How many laws can we afford?
Interesting questions raised by the current legislative session
Opinion
Medicaid expansion helps good people
To the editor: I have been a primary care doctor in the Merrimack Valley for more than 30 years, and currently also serve as chief medical officer at Parkland Medical Center. In the last two years, I’ve seen remarkable benefits…
Shaheen: It’s time to make SBIR/STTR permanent
The initiatives unleash the innovative potential of America’s high-tech small businesses
Sustainable forests and climate change
To the editor: New Hampshire’s Sen. Kelly Ayotte is a co-sponsor of a key amendment to the Energy Policy Modernization Act that would make it possible for wood harvested from sustainably managed forests to be considered by states as they…
Businesses and raising children
To the editor: My concern with NH Sen. Martha Fuller Clark’s position on Senate Bill 488 (“‘Reasonable accommodation’ sought for pregnant workers,” Feb. 19-March 3 NH Business Review) is that it is one more shift in the cost of raising…
Biweekly pay isn’t ‘family-friendly’
To the editor: It was good to see Bob Sanders’ article ‘Family-friendly’ bills weighed at State House,” (Feb. 5-18 NH Business Review). Better yet, to see legislators gaining an increased understanding that the interests of workers and those of employers…
A commuter train in every pot?
Despite the promises, a rail project to Boston will not revitalize the state’s economy or make NH more competitive
How consolidation hurt Manchester airport
With fewer major airlines, passenger traffic has dropped by more than half from 2005
Two significant losses for NH
The lives of Eileen Foley and Martin Gross set an example for the rest of us
Why Medicaid expansion should be supported
Health care should be accessible to all New Hampshire residents, regardless of income. Regular, consistent health care will improve the health of state’s residents, manage chronic conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure better, and result in lower use…
NH needs to rebuild its pool of talented workers
For decades, we have been hearing the refrain, “Cut expenses, cut taxes; government is bad.” But what does data say? The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that the highest gross domestic product growth rates in 2014 were in state…
Northern Pass interventions: a compelling story
By the close of business on Feb. 5, 150 petitions to intervene in the Northern Pass docket had been emailed to the NH Site Evaluation Committee. All but a dozen petitions came from those who oppose the project as currently…
Mental health treatment and Medicaid expansion
The NH Health Protection Program, which now provides access to health care to over 47,000 people in our state, will sunset later this year unless the Legislature enacts a bill to reauthorize it. The program is New Hampshire’s version of…
What did February 9 mean?
Insights and observations from the 100th New Hampshire primary
Southern NH transmission project should be OKd
It’s a way of enhancing the Merrimack Valley’s economic development prospects
Democracy: Use it or lose it
It’s time we took a good, hard look at civics education and election modernization
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