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Last year, Paul R. LePage, the fiercely anti-welfare Republican governor of Maine, was re-elected despite a highly erratic first term — with strong support in struggling towns where many rely on public assistance.
Politicians are worried because Allergan, headquartered in Dublin, will actually acquire the larger Pfizer, allowing Pfizer – as the combined company will be called – to pay much lower taxes while changing little about how it operates in the United States.
State Rep. Renny Cushing, D-Hampton, said: “The Court got it right.”
Conference at Dimond Hill Farm in Concord focused on extreme weather conditions that have affected the Northeast. Roger Wood speaks with Catherine Corkery, New Hampshire chapter director of the Sierra Club.
Sen. Sharon Carson, R-Londonderry, has filed confidential proposed legislation that provides police with a process to appeal placement on secret lists designating dishonest officers.
This fall, JCN has spent at least $200,000 on TV and digital ads criticizing Supreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy and John Roberts, comparing them to former Justice David Souter of New Hampshire — a Republican appointee who often sided with the more liberal wing of the court. While Roberts and Kennedy can hardly be called liberals (particularly Roberts), two of the court’s decisions last term, one upholding the Affordable Care Act and one legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, triggered widespread disgust on the right.
Black lawmakers, all but one of whom are Democrats, were 19 times as likely as their Democratic peers to get a donation from Lorillard Tobacco.
For two consultants working to help put Carly Fiorina in the White House, the legal firewall between campaign and super PAC must look more like a mirror.
