Author: Jeanne Dietsch

(Opinion) Legislators need to look deeper into lack of housing

Legislators recognize that the state needs more affordable housing to have a healthy economy.

(Opinion) NH’s future: A retirement home staffed by robots?

Projections show a dire need for more young families in the state

(Opinion) How the state recovered on the backs of towns

Isn’t it time the state shouldered its pre-recession responsibilities?

Preparing for the next recession

What are New Hampshire’s options when the next downturn arrives?

How to brighten the governor’s gloomy fiscal forecast

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…

How to brighten the governor’s gloomy fiscal forecast

Sharing more with towns, investing in businesses will shore up NH’s future

Yes, universities are integral to our economic success

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…

Jails or universities: Which do we want?

A state that spends more on its prison system than its college system needs to ask itself why

NH needs to rebuild its pool of talented workers

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…

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(Opinion) Why New Hampshire should lead the blockchain economy

TECHNOLOGY By: Rep. Keith Ammon I recently returned from the D.C. Blockchain Summit, where I had the opportunity to sit on a panel alongside policymakers and industry leaders from across the country. One thing was clear: States are no longer…

(Opinion) Beyond the headlines: NH’s economy remains strong, but workers are losing ground

Turn on the news and you’ll see hundreds of headlines like this: “A recession is guaranteed. But when?” Or this: “America is heading for a recession — and it may be the worst yet.”

(Opinion) Early detection saves lives and brings down health care costs

The New England Council recently hosted a forum in Boston exploring some of the incredible innovation in our region focused on the early detection of diseases. We heard about some of the remarkable advances in technology that are enabling earlier detection of everything from cancer to Alzheimer’s disease.

(Opinion) Medicaid is a lifeline in New Hampshire. We shouldn’t be undermining it

In medicine, we are trained to diagnose problems at their source. If a patient presents with symptoms, we look beyond the surface to understand the underlying cause. The same principle applies to our health care system — and right now, the diagnosis is clear.