Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte issued a press release Wednesday directing the Department of Corrections to refer to ...

Kelly Ayotte has a grammatical note for the officials that run the state’s prisons: The people held there are “inmates,” not ...

Gov. Kelly Ayotte unveiled a budget Thursday underpinned by rosy projections that the state’s business taxes will soon see a strong comeback.

A defiant House of Representatives ignored the opposition of Gov. Kelly Ayotte and approved legislation to legalize for recreational use the possession of marijuana for adults 21 years or older.

The preliminary spending plan is based on an assumption that business tax revenues will rise, and there are several other sources of uncertainty, as the numbers-crunching process heads to lawmakers.

Siding squarely with law enforcement, Gov. Kelly Ayotte ordered Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks to change agency policy ...

Gov. Kelly Ayotte told the Legislature Thursday her two-year, $16.5 billion state budget cuts $150 million in spending "with a scalpel," while providing more resources to expand school choice, retain ...

In an interview with WMUR, Gov. Kelly Ayotte said, "I really hope that those who propose Project Dalton rethink what they are ...