Gov. Kelly Ayotte delivers her inaugural address at the State House on Jan. 9, 2025. Seated, at right, is House Speaker Sherman Packard. (Ethan DeWitt | New Hampshire Bulletin)
After a campaign defined around what New Hampshire shouldn’t do – emulate its Democratic-run neighbor Massachusetts – Gov. Kelly Ayotte delivered an inaugural address Thursday that sought to carve out what the state should do.
One answer Ayotte gave: reduce state government…