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New Hampshire Senate overrides Ayotte's veto, approves transportation plan

Headline from Mycham Plain Valley, on the newest of 2 developments

New Hampshire senators overrode Kelly Ayotte's vetoes on raising the tolls for out-of-staters on turnpikes and the right to petition for a new trial.

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  1. NH lawmakers face a long list of bills as they seek to overturn Ayotte's vetoes

    Headline from New Hampshire Public Radio ·

  2. Newest

    New Hampshire Senate overrides Ayotte's veto, approves transportation plan

    Headline from Mycham Plain Valley ·

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  1. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Wednesday is veto day at the State House (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    The Republican-led New Hampshire Legislature returns Wednesday to take up a smorgasbord of 28 bills that GOP Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed, ranging from a turnpike toll increase, a ban on biological males in female spaces, giving the convicted more time…

  2. New Hampshire Public Radio

    NH lawmakers face a long list of bills as they seek to overturn Ayotte's vetoes (opens New Hampshire Public Radio)

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    New Hampshire Public Radio's feed description

    The New Hampshire House and Senate meet Wednesday to take up the 31 bills that Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed this year. It's the largest number of vetoes in recent state history.

  3. Union Leader

    Out-of-state tolls doubling after lawmakers reject Ayotte veto of 10-year highway plan (opens Union Leader)

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    Union Leader's feed description

    After Jan. 1, out-of-state motorists will pay twice as much in turnpike tolls after the New Hampshire Legislature handed Gov. Kelly Ayotte an overwhelming rejection of her veto of the state’s 10-year highway plan.

  4. Concord Monitor

    Veto Day: Republican lawmakers override seven vetoes issued by Gov. Ayotte (opens Concord Monitor)

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  5. Mycham Plain Valley

    New Hampshire Senate overrides Ayotte's veto, approves transportation plan (opens Mycham Plain Valley)

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    Mycham Plain Valley's feed description

    New Hampshire senators overrode Kelly Ayotte's vetoes on raising the tolls for out-of-staters on turnpikes and the right to petition for a new trial.

  6. InDepthNH

    Lawmakers Easily Override Ayotte’s Veto of Highway Improvement Plan (opens InDepthNH)

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    InDepthNH's feed description

    This session Gov. Kelly Ayotte may have vetoed a modern record number of bills — 33 — passed with her party in control of the legislature, but House and Senate members Wednesday were in a mood to overturn a healthy number — seven — of her vetoes Wednesday.

  7. New Hampshire Public Radio

    Lawmakers override Ayotte vetoes on toll hikes and right to new trial, among others (opens New Hampshire Public Radio)

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    New Hampshire Public Radio's feed description

    Lawmakers rejected seven of the governor's 31 vetoes in Wednesday's session at the State House.

  8. The Boston Globe

    New Hampshire lawmakers override seven Ayotte vetoes, approving higher fees for out-of-staters (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    New Hampshire lawmakers defeated a whopping seven vetoes from Governor Kelly Ayotte on Wednesday, leaving the first-term Republican with more veto overrides than her predecessor, Chris Sununu, accumulated over the course of his eight years in office.

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