Cook on Concord

On Sept. 16, another prominent New Hampshirite of the greatest generation passed away. George R. Hanna, a Keene lawyer for more than half a century, died after a long illness at the age of 91. A fixture in Keene and…

To the editor: I read in Business NH magazine that there are 108,506 one-person companies in New Hampshire as of 2007. I am one of these companies and qualify for small business health insurance. I have been rejected for individual…

There is little I can add to all of the coverage of the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, the second Kennedy sibling to pass away in August. The national observance of Kennedy's death was respectful, sobering and…

To the editor: The liberal progressive Democrats tell us they want health-care coverage for all Americans. They have run three bills through the U.S. House committees and one through the Senate committees. In the Senate, amendments have been proposed that…

To the editor: The 10th Amendment of the Constitution states: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” The federal…

To the editor: I have no big quarrel with the state veterinarian’s comments about livestock production and antibiotics. I wish only to refocus everything that Stephen Crawford says about risk in his op-ed (“Livestock production and antibiotics,” June 17-30 NHBR).…

To the editor: On behalf of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, the state’s leading advocate for homeowners, I’d like to thank state legislators for their tireless and mostly thankless efforts in working diligently to pass a budget during these…

To the editor: We keep hearing about the ARRA (the economic stimulus package) money pouring into New Hampshire and other states. I heard the other day that “New Hampshire is leading other New England states in getting that money out.”…

To the editor: Jim Roche’s warning in the June 5-18 edition of NHBR that “recent (legislative) policy decisions are resulting in growing unease among businesspeople” is too late. The horse is already out of the barn. New Hampshire, which ranked…

To the editor: I am a home-care nurse from Rochester, and I just returned from a trip to Capitol Hill with nurses from every state in America. We were there on behalf of our patients to help preserve access to…