On Feb. 15, by a vote 221-131 vote, the New Hampshire House voted to approve a Republican-sponsored bill that would establish New Hampshire as the only "right-to-work" state in the Northeast.Under the Labor Management Relations Act, or LMRA, nonsupervisory private…
Recently enacted financial reform legislation has underscored the importance of financial transparency and regulations that protect consumers. For broker-dealers and registered representatives, regulatory compliance comes with their territory. Yet receiving word that FINRA, the financial industry's independent regulatory authority, is…
You may have seen them walking around downtown wearing red jackets. If you were outside Beech Street School on a Monday morning, you may have seen - or at least heard - a small group of them led in a…
She doesn't have a name. It was blanked out in the attorney general's files. But the would-be nurse told a story that still tugs at Lynn West's heart."She called me a number of times crying," said West, the career school…
More than a decade after its enactment, a program that expands federal contracting opportunities for women-owned small businesses has been implemented.The goal of the Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contracting Program - which became effective on Feb. 4 - is to…
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Four economic development groups are joining together to offer free videoconferencing service to New Hampshire companies affected by infrastructure breakdowns in Japan in the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami and the developing nuclear crisis.The Coastal Economic Development Corp.,…
While New Hampshire lawmakers this session have had some trouble deciding whether to support expanded business tax credits, they've had no problem voting to cut motor vehicle registration fees.The Senate Wednesday joined the House in voting to eliminate a $30…
With gasoline prices rapidly climbing back to the $4-a-gallon level, it is time once again to plead with our representatives in Washington to show much-needed leadership on energy policy.In the just-completed election cycle, there was far too little attention paid…
Our health-care system is in crisis, with no real solutions on the horizon. Federal health-care reform, for the most part, protects the current system rather than truly reforming it. It remains hard to fathom that a government-sponsored health system is…
