"The worst case," Penny McKinnon starts, her words drawing me closer and piquing my interest. As a school nurse at Littleton's Lakeway Elementary School, she sees a lot, and it's not all good. "A student's teeth were so bad that…
There is a growing cadre of workers who have been laid off or want to get better paying jobs but lack the skills to advance. These individuals have usually graduated from high school and gone directly into the workforce. They…
The New Hampshire Legislature is considering a bill to repeal marriage equality. I urge our citizens to look within themselves to oppose returning to the discrimination of the past.In our world, there is nothing more important than the way we…
The "winter that wasn't" spit out one storm this month, albeit followed by rain and warm temperatures. Regardless, I joined a group on our annual ski pilgrimage to the White Mountains. We stayed in Jackson and skied at Attitash, Bear…
Over a decade ago, the New Hampshire Legislature made the wise decision to restructure the state's electric industry and provide consumers the ability to choose their electric provider. A vibrant competitive generation market developed here and across the region.Consumers have…
Once again, a few shortsighted souls in the New Hampshire House have mounted an effort to repeal the state's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The difference this year is that, fortunately, they appear to be alone.RGGI is a…
I'd like to clarify some facts about House Bill 1642. Let's be clear: The goal of HB 1642 is to make the business climate here in New Hampshire more attractive for destination specialty hospitals and clinics. Locating these centers in…
The New Hampshire Senate recently passed and sent to the House yet another proposed constitutional amendment designed to specify our Legislature's authority and responsibility regarding state aid to local education, including the ability to use "targeted" aid as the basic…
Last year was one of extraordinary achievements for this Legislature. We committed to voters to live within our means and balance our budget without raising taxes and did an uncommon thing for elected officials, and in 2011 we kept our…
If you were to apply today to the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services for an environmental permit, it's likely that it would be processed in a short period of time, and more quickly than if you applied for a…
