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August 10, 2011

NH’s Largest Health Care Provider Pushing Early Retirement Following Funding Cut

A piece by Denis Paiste in the New Hampshire Union-Leader illustrates the continued fallout of state budget cuts on the health care sector: “Dartmouth-Hitchcock is seeking early retirements from about 725 employees, or 8.3 percent of its staff, at its main employees campus, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, in Lebanon, and at community sites in Concord, Manchester, […]

August 9, 2011

We’re #2…For Percentage Of Spending On Debt

According to the Tax Foundation, 6.9 percent of New Hampshire’s direct spending went toward interest payments on debt in FY 2009. The only state that devoted a higher portion of its funds to interest was…Massachusetts, at 9.58 percent.  (You can find more surprising comparisons between New Hampshire and Massachusetts here.) Overall, New England eats up a goodly portion of the […]

August 8, 2011

DHHS Accused Of Underfunding Children’s Homes, Putting Surplus Back Into General Fund

Controversy over state funding for social and health services has already generated a high-profile lawsuit filed by 10 New Hampshire hospitals.  Whether more lawsuits in response to the current budget are coming down the pike remains to be seen.  But new one case, covered by Elizabeth Dinan at SeacoastOnline.com, has been percolating for years: “Portsmouth’s Chase Home […]

August 5, 2011

2008 and 2009 Tough Years For Some NH Kids

In today’s Nashua Telegraph, Michael Brindley summarizes the findings of the yearly New Hampshire Kids Count Data Survey from the Children’s Alliance of NH.  Unsuprisingly, the study finds the recession has been tough for an increasing number of kids, “…an average of 16.8 percent of children aged 0 to 17, or one out of every six minors, participated in […]

August 2, 2011

How The Debt Ceiling Deal Could Affect Higher Ed And The Job Market

The New York Times has been taking an interesting view of higher education and the marketplace lately that’s worth expanding on.  First, a look at the implications of the impending debt ceiling deal on students.  Ron Lieber writes: “The undergraduates were spared in the package worked out by the White House and Congressional leaders. But graduate students […]

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