Small businesses are collateral damage in healthcare chaos
In 2014, one in five individuals who purchased healthcare on an ACA marketplace owned a small business
Opinion
An engineer’s view of the ‘Trump effect’
To the editor: You wrote a detailed article describing the services that would be cut under the new budget proposal (“The budget and the bottom line: Trump cuts could hit businesses across the state,” April 28-May 11 NH Business Review).…
We need to promote NH’s vibrant culture
To the editor: Culture defines a place, and New Hampshire is no exception. We are the state of Saint-Gaudens, Frost, Peyton Place, John Irving and a long list of musicians, artists, watersports, sculpture and more. Every summer music festivals blossom…
A balanced approach to postal rates is critical
Enabling inefficient operations with unwarranted increases causes more harm than good
Calculating the value of libraries
Some of the benefits come with a hard price tag, the others are invaluable
Lessons from a trip to Europe
Visits to Greece and France show how vulnerable democratic systems are to change, suppression and repression
Mr. Quinlan: tear down this wall
Resting comfortably, in a manila folder in my office, is an intriguing and much-talked-about document. Unfortunately, I cannot show it to you. Entitled “Power Purchase Agreement by and between Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy as Buyer…
Making maple syrup and saving the world
Maple syrup production in the United States peaked in 1860. This had nothing to do with agricultural trends or culinary tastes. It was political and moral beliefs in action. The Northern states were abolitionist, but their political efforts to end…
In support of legal services
Fund-raising campaign deserves help to meet a staggering need
Revenue reform is the answer
To the editor: Rep. Mary Jane Wallner (“Children in need caught in a perfect storm,” May 26-June 8 NH Business Review) does an admirable job explaining the problems currently facing New Hampshire’s children in need. These problems are real, they…
How will tourists get to New Hampshire?
To the editor: You did a great article on New Hampshire tourism (“Branding New Hampshire: State tourism agency’s beefed-up marketing efforts begin to pay off,” May 12-25 NH Business Review). However, the question remains how does one get to New…
Pew’s Stateline: ‘We stand behind our reporting’
To the editor: The story, “Tax credit plan would be a giant leap for NH” (May 12-25 NH Business Review) cites a series of articles published last month by Stateline, a project of The Pew Charitable Trusts that provides daily…
NH’s long-term care system is in crisis
Catholic Charities New Hampshire operates seven nursing homes, from Windham to as far north as Berlin, capable of serving 471 residents. In providing care, we work to be as efficient as possible, to maintain the high quality required by exacting…
Children in need caught in a perfect storm
There is a perfect storm brewing for New Hampshire’s kids right now, with three separate but interconnected issues coming to bear: the critical need for new leadership and new direction at the State’s Division of Children, Youth and Families; an…
The truth about electric rates and Northern Pass
In her May 12-25 NH Business Review opinion column, “Northern Pass just isn’t worth it,” Judy Reardon repeated a fundamental misunderstanding of the potential benefits that a transmission project like Northern Pass can deliver to families and businesses in New…
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