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Governor's 'furlough'

5:37 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By Robert Whitcomb    Email

New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch said he'd be willing to furlough himself to save the state money. But he emphasized he'd still come to work. "I would just come in (and) take the day without pay and be here,"......

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The Currier Museum

2:33 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Robert Whitcomb    Email

-- Photo by Jose Martinez "Origins,'' by Mark diSuvero, welcomes visitors to the Currier Museum of Art. The Currier Museum, in Manchester, N.H., is perhaps not what you'd expect in that old mill town, whose Amoskeag Mills complex, on......

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 Tags  Amoskeag Mills   Currier Museum of Art   Gary Haven Smith   Gerald Auten   Manchester   N.H.  

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CVS chief's fine piece on health-care mess

9:45 AM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (2)
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I highly recommend that everybody read CVS chief Thomas Ryan's piece in today's Boston Globe:......

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Bankrupting legislation -- but bad for unions too?

9:30 AM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Robert Whitcomb    Email

The Rhode Island legislature, at the command of public-employee unions, is about to pass legislation that may well soon bankrupt several Rhode Island communities. The legislation, H5762 and S0713, would force very generous teachers union contracts to be extended......

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