Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, left, and Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, speak outside the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard gate after a tour of the yard Thursday, April 17. (Photo by Deb Cram, Seacoastonline) Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, urged new Secretary of the Navy John Phelan to expand…
Continue reading →Watching the budget process in Concord and Washington unfold — with tales of crises due to lack of resources and revenue, and the resultant need to cut services, eliminate departments and reduce benefit levels — leads to a number of observations. In Concord, where the biennial budget process has been…
Continue reading →What management style marks your organization’s culture? Autocratic or democratic? Bureaucratic is another common one, especially among larger concerns. A coaching management style can signal an environment where individual growth matters and is encouraged. Those aside, one that’s gaining a lot of attention these days is a humanistic management style….
Continue reading →Musaab Abu Zaid, a server at T-Bones in Laconia, trains new hire Jillian Braley. (Photo by Adam Drapcho, Laconia Daily Sun) Even in a typical year, tourism businesses in northern New England have to deal with forces both unpredictable and out of their control, such as the price of gasoline…
Continue reading →The administration building at the former Youth Development Center in Manchester. (Photo by Jason Moon/NH Public Radio) New Hampshire Senate President Sharon Carson is calling for a financial and performance audit of the settlement fund for abuse victims at the state’s youth detention center. “The financial condition of the YDC…
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