Legislature could ease state’s dental shortage
New Hampshire faces a crisis in dental care, and SB 193 can help fix it
Opinion
Paranoia plays a role in pro-gun movement
After the recent piece I wrote for NHBR about guns in the New Hampshire Legislature, I received an interesting opposing response. A former state representative from Georges Mills, Spec Bowers, wrote that mass shootings have occurred in a church, a…
Just say no to private prisons in N.H.
In the not-too-distant future, a report will be released in New Hampshire likely endorsing the creation of a private prison. The governor and General Court should reject this poor idea.New Hampshire already has 15 prisons -- one in each of…
Legislature could ease state's dental shortage
Many New Hampshire families are looking forward to securing dental coverage for their kids under the health care reform law.But there's a big difference between having coverage and having care. Unless our Legislature does more to expand the number of…
Tax credit foes target low-income families
If the New Hampshire House has its way, children from low-income families will be forced to rescind scholarships that enable them to attend private elementary and high schools.When passed last year, the education tax credit was a major victory for…
Flotsam & Jetsam: March 22, 2013
To the folks at Northeast Utilities/PSNH: In your annual report, you told shareholders that you’d be unveiling an alternate route for the Northern Pass project by March 31. That’s March 31, 2013. Just in case it may have slipped your mind.
Campaign finance, politicians and judges
Sooner or later, the issue will have to be addressed
Investing in education to boost the New Hampshire economy
Realigning all levels of New Hampshire’s educational system to better meet the needs of employers will require work at all levels
Killing school choice hurts poor families
Repeal of the state Opportunity Scholarship Act would harm low-income children and taxpayers
How employers are preparing for ACA 2014
Employers in every industry are taking steps now to comply with the Affordable Care Act’s pay-or-play rules, which become effective on Jan. 1, 2014
'Chained' CPI cuts Social Security benefits
There’s a budget proposal on the table – the “chained” consumer price index – that would cut over $623 million from Granite Staters’ Social Security and veterans’ COLA over the next 10 years.
How employers are preparing for ACA 2014
The Affordable Care Act is the most important piece of employee benefits legislation since the passage of ERISA in 1974. And in the past few months, Bernstein Shur's ACA team has conducted focus groups with business and nonprofit community leaders…
Why does the IBEW want to kill jobs?
I was raised in a union household -- my father was an International Union of Electrical Workers steward. He said that unions formed to give workers bargaining power that they as individuals did not have. As a union employee myself,…
Killing school choice hurts poor families
In her budget address before the Legislature, Gov. Maggie Hassan pledged to repeal the nascent Opportunity Scholarship Act, which grants tax credits to businesses that help low- and middle-income students afford independent and home schooling.If the governor's goal is saving…
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