New Hampshire Business Review - March-18 2016

January 4, 2016

It’s time for state government reform

Mark Connolly,

New Hampshire is a great place to live, with its wealth of natural beauty, and it is a great place to raise a family. But, when it comes to government transparency and ethics, we have our work cut out for…

How many laws can we afford?

Brad Cook,

Interesting questions raised by the current legislative session

NH’s sales hiring challenge

Kevin Hallenbeck,

Recruiting salespeople is the number one challenge facing business owners

Digital marketing, optimized

Andrew Valeriani,

Tried-and-true strategies that should be on every business owners’ to-do list

Why Medicaid expansion is so essential

Annette Carbonneau, Suellen Griffin,

It gives all NH residents access to mental health care and substance abuse and addiction treatment

A modest proposal: volcanoes

Mark Lennon,

Hanging out with my mom, talking about this Year Without a Winter, the subject came up of the Year Without a Summer. As anyone with an iPhone can find out, that was 1816, when it snowed in June, there was…

Climate change: the three-ton solution

Roy Morrison,

Stopping climate change is like the weather. We complain. But nothing changes. The problem is global. Each of us is in the same place as the other 319 million Americans, or the more than 7 billion people in the world.…

Improving password habits

Matt Kasper,

Tools and tips that can help you protect your accounts and simplify your life

Yellow flags fly in ‘Deflategate’ investigation

Michael A. Delaney,

Lessons that companies can take away from NFL’s problematic probe

Why define an ‘employee’?

Beth A. Deragon,

House bill seeks to level the playing field in determining misclassification

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ADUs, manufactured homes can help with NH housing crisis

Single-family and condominium alternatives, such as manufactured homes and accessory dwellings units (ADUs), could go a long way toward helping ease New Hampshire’s housing crisis. But those options can have some obstacles, according to participants in a forum.

Manchester to end up on the Monopoly board

Efforts are underway in Manchester to fashion a version of the iconic board game "Monopoly" into a Who's Who and What's What of New Hampshire's largest city.

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Rugg family, Exeter settle land dispute

The Rugg family and the Town of Exeter have settled their long running land dispute, clearing the way for a developer to proceed with a housing development to be built on the Exeter-Newfields town line.

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

For nearly six decades, Paul Young has been a constant, if often understated, presence in public and government affairs, both in New Hampshire and beyond. Since founding Novus Public Affairs in 1996, Young has helped shape how businesses, nonprofits and political leaders communicate and connect with the world around them, leaving a mark on the state that is hard to measure but easy to feel.

(Opinion) A legacy of impact: the McCourts’ gift to Great Bay Community College students

When Emerson McCourt passed away in 2006, he left behind an extensive tool collection, meticulous instructions and a commitment to Great Bay Community College (GBCC) students that continues today.