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Will families be able to cherry-pick their own sick kid into the individual market to avoid having to go into the assigned risk pool for group health coverage? The insurance industry is concerned that they can and hopes that House…

A Senate committee will hold hearings Thursday on three bills aimed at clarifying the state's wetlands and shoreline protection laws and making it a bit easier for the construction industry. One -- Senate Bill 19 -- would alter the definition…

The public will be able to weigh in on Thursday at a hearing on House Bill 26, which would repeal the so-called "right to steal" law that was passed last year without a peep, but became a big campaign issue…

A national education policy and research group has given New Hampshire a grade of C for its educational performance and supporting measures. In its "2011 Quality Counts" report, Editorial Projects in Education, based in Bethesda, Md., rated Granite State at…

Dr. Mark Edelstein, president of Lakes Region Community College in Laconia, has announced plans to retire in July from the post he has held since 2006.During his tenure at LRCC, enrollment at the college has grown by 35 percent, and…

New Hampshire has taken one more step toward efforts to connect health-care providers in cyberspace.The state Department of Health and Human Services has received approval from the federal government of its Health Information Exchange Strategic and Operational Plans for the…

A former examiner who worked under ex-New Hampshire Bank Commissioner Peter Hildreth testified last week that firms like Ponzi scheme company Financial Resources Mortgage Inc. were subject to "what I call a drive-by exam." Kurt Gillies, who worked at the…

Citing high rates for health-care services, MVP Health Care says it will terminate its contracts with Portsmouth Regional Hospital and Parkland Medical Center in Derry. Termination of the contracts means that effective April 5 neither hospital will be an "in-network"…

Strategies and opportunities for controlling health-care costs and a look at the year’s key policy issues from the state’s top legislators will be among the highlights of the Business and Industry Association’s sixth annual Small Business Day at the State…

Fujifilm Dimatix Inc. in Lebanon and Wire Belt Company of America in Londonderry will be presented with the 2010 Governor's Award for Pollution Prevention at a State House Ceremony on Monday, Jan. 10. The awards -- which recognize outstanding pollution…