The New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration has awarded 200 New Hampshire businesses with Research and Development Tax Credits for the 2017 program year last week, which should help grown the state’s small business economy, according to Gov. Chris Sununu. READ MORE
Keno in New Hampshire will help subsidize full-day kindergarten by way of minimum state-administered grants of $1,100 per student raised from gambling proceeds starting in 2019, and more in later years, if keno revenues surpass projections. READ MORE
Gov. Sununu on Friday sent a second letter to President Trump in as many days, this one written from a more personal perspective, focused on the human suffering connected to the state’s opioid epidemic, “the individuals who have been lost and the families that have been destroyed,” and vowed to do “everything that I can to bring this crisis to an end.” READ MORE
So far it looks like the honeymoon with Gov. Chris Sununu continues among a majority of Granite Staters. READ MORE
Gov. Chris Sununu on Wednesday penned a letter to President Trump, outlining the dire situation some 50,000 New Hampshire residents face under the threat of sharply increasing healthcare premiums here, and the possible collapse of NH’s healthcare system. READ MORE
“New Hampshire continues to experience a severe opioid epidemic. Last year alone nearly 500 overdose deaths occurred — almost ten times more than in 2000. The CDC reports four out of five heroin users started with prescription opioids. To defeat the epidemic, we must stop creating new users and part of that is making sure these highly addictive and dangerous drugs are marketed truthfully and without deception and in such a way as not to minimize addiction risks or overstate benefits to patients.” READ MORE
The $30 million will go a long way to improving services and facilities at the Manchester VA Hospital. READ MORE
Secretary of Veterans Affairs David J. Shulkin, M.D., will visit the Manchester VA Medical Center Aug. 4, to meet with whistleblowers, facility leadership, stakeholders and New Hampshire elected officials. READ MORE
Two public hearings are scheduled for this week, one in Concord on Aug. 2 and another in Lebanon on Aug. 3. Residents can also attend the Aug. 2 event via webinar. READ MORE
The validity of a report claiming little to no impact on property values from the Northern Pass Transmission project was questioned Monday before the Site Evaluation Committee. READ MORE
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