First on WMUR: Ayotte announces nominations for several key positions

Ayotte nominates Education Department official to replace Sanchez as child advocate

New Hampshire Child Advocate Cassandra Sanchez speaks against a number of Republican bills she says would reduce rights for LGBTQ+ children, on April 2, 2024, in Concord. (Photo by Ethan DeWitt/New Hampshire Bulletin)Cassandra Sanchez, who has served as New Hampshire’s child advocate since 2022, is being replaced, Gov. Kelly Ayotte announced Tuesday. As child advocate, Sanchez is the state’s official youth-focused watchdog, overseeing the state’…

Ayotte Nominates Four To Top State Posts, Including NH Supreme Court

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.orgCONCORD – Gov. Kelly Ayotte said Tuesday she is nominating four New Hampshire individuals to a number of top positions, including to the NH Supreme Court, chair of the PUC, BEA Commissioner and the state’s child advocate.Ayotte said she will ask the state’s Executive Council to confirm the Honorable Daniel E. Will of Loudon as associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, Christopher Ellms Jr. of Webster as c…

Ayotte fills top jobs for business and economic affairs, public utilities

Gov. Kelly Ayotte filled some key roles in state government Tuesday, nominating a radio executive to be the state’s next commissioner of business and economic affairs and promoting a Department of Energy employee to chair the Public Utilities Commission (PUC).

First on WMUR: Ayotte announces nominations for several key positions

Gov. Kelly Ayotte has announced several major nominations for key posts in state government.

Ayotte nominates energy official Ellms to Public Utilities Commission

Gov. Kelly Ayotte announced Tuesday that she would nominate Christopher Ellms Jr., the current deputy commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Energy, for the role of chairman of the Public Utilities Commission. “Electric bills in New Hampshire are too…