Rep. Neal Kurk, R-Weare, architect of last year’s GraniteCare law, has introduced another major health-care bill, — House Bill 1723 — which is designed to give patients the kind of information that he hopes could drive down medical costs. The…
When Car Component Technologies shut its plants in Bedford and Merrimack and filed for bankruptcy in November, nearly 600 workers — the majority of whom are non-English speaking — were laid off with no advance notice. Rolling up their sleeves…
A House bill calls for a study to see whether counties should provide case management for disabled and elderly Medicaid clients living at home - a change that might put four large case-management firms out of business and shake up…
Should large employers in New Hampshire be required to provide health-care coverage for their employees, and pay the state if they don’t? And should they be required at least to report the coverage they do provide? That is the question…
The New Hampshire House went through a flurry of bills left over from last session at its Jan. 4 meeting, the first of the New Year. One of the business-related bills considered but killed after a short debate was one…
Q. I own a building that is fully occupied by my business, with a small SBA 504 loan balance. I want to refinance the building and take out some of my equity, what is my best approach to a lender?…
Several trade associations have voiced support for a Senate bill that would restore a research and development tax credit against the business profits tax. SB 380, sponsored by Sen. Bob O'Dell, R-Lempster, would let a firm take a research and…
The state will contract out collection of $6 million in bad debt if House Bill 153 makes it into law. The House passed the bill last year and the Senate finally passed it on Wednesday, amending it to put the…
The New Hampshire House voted 176-168 Wednesday to impose a fee of $1 per ton on solid waste that companies burn or bury in landfills. The goal of House Bill 634 is to reward recycling and set aside money to…
Workforce fatalities in New Hampshire accounted for 9 percent of on-the-job deaths in the New England region during 2004, with the highest number of losses occurring in the construction industry, according to federal Department of Labor statistics. Of the 15…
