The Legislature came back from vacation the first full week of March, and the House proceeded to a very full schedule of three “session days” during which members dealt with committee recommendations on a large number of bills. The House…
On the day that was supposed to mark the start of the trial in U.S. District Court in Concord of five Enterasys Networks executives for securities fraud, it was the prosecution that took the stand. A lawyer for the defense…
To the editor: It is simply deplorable that Nashua’s city leaders want to take $455,000 in state aid for special education costs to bankroll the takeover attempt of Pennichuck Water Works! (In Brief section, March 3-16 New Hampshire Business Review.) Public…
Point, counterpoint Whatever his point, U.S. Sen. John Kerry, in his own inimitable fashion, didn’t quite make it during his recent visit to New Hampshire. When asked whether he supported New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary, Kerry, the former and possibly future…
New Hampshire has received a low grade in a state-by-state report card rating how it cares for adults with serious mental illness. The report on the nation’s mental health-care system was compiled by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, a…
Lobbyists for New Hampshire trade associations and unions voiced support for a bill March 7 that would distinguish between an independent contractor and an employee. The goal: to crack down on firms that misclassify employees as independent contractors to avoid…
Graham Chynoweth, 27, grew up in Canterbury, N.H., went off to the University of California at Berkley and got his law degree at Duke in North Carolina. Then he moved to downtown Manchester, where he both lives and works. “I…
Frank Guinta is the 47th mayor of Manchester and, at age 35, one of its youngest. A relative newcomer to the city, Guinta is a native of Edison, N.J., and a graduate of Assumption College in Worcester, Mass. He earned…
As our world becomes ever more connected, U.S. companies increasingly are conducting business overseas. As a result, some 80 percent of all companies - both large and small - are exposed to foreign exchange risk. In addition, the use of…
Although one of the recommendations of the Committee to Study Maximizing Incentives for Voluntary Use of Renewable Energy in New Hampshire — set up by the Legislature in 2005 - calls for the state to “establish a program to access…
