(Opinion) Legislators need to look deeper into lack of housing
Legislators recognize that the state needs more affordable housing to have a healthy economy.
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Legislators recognize that the state needs more affordable housing to have a healthy economy.
Projections show a dire need for more young families in the state
Isn’t it time the state shouldered its pre-recession responsibilities?
What are New Hampshire’s options when the next downturn arrives?
The governor’s budget address cast a pall over previous glowing revenue reports and offered a pessimistic view for the next biennium. The governor revealed that one-time repatriation and mergers accounted for $100 million of the year’s revenues. The June 30…
Sharing more with towns, investing in businesses will shore up NH’s future
In the June 19 issue of NH Business Review, Commissioner Taylor Caswell of the NH Department of Business and Economic Affairs mapped out the new agency’s focus on innovative strategies to recruit talent and build our state’s strengths, including its…
A state that spends more on its prison system than its college system needs to ask itself why
For decades, we have been hearing the refrain, “Cut expenses, cut taxes; government is bad.” But what does data say? The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that the highest gross domestic product growth rates in 2014 were in state…
Good news for patients — and a reminder of what’s at stake
Picture two moments from an ordinary Tuesday: a tense budget meeting where a project you’ve spent months on gets picked apart in real time, and an hour later, your 4-year-old flat on the floor of the cereal aisle mid-tantrum. One feels professional; the other feels undignified.
When people talk about New Hampshire’s economy, they often picture tourism, small to mid-sized businesses, and manufacturing. Increasingly, there’s another category that belongs on that list: the blue economy.
Sink, Graham and Alexander underscore the power of serving the greater good
While walking back to my car after a meeting in downtown Manchester in June, I spotted three people suspended by climbing ropes along the east side of the Brady Sullivan Plaza.
Celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday with an entrepreneurial spirit
U.S., Canada demonstrate the value of reliable partnership across the border