Story Archives of 'Peter Heed'

The Attorney General's Office says Commissioner of Safety Dick Flynn compromised the criminal investigation into former Attorney General Peter Heed.

The AG's report, however, stops short of accusing Flynn of breaking the law.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports.

The investigation into then Attorney General Peter Heed's behavior at a Mount Washington Hotel last spring has taken an interesting turn.

Here to tell us about it is NHPR's Mark Bevis.

New Hampshire Attorney General Peter Heed is the latest casualty in a series of political figures accused of "behaving badly" in public. What standards do we hold politicians to and what standards do they hold themselves to? We'll look at what role power and authority has in how these people's public actions are judged and what the expectations of the general public are when it comes to determining appropriate behavior for their public officials. Laura's guest is Brad Cook, Attorney who practices corporate and business law among other things at the law firm of Sheehan, Phinney, Bass and Green in Manchester. Cook also writes a regular column for the New Hampshire Business Review called "Cook on Concord". Also, Elizabeth Osoff, Professor of Psychology at St. Anselm College. She studies the psychology of political behavior, from the perspective of both voter and candidate.

Governor vetoes legislation that would have raised the minimum age for execution to 18.

State personnel Director Joe D'Alessandro has resigned. The move comes after an attorney general's investigation found that D'Alessandro improperly channeled nearly $200,000 dollars generated from state healthcare contracts to Linda Pepin, volunteer adviser to Governor Craig Benson.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Josh Rogers reports.

NHPR's series on Linda Pepin and the Choicelinx contract earned a 2004 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Radio Investigative Reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists.