Wednesday, June 16, 2004

N.H. Attorney General resigns

BostonHerald.com - National News: "Early this year, Heed concluded a ``volunteer'' and friend of Benson took $187,000 in state broker fees improperly when negotiating a state insurance contract. He has sued to try to get the money back from the volunteer, Linda Pepin. He concluded Pepin violated insurance regulations, but broke no criminal laws in accepting the fees without a broker's license.

Last month, Heed made news when he harshly criticized the No. 2 man in the Catholic church in New Hampshire, accusing him of denying responsibility for his role in the church sexual abuse scandal.

Heed also found himself in the middle of a heated dispute on how the state should pay for public schools, advising Benson and legislative leaders last month that the state law to distribute education aid next year and several competing plant to replace it probably would not survive a court challenge. "

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