Letters to the Editor

To the editor: You wrote a detailed article describing the services that would be cut under the new budget proposal (“The budget and the bottom line: Trump cuts could hit businesses across the state,” April 28-May 11 NH Business Review).…

To the editor: Culture defines a place, and New Hampshire is no exception. We are the state of Saint-Gaudens, Frost, Peyton Place, John Irving and a long list of musicians, artists, watersports, sculpture and more. Every summer music festivals blossom…

To the editor: Rep. Mary Jane Wallner (“Children in need caught in a perfect storm,” May 26-June 8 NH Business Review) does an admirable job explaining the problems currently facing New Hampshire’s children in need. These problems are real, they…

To the editor: You did a great article on New Hampshire tourism (“Branding New Hampshire: State tourism agency’s beefed-up marketing efforts begin to pay off,” May 12-25 NH Business Review). However, the question remains how does one get to New…

To the editor:  The story, “Tax credit plan would be a giant leap for NH” (May 12-25 NH Business Review) cites a series of articles published last month by Stateline, a project of The Pew Charitable Trusts that provides daily…

To the editor: In New Hampshire, as many as 40 bills addressing state election laws were filed at the State House making this a prominent issue even before President Trump put New Hampshire in the national spotlight by making an…

Editor’s note: Kristin Smith, associate research professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire and a family demographer at the Carsey School of Public Policy, wrote this letter to the House Labor Industrial and Rehabilitative Services Committee to clarify…

To the editor: Do we really want to cut business taxes, or do we just want to play at it? The current rate for the business profits tax is 8.2 percent. It is scheduled to go to 7.9 percent at…

To the editor: New Hampshire’s economy is at a tipping point. There exists a shortage of skilled workers that serve tech, health care, manufacturing and other sectors. Reasons for these shortages include an aging workforce and the exodus from the…

To the editor: Manufacturers, who employ over 68,000 people, pay the highest hourly wages, and give the best fringe benefit packages, are in danger of having to leave the state of New Hampshire. The biggest crisis is the highest cost…