Training mandate proposal riles N.H. nonprofits

Does the live free or die philosophy of the New Hampshire Legislature pertain only to organizations making a profit? That's what officials at many of the state's nonprofit organizations are beginning to wonder after the Senate passed a bill mandating that state charitable organizations send at least one board member to a training session with a heavy focus on fiscal management and ethics.

The bill requires that one board member go through the training every other year, with penalties to be named later by the charitable trusts unit of the state Justice Department.