Lawmakers wrangle with ‘reasonable comp’ issue
Both the state Senate and House acted in the last week on “reasonable compensation “ -- the issue that has reared its head in the wake of the ongoing debate over taxing LLC distributions -- but it’s unclear what, if anything, will be passed, because each body has a different solution to the problem. -- NHBR
Barrington senator proposes taxes on insurers, nuclear power assets in order to repeal LLC, campground taxes
Sen. Jackie Cilley, D-Barrington, on Wednesday proposed reinstating a premium tax on insurers and taxing "nuclear power assets" in order to repeal new taxes on limited liability companies and campgrounds. -- FOSTER'S DAILY DEMOCRAT
House votes to repeal controversial tax on campgrounds
The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted Thursday to repeal the controversial new tax on campgrounds. The strong 202-125 vote came over the opposition of House Democratic leaders and would add an estimated $2.5 million a year hole to the growing state budget deficit. -- NASHUA TELEGRAPH
Law Center dean retiring
Franklin Pierce Law Center Dean John Hutson announced to faculty by e-mail last week that he plans to leave the school next summer. -- CONCORD MONITOR
AT&T to expand 3G coverage in southern N.H.
The race to bring different types of broadband to the region’s airwaves moved forward this week when AT&T announced that extra antennas, fiber-optic lines and software had allowed it to expand its so-called 3G broadband network from Nashua north into Manchester and as far west as Lyndeborough. -- NASHUA TELEGRAPH
Pathologists sue ex-WDH worker over policy breach
Two former Wentworth-Douglass Hospital pathologists have sued an ex-hospital employee who was at the heart of a patient privacy breach they say cost them their jobs and much more. -- FOSTER'S DAILY DEMOCRAT
Newspaper 'misguided' in use of jury photo
The Citizen appeared in court Thursday to respond to Belknap County Supervising Justice Kathleen A. McGuire's order concerning publication of a photograph in which jurors appeared. -- LACONIA CITIZEN
State unsure why birds disappearing
A first-of-its kind study of New Hampshire’s bird species found that about a third of them are in decline, including what one official called “the one that hurts the most” – the purple finch. -- NASHUA TELEGRAPH
Maine casino backer wants statewide vote
A spokesman for a group that wants state approval for a casino in Oxford County asked a legislative committee Thursday to reject the citizen initiative that would allow the resort to be built. -- PORTLAND PRESS HERALD
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