Michael Gleason Jr., facing kidnapping and sexual assault charges, was released on just $5,000 bail before he fatally shot ...

With her first six months in office capped by a tense budget battle, Gov. Kelly Ayotte is taking stock of her wins and setbacks, along with some surprises. During an interview on her 57th birthday ...

A new law gives Gov. Kelly Ayotte and Attorney General John Formella significant power to decide how much victims are ...

Controversial changes to the Youth Development Center Settlement Fund will go forward after a judge declined to immediately block them while considering a class action suit about the matter. After a ...

Ayotte said she plans to ask for a special session of the Legislature to address the likely ramifications of the state failing to meet a June 30 deadline to pass a new budget.

His successor will serve “at the pleasure of the governor.” But in this case, it’s a state agency accused of wrongdoing.

Faced with the need to make “some reductions” in state spending in order to get her first two-year budget passed, Gov. Kelly Ayotte said Wednesday that her top two goals ...

The NH budget is passed by Republicans after a messy public fight over a budget process they completely controlled.

The chaotic final days of the New Hampshire budget process may soon be over. On Wednesday evening, hours before the House and ...

Ayotte, a former state attorney general, campaigned on restoring benefits that were trimmed by that earlier change, and proposed spending more than $300 million over the next decade to benefit ...

A newly filed class action lawsuit in New Hampshire seeks to block changes to an out-of-court settlement fund for victims of child abuse at the state's youth detention center. Lawmakers created ...