New Hampshire Business Review - March 16 2007

Agencies, state rep honored for energy cuts

The first Excellence in Energy Efficiency Awards were presented Wednesday by Governor Lynch to two state agencies and one state representative. Awards were presented to the Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Turnpikes, the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium and Rep. Suzanne Harvey…

House panel weighs payday loan rate cap

Should the state Legislature effectively wipe out the short-term loan industry by reimposing an interest rate cap it lifted eight years ago? That was the question that House Bill 267 sparked Wednesday at a House Commerce Committee hearing that brought…