Anne Jamieson is a registered nurse, has been a health-care manager, a clinical technology director and an attorney. She recently added chief executive officer to her list of titles. Only two months into her new role as head of Parkland…
The issues surrounding storage of high-level nuclear waste remain unsettled amid reports of falsified studies concerning the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada, development of a possible temporary storage site in Utah and federal legislation that would authorize long-term storage at…
The Terry Schiavo matter raised many timely and important issues relevant to New Hampshire as well as the rest of the nation. First, the extraordinary involvement in the matter by the state courts, federal courts, Congress, the president and then,…
Gov. John Lynch maintains he’s the one in charge of the state’s health and human services reform plan — and he will move forward cautiously in drawing it up. But Health and Human Services Commissioner John Stephen is lobbying hard…
Hey, out there in Washington! Remember us, your constituents in New Hampshire? The people you’re supposed to represent? Think you might actually consider - and act on - OUR views, wishes and interests? Think you might stop repeating “yes” to…
You may know that the cost of insurance includes a 2 percent tax on the premiums you pay. House Bill 678, which resulted from the work of a legislative study committee, would decrease the tax from 2 percent to 1…
A Newbury woman and her lawyer have filed what appears to be the state’s first Vioxx lawsuit. Joyce DiMauro and her lawyer, Thomas Braun of Manchester, filed the suit against Merck & Co. Inc. in U.S. District Court. They have…
When it comes to lip service, there’s probably no group of Americans who can boast of vaster quantities than veterans. At election time, when federal politicians wrap themselves in the flag, there’s usually a vet or two for the photo…
Editor’s note: The following letter was sent by Kedar Gupta, CEO of GT Equipment Technologies/GT Solar Technologies, and Tom Zarrella, president and chief operating officer of the firm, to U.S. Sens. Pete V. Domenici, chairman, and Jeff Bingaman, ranking member,…
Since 1934, the federal government has had a policy that encourages the use of prison laborers but prohibits the prison from entering into competition with private enterprise. Adopting a similar sensible policy can help New Hampshire reduce the tension created…
