No one is opposing a bill in the Legislature that calls for creation of a commission to study the issue, but the proposal for a seven-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants has New…
Nestled in the woods on the campus of the University of New Hampshire in Durham is the New England Center. The center’s two buildings, conference facility and 115-room hotel are so well situated in their location, one could almost mistake…
When you consider that there are 424 New Hampshire legislators (400 in the House and 24 in the Senate), if each legislator has but two ideas that he or she thinks require legislation, there would be 848 bills. But they…
Several business groups are joining together to urge support for a Senate bill that would restore a research and development tax credit against the business profits tax. Senate Bill 380, sponsored by Sen. Bob O’Dell, R-Lempster, would let a firm…
Lawmakers heard several hours of emotional hearing testimony Jan. 26 on a pair of House bills aimed at reversing the impact of a state Supreme Court decision that last summer affirmed the right of apartment tenants to stay put after their…
According to the findings of a recent survey conducted by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum, the United States ranked second to Finland in global competitiveness in 2005. In last year’s rankings of the international organization — which has been measuring…
Jerry Shanahan, Enterasys Networks’ former chief operating officer, asked Robert Barber, the former senior vice president of business development at Cabletron Systems to close a deal before the quarter ended in order to inflate Enterasys’ revenue, according to Barber’s testimony…
The trouble with standing your ground in politics is that it makes you a convenient target for your foes. That’s why New Hampshire Republicans won’t have any barrels of dirty, socialist Venezuelan oil to kick around as long as John…
Federal contractors who escaped Office of Federal Contract Compliance audits in 2004 and 2005 should be prepared for the very real possibility that they will be audited in 2006. In 2004, the office conducted more than 6,500 compliance audits and…
One of the largest charity events in the state - the Easter Seals of New Hampshire Winter Wine Spectacular at the Radisson Hotel-Center of New Hampshire in Manchester — began three years ago with very modest goals. “We were hoping…
