Story Archives of 'Linda Pepin'

A New Hampshire Insurance department hearing officer has ruled that a former Benson administration Volunteer should be fined $42.000 for acting an unlicensed insurance broker

Linda Pepin is scheduled to take the stand as hearings on her involvement in brokering state insurance contracts continue today. Morning Edition host Lisa Peakes talks with NHPR reporter Josh Rogers about the players in the case and where things stand now.

AG, Legislative leaders agree NH needs executive branch ethics code with the force of law. But disagree about penalties for violators.

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.

The New Hampshire Attorney General's office says two people who've done state work for Governor Craig Benson but who have never been on the state payroll are legally state officials. The AG's ruling shields some of their work from public scrutiny. But at the same time, raises more questions about the Governor's reliance on volunteer staff.