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Justice Lawrence MacLeod said Wednesday it was not apparent to him that he could have a potential or perceived conflict until after a hearing Friday on the plaintiffs’ request for an injunction to block the state from setting the rate for the Statewide Education Property Tax.
Lincoln Soldati was the rare public servant who always took my calls, always responded to my questions and always tried to help explain whatever law or rule I was writing about as simply as possible so people could understand the legal world he operated in as Strafford County Attorney for many years, then as a defense attorney.
The plaintiffs in a suit claiming the Executive Council and state Senate districts were unconstitutionally and unlawfully gerrymandered to give Republicans a significant advantage have appealed a lower court ruling dismissing the case.
Approximately half of the waste disposed of in New Hampshire landfills comes from out of state.
The Grafton County Superior Court held a hearing Friday on taxpayers’ motion seeking a preliminary injunction against the Statewide Education Property Tax (SWEPT) as part of a school funding lawsuit brought against the state.
Jeremy Herrell, the self-styled Hip Hop Patriot who is running as a GOP candidate for a seat in the New Hampshire House, says he was not arrested by the Vermont and New Hampshire Drug Task Forces, and that he did not become an informant in a subsequent cocaine trafficking case, despite the court records and booking sheet obtained by this reporter.
Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks ordered a review of prison theatrical performances after InDepthNH.org questioned the way it handled a play this week starring an inmate imprisoned for trying to have a woman murdered.
Members of New Hampshire’s press corps were invited to Thursday night’s special event at the state prison in Concord, a play featuring Kyle Buffum, the man convicted of trying to have a woman murdered in a brutal attack.
On behalf of Catholic Medical Center’s Board of Trustees, Chair Tim Riley announced Thursday that HortySpringer will conduct an independent, external review at CMC.