Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Montpelier — How much is a little brown bat worth? According to Green Mountain Power’s calculation, about $1 million a year. The utility has asked for a state permit to kill four of the endangered creatures a year at its 21-turbine Lowell wind project. Green Mountain Power says …
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Boston — An ex-gangster who admitted killing 20 people was unemotional yesterday when describing his line of work at the trial of his former partner, James “Whitey” Bulger, but called himself heartbroken when he learned that Bulger had become an FBI informant. John Martorano gave short answers and …
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Concord — A judge yesterday declared New Hampshire’s new scholarship program unconstitutional but allowed it to continue as long as none of the money goes to religious schools. Under the program created last summer, businesses get tax credits for donating to a private organization that awards scholarships to …
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Concord — The Republican-led Senate budget negotiating team insisted yesterday that it isn’t against expanding Medicaid to cover an estimated 58,000 poor adults, but it wants more time to evaluate the impact. Senate President Peter Bragdon, of Milford, told the Democratic-led House budget team that the Senate has …
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Concord — The Democratic effort to roll back New Hampshire’s voter ID law ran aground yesterday when negotiations between the House and Senate ended almost as soon as they began. Negotiators from the Democratic-led House and Republican-led Senate could still reach some sort of compromise before Thursday’s deadline …
Monday, June 17, 2013
The Vermont Progressive Party isn’t chomping at the bit to make a run for the governor’s seat in 2014, but party leaders say their displeasure with Gov. Peter Shumlin might leave them no choice. “We’ve stayed out [of the past two elections] in sort of mild support of …
Monday, June 17, 2013
Concord — An estimated 22,300 poor, uninsured New Hampshire adults are caught in a philosophical crossfire over whether to expand Medicaid under President Obama’s federal health care overhaul law. The Republican-led Senate proposes establishing a commission to study expansion; the Democrat-controlled House wants to expand the program. Resolving …
Monday, June 17, 2013
Montpelier — Relatives of a 78-year-old woman abducted from her Sheffield home and killed nearly three years ago are struggling to get closure because no one has been charged in her death. Prosecutors have linked three men to Pat O’Hagan’s September 2010 death in what they think was …
Monday, June 17, 2013
The Local Government Center hopes a new corporate reorganization can help resolve its years-long fight with state regulators. But the change, which had been scheduled to take effect July 1, has been delayed to allow additional talks with the Bureau of Securities Regulation, which has doubts about the …
Monday, June 17, 2013
Boston — One of the FBI’s Most Wanted for more than a decade, James “Whitey” Bulger went on trial last week. Here’s a look back at the first week of the racketeering trial of a man who prosecutors say participated in 19 killings: The History The 83-year-old Bulger, …
