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My colleague, Steve Gerlach, recently compiled this timeline of the effective dates of the various aspects of the new healthcare reform legislation. I thought it would be helpful to readers of this column.

Last week Congress passed

The best thing about my law school education was my clinical program where I was permitted to represent clients in court under the supervision of an experienced
lawyer. My first jury trial was a three-day criminal trial as a student lawyer before Judge Robert Shuker, a particularly stern trial judge who passed away in 1993. My clinical professors were terrific,
one went on the trial bench himself and the other founded the Southern Center

for Human Rights. It w

As many of us know, NH is experiencing a serious budget shortfall. Without much explanation, here is my idea to begin to solve the budget problem.

I am going to buy a NH Megabucks ticket today and on the back I will write PAY TO THE ORDER OF THE NH STATE TREASURER. I will then mail the ticket to the Treasurer before the drawing is held. The State Treasurer is Cathy Provencher. Her mailing address is:

NH State Treasurer

25 Capitol Street

Room 121

Proposed legislation regarding net metering is before our legislature and I would suggest a twist on the subject that may also help with school funding. Net metering is the process by which small alternative energy producers with solar panels or wind turbines spin their electric meters backwards and earn credits for the electricity produced in excess of that used. Net metering helps to defr