New Hampshire Business Review - February-20 2015

January 8, 2015

NH Business Review Staff

N.H. Medicaid expansion hurts the disabled, poor

Greg Moore,

Increased costs of the program are causing cuts to other critical services

Let’s not forget New Hampshire’s injured workers

Maureen Raiche Manning,

Workers’ comp reform efforts shouldn’t adversely affect an injured employee’s access to medical care

Education is necessary for all of our children

Mary Gile, Ralph Boehm,

Even suspended or expelled students have a right to learn too

Wholesale electricity costs won’t stay low forever

Marc Brown,

It’s clear we need to expand natural gas pipeline capacity and import large-scale hydroelectricity from Canada

Consumers need help with complex energy market

Katherine Rogers, Al Baldasaro, Robert Cushing,

HB 345 seeks to make sure the rules are fair, transparent and equal to all who participate

Men at work: The Rumney Sawmill

Cynthia Tokos,

Logging business employees are a special breed

Will N.H. really benefit from major energy projects?

Bob Sanders,

It’s still unclear whether Northern Pass or Kinder Morgan pipeline will help ratepayers

Traveling? The last number you call may be in Salem

Beth LaMontagne-Hall,

On Call International insures more than 18 million business travelers each year

Cartoon for the week of February 20

NH Business Review Staff,

DES weighs changes to contaminated site rules

Lynn J. Preston,

Before readoption, amendments to regulations are being heard

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(Opinion) Novus Public Affairs’ 30-year anniversary: Paul Young’s meaningful mark on NH

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