The Union Leader editorializes about the New York court’s tossing Mayor Bloomberg’s “abirtrary” ban on large sodas.

The Union Leader editorial page follows up on our story on the Soda Tax, and wonders if nanny-state bans like New York’s prohibition on super-sized sugary sodas could pass in the Granite State.

On Sunday, Union Leader reporter Dave Solomon wrote about the City of Manchester hoping to get paid back on loans it made to the publicly-owned Derryfield Country Club.

The Concord Monitor’s Ben Leubsdorf reports that the City of Concord is also losing money at Beaver Meadow Golf Course.

The Union Leader’s Garry Rayno reports that the Department of Justice has let New Hampshire’s new Voter ID law go into effect without objection.

This morning’s Union Leader editorial page adopts many of Charlie Arlinghaus’s ideas for modernizing New Hampshire government, but doesn’t back giving Govenrors direct control over their Commissioners.

Last week, Charlie Arlinghaus challenged New Hampshire voters to take advantage of the election by forcing candidates to answer tough questions about how they would govern. In today’s Union Leader, GOP gubernatorial candidate Ovide Lamontagne answers the questions that Arlinghaus suggested as a good start.

The Union Leader defends New Hampshire’s new school choice scholarship law from political attacks.

Garry Rayno reports in the Union Leader that July revenues came in $7.9 million over their targets set in the last year’s budget.

Charlie Arlinghaus joins Jack Heath on NH Today for our weekly Josiah Bartlett Report to discuss his column in the Union Leader linking the New Hampshire budget and a way to make the state more business-friendly.

Listen to The Josiah Bartlett Report Wednesdays at 5:05 on 107.7 The Pulse or streaming online at WTPLfm.com.

Garry Rayno reports in the Union Leader that the NH Attorney General’s Office has asked the DOJ to expedite its review of New Hampshire’s new Voter ID law.
In the Concord Monitor, Molly Connors provides background on how the Granite State came under the supervision of the Voting Rights Act.
Meanwhile, the State of Texas is appealing the DOJ’s objection to its new Voter ID law in federal court.