While all eyes were on national health-care reform and the state budget, less attention has been paid to the progress made by the Legislature on health care in New Hampshire.Small businesses will benefit from legislation passed this year to allow…

New England has a lot at stake in the 2010 Census, not just in terms of federal dollars for dozens of programs that support education, housing and health-care services, but the results may also have an impact on the region’s…

With predictions of an active hurricane season ahead, small-business owners should be reminded that creating a strong disaster preparedness plan is crucial. Such a plan will help protect both owners and employees while ensuring that a business can bounce back…

Life can take some utterly surprising twists and turns. I have lived in New Hampshire for 28 years, and I fully expected to live in my beloved Wilmot a lot longer. But because of a job opportunity, I am packing…

New Hampshire taxpayer money is supporting junior colleges in South Carolina, like Orangeburg-Calhoun Community College. We’re supporting schools in South Dakota, like the Divide County School District. And we’re helping to pay for backup generation capacity for the Aleutian Region…

U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg’s recent comments on Social Security are not only factually inaccurate, but also badly out-of-touch with the pressing needs of New Hampshire workers and retirees.At St. Anselm’s College on May 17, Senator Gregg said that raising the…

As former chairs of our respective political parties, we typically haven’t always agreed. So some people might be surprised that we hold similar views in support of comprehensive immigration reform.We’re just following in the footsteps of Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and…

The disastrous BP oil well a mile deep underwater in the Gulf of Mexico is an expression of folly, of lust for profit and cheap oil to power the industrial machine. Drilling approved and self-policed after assurances of safety. Back-up…

Spring always comes late to the North Country. Few are more ready for this change than high-school seniors, who are edging toward graduation, freedom and adulthood. Twelfth-graders are counting the days, but also settling within them is a gentle nostalgia…

The New Hampshire House last month passed the finest piece of criminal law in decades by a lopsided 256-57 vote, ignoring the benighted advice in a recent editorial by the publisher of the Union Leader.Senate Bill 500 would let nonviolent…

When it comes to climate change, the only thing the United States has more of than culpability is opportunity. Yet, as a nation, we continue to abdicate leadership. One of the most serious global challenges we face, climate change is…

The following are excerpts from testimony presented last month by Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire President Jim Roche on Senate Bill 497, which would address the tax on LLC distributions the issue of reasonable compensation.I am here this…

Twenty-nine deaths from that West Virginia coal mine ought to be enough. Ten thousand tons of pollution a day from coal here in New Hampshire ought to be enough. New Hampshire can do its part. We should now begin the…