Nearly two years into her tenure, Gov. Kelly Ayotte has become comfortable with a veto pen.
The Republican governor vetoed nine bills Thursday, many of them lightning-rod political issues and priorities of lawmakers in her party. Months before the November general election, she took a red pen to conservative proposals to increase book removals in schools, protect conscientious objectors to abortion, and allow landlords to require a second security deposit for certain tenants.
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