Former congressman and current presidential candidate Joe Sestak is walking across New Hampshire from west to east as he stumps for the Democratic Party's nomination.
Sestak, 67, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011, for a district in Pennsylvania about an hour north of Philadelphia.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker's proposal to double the tax exemption for dependent children was left out of a $714 million spending bill being debated Wednesday because leadership prioritized building up the state's savings, a top House Democrat said.
