Opinion

A new approach to economic development in NH

Last year, Governor Sununu proposed dividing the Department of Resources and Economic Development and creating the Department of Business and Economic Affairs. Since its creation, this new agency has been a catalyst for increasing opportunities for New Hampshire to modernize…

Addressing the PFAS threat to drinking water

Toward the end of June, I attended an important community engagement event sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to address the challenge of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in our environment. In an effort to promote a greater understanding,…

2018 mental health legislation: a recap

There were three major issues before the Legislature in 2018 that the NH Community Behavioral Health Association (CBHA) identified as the most critical to addressing our state’s ongoing mental health crisis: Medicaid expansion reauthorization; workforce shortages in the behavioral health…

Taking the ‘sustainability’ challenge

Oct. 17, 2016: “PepsiCo Inc. today announced an ambitious global sustainability agenda designed to foster business growth in a way that … creat(es) a healthier relationship between people and food … contribute(s) to a more sustainable global food system and…

NH nonprofits are on a mission

On any ordinary day in New Hampshire, these things are happening:  • Volunteers at soup kitchens are serving meals to hundreds of men, women and children in need.   • At the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, sixth-graders are discovering…