There’s an irony at the heart of the housing policy debate underway at the State House this session. Opponents of the many common sense, pro-housing bills being considered by the legislature frequently invoke the idea of “local control,” recycling familiar claims that any state-level ...

Like many individuals and organizations, United Way of Greater Nashua often weighs in on legislative issues at the federal, state, and local levels. A beautiful aspect of our system of government is that it affords all of us many opportunities to give input on various legislative priorities, ...

The news has been plentiful about the healthcare workforce shortage. We hear about this deep-seated problem on the national level as well as here in New Hampshire. According to National Nurses United, there are 4.4 million registered nurses in the United States but only 3 million are currently ...

Since its inception more than 150 years ago, YMCAs have considered mental health to be one of the three pillars of wellbeing. It can be seen in early communications in the late 1800s that directed our work. The spirit, mind, and body logo from generations ago gave equal prominence to the ...

Now that New Hampshire’s primaries are over and our general election slate is in concrete, one thing is abundantly clear – New Hampshire Republicans are in a race to the right. Up and down the ballot, Republicans’ chaotic primaries ended with extreme, anti-choice, out-of-touch nominees ...

Congratulations to the 256 New Hampshire Representatives (80% of the House) and 11 Senators who stood with the people of the Granite State to defend our precious clean waters and override Gov. Chris Sununu’s veto of HB1454. That bill could have protected us statewide from preventable landfill ...