Health and Human Services Commissioner John Stephen says he could cut 10 percent from his department’s budget, but it would mean higher property taxes and less money for hospitals, family planning and other services for the state’s poor. His proposal,…
Most of the public is unaware of the differences between banks and credit unions, but people who manage these financial institutions remain keenly aware of the legal intricacies that separate them. Many of the differences between modern-day credit unions and…
Convictions key in AG's probe The partnership that owns Lakes Region Greyhound Park directly funded establishment of the International Players Association, according to documents filed March 4 in Belknap County Superior Court. Federal prosecutors have tied - but not charged…
How does a former “Nader’s raider” end up as a corporate lawyer in an industry responsible for spreading disease and addiction? As David Greenberg sees it, the change was not all that dramatic. “I feel like I’ve participated in more…
House Education Committee members have worked nights and weekends lately, chopping and merging new plans to pay for public schools. The effort comes as taxpayers faced huge fiscal unknowns this month when they voted on town and school budgets and…
Landlords blame taxes for rent hikes Landlords in Laconia have told the Laconia Citizen that steadily rising assessments that have their tax bills going up 25-30 percent each year are among the major reasons local rental rates are becoming harder…
Engineers and architects from The H.L. Turner Group Inc. in Concord have begun working on the designs of the long-awaited retrofit of the former Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Hampshire building in Concord. The six-story, 120,000-square-foot structure has…
“If you make it easy to steal from you, chances are someone will,” observes security consultant Frank W. Abagnale. He should know. Abagnale, who devotes himself these days to educating the public about fraud risks, is the one-time con artist…
One of the eternal battles that unite New Hampshire Republicans and Democrats is the preservation of New Hampshire’s status as the first primary state in the presidential nomination season. In-state and out-of-state pundits talk about our primary as part of…
A number of proposed targeted education aid plans under consideration claim to help “needy” or “property-poor” communities by providing additional funding to them and not providing funding to “property-rich” communities. The New Hampshire Citizens’ Voice Project analyzed the effect of…
