The Business & Industry Association, along with leading national organizations like the National Association of Manufacturers and U.S. Chamber, have long argued for business regulations that are clear, concise and consistent.
The outgoing Sununu administration spent eight years doing cartwheels to preserve the fossil fuel industry’s claims of “nothing to see here.”
One in 10 New Hampshire residents faces food insecurity — when people don’t have consistent access to enough nutritious food to lead a healthy life.
In what is becoming a cashless world, we need to ensure that people are safe from fraud and have access to move their money around without waiting or paying a fee.
Traveling Tooth Fairies Dental Initiative provides free cavity prevention and dental referrals to elementary, middle-school kids in Nashua
We Granite Staters are proud of our first-in-the-nation presidential primary. For more than a century, it served the country well by providing an open testing ground for would-be leaders of the free world. Then came 2024.
For all of its virtues, New Hampshire is no cheap place to live. Time and time again, the state’s residents have been hit by “unexpected inflation.”
New Hampshire’s federally qualified health centers are in significant need of a strategic investment of emergency stabilization funding to preserve access to care for the 1 in 14 Granite Staters we serve.
“I’m waiting for rates to come down.” There are plenty of people sitting on the real estate sidelines right now with that thought repeating in their heads.
Across New Hampshire and the nation, the fact is people with disabilities are experiencing a housing crisis. Without accessible housing in our communities, many are at risk of living in nursing homes or becoming homeless.
Since 1999, the United States has recognized June as Pride Month, when the LGBTQ community and the civil rights of LGBTQ citizens in our country and across the globe are recognized, celebrated and honored.
Decision to close downtown pub ends chapter in the saga of NH’s craft beer industry
A bill now on its way to the governor’s desk will force businesses in New Hampshire to allow their employees to keep guns in their cars while at work
Internet access depends on more than wires, poles and other pieces of infrastructure
We are fortunate to have innovative solutions to many of these challenges and for Granite United Way to bring organizations and communities together to help solve these challenges.
Culture of exploration led to development of engineering, physics classes for kindergartners to third-graders
Consider these tips to help support the health of women, especially expectant and new mothers
Apprenticeship programs are a crucial way to meet New Hampshire’s current and future workforce needs
The State House's top priorities are bills that discriminate against the LGBTQ community, particularly LGBTQ youth, and further aim to dismantle the public school system.
A second public health emergency of this decade is beginning to take shape in New Hampshire.
From the outset of the Biden Administration, it’s been clear supporting nursing home care is not a federal priority.
A member of the Choctaw Nation shares her story to argue against a bill that would allow optometrists to perform eye surgery
From our earliest days as owners and operators at Granite Shore Power, we have been crystal clear: We were fully committed to transitioning our facilities away from coal and into a newer, cleaner energy future for the New England region. And that is precisely what we did.
Businesses don’t like to be told what to do. This is what I told the House Executive Departments and Administrative Committee on April 10, my first legislative testimony since I retired last year.
A year ago this month, adult Medicaid recipients became eligible for dental benefits. It took 25 years of advocacy, education and legislative work to pass a comprehensive adult Medicaid oral health benefits bill that is and will continue to have a positive impact on the health and well-being of over 90,000 New Hampshire residents.
In our 21st century modern society, the importance of high-speed internet for every individual and household cannot be understated. Internet access enables people to job search and to engage in remote work.
The NH Community Behavioral Health Association (CBHA), representing the state’s 10 community mental health centers, has very serious concerns about the increased suicide rates and increased reporting of suicidal ideation we have seen in recent years, particularly among LGBTQ+ youth.
Bill passed Senate and makes way to House to help provide savings to patients at the pharmacy
It would be easy to say the New Hampshire Lottery’s 60-year history is all about winning. It would be accurate, of course. After all the New Hampshire Lottery has paid out more than $6.2 billion in prizes since in 1964.
Unlike hospitals and other health care providers, which receive less than 20% of their revenue from Medicaid, NH's nonprofit community mental health centers receive between 80% and 90% of their funding from this source.
If it stands, Superior Court judge David Ruoff’s decision that New Hampshire’s school finance system is unconstitutional threatens to make our housing crisis worse and to undermine the quality of local public schools.
Like many Granite Staters, I grew up playing pond hockey in New Hampshire. On many a winter afternoon, I would grab my hand-me-down skates and stick and tramp through the snow to a nearby pond.
As the commissioner of the New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID), my regulatory philosophy is that intervention in the free market should only occur when well-defined, solid objectives can be obtained by such intervention, or when inherent monopoly structures prevent a free market competitive system from operating.
It isn’t always easy for service members to cast a ballot. Whether at sea — as I often was over my 13 years in the U.S. Navy — or permanently stationed halfway around the world, military members and their families don’t have the luxury of a quick walk or drive to their nearest polling place.
Back in 2018, a very New Hampshire moment happened: The New Hampshire House of Representatives passed a bill affirming the rights of transgender people in the Granite State to be free from discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodation. Today, those values are being tested.
New Hampshire’s nursing homes are facing an unprecedented labor crisis that has been further exacerbated by the pandemic, and the supply of skilled workers is not keeping pace with demand.
When economic adversity collides with our business plan, our response to the cost issues must be prompt, and it must be right. We know that there are a multitude of costs related to our people.
U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Mike Braun recently championed a significant stride toward an inclusive and economically empowered future with the introduction of the Supporting Disabled Entrepreneurs Act.
While the discourse around diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is facing challenges, the core needs of employees for respect, inclusion and maximization of organizational benefits remain constant.
Years ago, Air Force Lt. Jeffrey Meinholtz, who had been kicked out of the service solely because he was gay, appeared one morning on the “Today” show. Host Katie Couric asked him point blank, “Lieutenant, when did you realize you were gay?” Smiling, he replied, “When did you realize you were heterosexual?” I have never forgotten that moment.
The ongoing health care workforce shortage in New Hampshire is well documented, as are its many impacts on the overall system and access to care. It is also emerging as a serious cost driver. These upward pressures on health care costs are seen in several areas, including wage inflation, ability of providers to operate efficiently and costs of delayed care.
With winter upon us, the challenges associated with homelessness become exacerbated and life threatening for many. Cold, wet weather presents a next-level problem for many who have few options for housing, including an increasing number of young people.
How do we effectively and affordably build out the electric grid to handle the impending tidal wave of electrification?
Contoocook Valley School District v. New Hampshire shows need for quality education in NH public schools. -By Bill Ardinger
The Honorable Geeti Roeen (along with her husband, Dr. Ziaurahman Roeen, and their three children) was safely relocated to New Hampshire in December 2023, thanks to the work of a coalition founded by a New Hampshire Supreme Court justice.
The recent passing of my business partner, Mark Fenske on Nov. 3, followed not long after by the planned closing of CJ’s Great West Grill on Dec. 23, marks such a poignant moment for me and the employees of Great NH Restaurants. -By Tom Boucher
With the New Year just behind us, many are considering what will be on their list of resolutions, and mental health should be top of mind. - By Rhonda L. Randall
Forest stewards, Aurora Sustainable Lands, vow to honor the ‘spirit of the conservation easement’ -By Shawn Hagan
With all our parental responsibilities, both financial and nurturing, sometimes overlooked is the role we parents have to prepare our children to be financially independent young adults... -By Daniel Cohen
Congress recently passed meaningful reforms targeting pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), the middlemen who largely determine which medications patients receive and how much they pay.
With the permanent passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act this past summer, Opportunity Zones (OZ) are being reset, and with it, an opportunity for New Hampshire to shape what comes next. The question is whether we’re ready and whether municipalities, developers and state leaders are aligned to act.
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. New Hampshire Children’s Trust (NHCT), in collaboration with our national partner, Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA), uses this month as an opportunity to spread awareness about ways to stop child abuse and neglect before it happens.
It is likely that individual health is one of the core drivers of our economy and productivity. Seeing the potential value of employers investing in wellness may even seem straightforward. Trickier however, might be finding affordable and appealing ways to do this amid the tight margins and self-reliant cultures of agriculture and natural resources sectors.
New Hampshire has long acknowledged outdoor recreation as an asset. We speak of it in terms of quality of life, tourism appeal and regional character. That framing, while not inaccurate, is no longer sufficient.
It seems everybody is talking about AI (artificial intelligence). Some think it will save us, and others think it will destroy us. I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle.
Lauren Collins Cline brings her Slightly Crooked Pies to Elm Street
For nearly six decades, Paul Young has been a constant, if often understated, presence in public and government affairs, both in New Hampshire and beyond. Since founding Novus Public Affairs in 1996, Young has helped shape how businesses, nonprofits and political leaders communicate and connect with the world around them, leaving a mark on the state that is hard to measure but easy to feel.
When Emerson McCourt passed away in 2006, he left behind an extensive tool collection, meticulous instructions and a commitment to Great Bay Community College (GBCC) students that continues today.
