06/22/2009 - 9:32am
Minimum-Security Inmates Arrested In Fleeing Minivan
Concord, NH - Authorities arrested two minimum-security inmates at gunpoint who corrections authorities said Sunday tried to escape from the Transitional Work Center in Concord.
A witness called Concord police upon seeing two men wearing prison uniforms walking through a cemetery next to the Transitional Work Center at about 1:45 p.m., according to a statement released by the New Hampshire Department of Corrections.
New Hampshire State Police also received a call to a report of two suspicious men getting into a minivan on Sewalls Falls Road in Concord.
06/19/2009 - 6:16am
UPDATE: Beacon Hill lawmakers last night unveiled a $27.4 billion budget that hikes taxes nearly $1 billion while slashing aid to cities and towns. As for the Quinn Bill, the budget will set aside $10 million this coming year to fund the benefit, which provides police officers with salary incentives to pursue higher education. The budget adopts House language that phases out the program and eliminates the perk for any new officers hired after July 1.
06/12/2009 - 8:43am
BOSTON - The Massachusetts House and Senate have worked up a compromise bill on pension reform. Numerous calls have come in inquiring about whether SB 2079 eliminated Quinn Bill payments from retirement calculations. The Quinn Bill is and always has been considered part of your "regular compensation" in retirement calculations and will remain that way. Areas being removed include salary enhancements such as unused vacation or sick time, car allowances, etc. Please note that even these are protected until 2012 if they are presently under contract. See Section 23 of SB 2079.