New Hampshire Business Review - December-14 2012

December 14, 2012

NH Business Review Staff

Threats to menhaden are exaggerated

NH Business Review Staff,

The status of the menhaden fishery is much less dire than depicted

Let's rededicate state resources to higher ed

Lou D'Allesandro,

While other states are experiencing difficult budget decisions, only New Hampshire has completely de-funded student aid

Fix the Debt 'solution' is bad news for the middle class

Mark MacKenzie,

Deficits are the result – not the cause – of our economic crisis

Abandoning rail in N.H. was a mistake

NH Business Review Staff,

New Hampshire has spent a half a century neglecting what was once a great rail network. Instead we have poured billions into a road system we strain to keep updated.

Flotsam & Jetsam: December 14, 2012

NH Business Review Staff,

A Notch in his belt It’s not often that the good people of New Hampshire are treated to a public appearance by one of their former leaders, none other than former Gov. Craig Benson. But that’s what happened earlier this…

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