133 New Hampshire towns that considered a measure to define marriage through the Legislature, 59 communities approved the initiative, while 33 defeated the question, according to Cornerstone Policy Research, a non-partisan, non-profit research and education organization. Thirty-two New Hampshire communities voted to table the matter.
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The New Hampshire House voted yesterday to give park lovers a chance to buy special license plates that would raise funds for the state park system.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and eight other governors have asked the Obama administration to extend the deadline for applying for a second round of Race to the Top grants for schools to July 1.
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New York Governor David Paterson replaced a governor caught up in a scandal. Now Paterson is accused of wrongdoing himself and has declined to run for election. Facing a myriad of challenges, including a $9 billion budget shortfall, Paterson is finding it difficult to be effective in his final months in office.
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Gov. John Lynch (D) Elected: November 2004, 2006, 2008 Term expires: January 2011
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