Politics & Government
New AG Appointee Set for Swearing In Ceremony
Nashua's Joseph Foster will become the state's top attorney today.

CONCORD, NH - Gov. Maggie Hassan will swear in Joseph Foster as New Hampshire’s next Attorney General in a ceremony in the Executive Council Chamber at the State House at 5:30 p.m. on May 15.
Foster, of Nashua, was unanimously confirmed by the Executive Council in April. Previously, Foster served as State Senator forNew Hampshire’s 13th District from 2002-2008, rising to Majority Leader in 2007. During his tenure as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2004 to 2008 under both Democratic and Republican majorities, Foster led efforts to enact measures ensuring justice for the people of New Hampshire, including the Sexual Predators Act, one of the toughest laws in the nation protectingNew Hampshire’s children from child predators.
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