Less than one year ago, the court system proposed a dramatic restructuring of its trial courts, adopting a business model that we believed held the promise of increased efficiencies, cost savings and improved service to the residents of our state.The…

We all know the staggering statistics: One in eight women will develop breast cancer at some point in their lives, and breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death for women in the United States.Chances are most of us…

While many in Concord are clamoring over language for an educational-funding constitutional amendment (CACR 12), what's being lost in the final debate of the 2011-2012 session is a constitutional amendment proposal far more important to the people of New Hampshire…

You've heard it all before: New Hampshire has the lowest level of state support for higher education in the nation.Students in New Hampshire borrow more to go to school than students in any other state.Our costs for public colleges and…

The following are excerpts from a letter written by officials from the 10 New Hampshire hospitals suing the state over Medicaid reimbursements to Cindy Mann, deputy administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.The letter was signed by…

A tremendous public health victory was announced to the Granite State in December: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Curt Spalding announced the first nationwide standards for mercury and air toxics pollution from power plants, which would reduce mercury pollution…

A few weeks ago, Nashua enjoyed a rare visit by our executive councilor, David Wheeler.He appeared as a guest before our Board of Aldermen to explain his deciding vote several weeks ago that resulted in the state rejecting a federal…

I ran for the Senate to get America's fiscal house in order. That's why I was so excited to be named to the Budget Committee. And to force the Senate to do its job, I joined with a Democratic senator…

Five officers were shot in Greenland. The much-beloved chief - just eight days from retirement - was killed. Hearts across New Hampshire suffer from this horrible tragedy.How many more families of police officers will suddenly find themselves in mourning?Michael Maloney…

In 2010, the Republicans came up with a clever story for their campaign. They claimed that four years of reckless spending by Democrats resulted in a 25 percent increase in state spending and a huge deficit. Not one part of…

With a seemingly minor slice of the redistricting knife, an important Senate committee has cut the heart of rural representation in the State House and, if this plan holds, will decidedly quiet the voice of rural values and culture in…

As promised, many of us at the State House have been highly focused on passing bills which will improve the climate for job creation, cut red tape and allow for economic expansion.Some of these bills may have missed your radar…