To the editor:As an elected member to the board of Liberty House in Manchester, I’d like to clarify and make known for public consumption what it is and what it isn’t.First, it is a transitional housing and case-management operation for…
To the editor:I don’t think the New Hampshire Department of Insurance is doing its job in trying to control the health insurance rates in New Hampshire (“Businesses in the dark on rate process,” April 23-May 6 NHBR.) This is the…
To the editor:After the March 18 hearing on Senate Bill 519, a bill that would further cut Department of Health and Human Services spending, Senate President Sylvia Larsen, a Concord Democrat who previously opposed gambling, said she believes allowing expanded…
To the editor:Tens of thousands of New Hampshire workers do not have a single paid sick day they can use when they fall ill, or when their children need care. Faced with the prospect of losing pay, many have no…
To the editor:In response to an article submitted by Dr. James W. Squires on health care (“Triumph of the words,” Jan. 29-Feb. 11 NHBR):According to Dr. Squires, the failure of health-care reform can be blamed on a few dishonest words…
To the editor:I read with interest Tom Katsiantonis’ defense of the added tax on LLCs “Close loopholes, tax businesses fairly,” Jan. 15-29 NHBR).The assumption that because there is already one unfair business tax, that of double taxation on Subchapter S…
To the editor: In a letter from State Rep. Tom Katsiantonis in the Jan. 15 issue of NHBR (“Close loopholes, tax businesses fairly”), he states that “Republicans ... are ... screaming ... (about) this … new tax.”With regard to the…
It is funny sometimes how seemingly different and disconnected events can be tied together as themes in politics and life. Recently, Doris “Granny D” Haddock celebrated her 100th birthday and shortly thereafter was given a lavish birthday party in the…
To the editor:New Hampshire legislators’ efforts to further limit access to short-term payday loans are an example of this country’s glaring problem with economic illiteracy (“N.H. lawmakers stall loan cap expansion, electric bill subsidy,” Jan. 6 NHBR.com).Short-term “payday” lenders have…
To the editor:As manager of the New Hampshire Music Festival 35 years ago, I lived, breathed, played and worked for the cause with such proud identity that even my license plate read, “NHMF.” The community of musicians, board and audience…
