Opinion

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…

Energy strategy update is really a ‘down-date’

The Union Leader has praised the recent update of the 2014 state energy strategy. This update was principally the product of two of Governor Sununu’s staffers, neither of whom had prior expertise in energy policy. Praise for the 2018 strategy…

Fixing the bail system will aid taxpayers

Today in New Hampshire, our county jails house many people who have not been convicted of crimes. They’ve lost their freedom and stand to lose much more — their jobs, homes and cars — simply because they cannot afford to…