News Summary

• Catherine Hanaway became the first woman to hold the office of attorney general.
• Tony Messenger: Hanaway has a chance to change things at the attorney general's office.
• He says the office performs critical functions, such as defending government departments in lawsuits.
• Messenger: The attorney general’s office has played a critical role for most of the state’S history, Maybe it will do so again with a grown-up in charge, he says.“More people are coming, and we can afford less food, and I don’t know when it ends,” he writes.