First I would like to thank Mark McConkey for his long-standing service to the state, the county and our constituents. And thank you to the voters of District 3, who have given me the opportunity to continue serving Tamworth, Madison, Albany and Freedom.
Today’s column was motivated by a column in Business New Hampshire Magazine’s November issue written by Andrew Cline, president of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, a free-market think tank in Concord, and by Gov. Chris Sununu’s response to a question about raising the minimum wage during a recent interview on NHPR.
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