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O’Malley has another New Hampshire trip planned
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is scheduled to make his third trip this year to New Hampshire as he mulls running for president in 2016.
N.H. hospital worker gets 39 years in hepatitis case
CONCORD, N.H. — A traveling medical technician was sentenced Monday to 39 years in prison for stealing painkillers and infecting dozens of patients in four states with hepatitis C through tainted syringes. David Kwiatkowski, 34, was a cardiac technologist in 18 hospitals in seven states before being hired at New Hampshire’s Exeter Hospital in 2011. […]
O’Malley takes ‘Believe’ campaign to New Hampshire
Assuming you had something better to do, you probably missed Gov. Martin O'Malley on C-SPAN Saturday night speaking to a gathering of New Hampshire Democrats at the state party's annual Jefferson Jackson dinner.
N.H. top court confirms death penalty for cop killer
CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire’s top court upheld the sentence of the state’s only death row inmate, moving the convicted cop killer closer to becoming the first person executed in New Hampshire since 1939. Michael Addison, 33, was convicted of gunning down Michael Briggs in 2006 as the 35-year-old Manchester police officer was attempting to […]
Coalition launching drive to abolish N.H.’s death penalty
CONCORD, N.H. — With a state Supreme Court ruling on the appeal of New Hampshire’s only death row inmate expected soon, a coalition against the death penalty launched its campaign Thursday to end capital punishment next year. Rep. Renny Cushing, a Hampton Democrat whose father was murdered in 1988, is once again leading legislative efforts […]
O’Malley to speak at event in New Hampshire
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is scheduled to speak in New Hampshire at a November dinner for the state’s Democratic Party. Lis Smith, a spokeswoman for O’Malley’s political action committee, said Wednesday the governor will be speaking at the party’s annual Jefferson Jackson dinner in Manchester. O’Malley, who is weighing a presidential bid in [&h[...]
Unhappy about new limits, gun makers urged to move
CONCORD, N.H. — Firearms manufacturers upset over newly restrictive gun laws and proposals in their home states are getting a message from other places: Move here, where the climate is favorable to your products and so are the tax codes. In New Hampshire, a group of conservative Republicans sent letters wooing gun companies. Politicians in […]
Unemployment rates rise in half of U.S. states
WASHINGTON — Unemployment rates rose in more than half of U.S. states last month, the latest evidence that hiring remains tepid across the country. The Labor Department said Friday that rates increased in 26 states. They fell in 12 states and were unchanged in the other 12. Unemployment also rose in seven of the 11 […]
Eye Opener: O’Malley’s New England swing
The big story over the weekend was Gov. Martin O’Malley’s swing through New Hampshire and Maine in his role as chair of the Democratic Governors Association. Here’s a few stories detailing how that went, plus some casino news: The Associated Press reports that O’Malley had choice words for the Republican party at a New Hampshire […]
Foreclosure activity edges higher in January
LOS ANGELES — Banks took back more U.S. homes in January than in the previous month, the latest sign that foreclosures are accelerating after slowing sharply last year while lenders sorted out foreclosure-abuse claims. Foreclosures rose 8 percent nationally last month from December, but were down 15 percent from a year earlier, foreclosure listing firm […]
Justices refuse to limit eyewitness IDs
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court declined Wednesday to extend constitutional safeguards against the use of some eyewitness testimony at criminal trials, despite concerns that eyewitness identification plays a key role in innocent people going to prison. In a case dealing with a narrow slice of the issue of identifying a suspect, the court voted 8-1 […]
O’Malley takes a shot at Perry
Gov. Martin O’Malley, the former mayor of Baltimore, mixed a little pigskin and politics Tuesday in advance of the Sunday’s playoff game between the Houston Texans and his hometown Ravens. Governors and mayors from the states and cities from which playoff teams hail often make good-natured bets before games. O’Malley said Tuesday he has reached […]
