CONCORD, N.H. — The YMCA of New Hampshire held the first weekend of their annual New Hampshire Youth & Government Program involving high schools from across the state.
Laurie Ortolano of Nashua, who has waged an unrelenting battle with city officials over public access and records, is this year’s Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications First Amendment Award
Jim Kenyon: Some New Hampshire legislators being bought by the badge
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Cops are quick to claim their overarching mission is to protect and serve. In New Hampshire, they’re pretty good at playing politics too.
Over the years, New Hampshire’s state troopers, municipal police officers and police chiefs have used their nonprofit entities to funnel thousands of dollars into lobbying the Legislature and supporting the campaigns of pet lawmakers.
With the 2021 legislative session barely underway, law enforcement groups are already hard at work to pass Senate Bill 39, which would shield cops from increased public scrutiny. The proposed legislation would override a pair of 2020 state Supreme Court decisions intended to improve the odds of the public gaining access to internal investigations into police misconduct, under th