New Hampshire has a political slogan called, “the Pledge.” It’s not the Pledge of Allegiance or some other kind of pledge to God, country or high ideals. It’s a political pledge to William Loeb’s hatred of broad-based taxes which he defined as a state income or sales tax.
Garry has been a longtime journalist in New Hampshire and Michael began his NH career as a journalist, specializing in business issues, and served in the early 90s as the State Senate Policy specialist on the budget and economic policy.
In this episode, reporters Julie Hirshan Hart and Adam Drapcho talk with Michael Kitch, a historian and a writer who for many years was the senior reporter for The Laconia
NH Business Review
Publication honored for reporting, General Excellence
April 13, 2021
NH Business Review won nine awards in the New England Newspaper & Press Association’s 2020 Better Newspaper Competition.
Bob Sanders won four awards. He took first-place honors for Business & Economic Reporting for his article on how property taxes are often the biggest tax burden facing New Hampshire businesses and for Health Reporting for his article on the limitations of importing prescription drugs from Canada.
His article on battery storage of electricity won third place in for Science/Technology Reporting and his article on how New Hampshire businesses are dealing with climate change won second place for Weather Reporting.