Meet the Legislature’s new GOP
The turmoil brewing over the state budget has its origins in the last election, when Republicans regained the majority in the New Hampshire legislature.

New Hampshire wage claims can add up for employees
It wasn’t an easy time two years ago, when Terri McGuinness was running around the state setting up pop-up bars and mixing drinks at weddings and other events for Pour Me Bartending,...

Restaurants see relief as federal aid program ramps up
After the pandemic hit last year, Raleigh Wine Bar + Eatery in Portsmouth shut down for nearly the entire spring. The restaurant decided to hibernate in the winter and closed its doors during January, February and part of March this year.

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All graduating seniors offered free community college class
“They have been separated from all of the usual in-school experiences and services that graduating seniors can usually count on,” he said in the release. “We wanted to create an easy way for students to take this important step toward their future success.

State education property tax rebate doesn’t amount to much
The New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration is reminding low- and moderateincome property taxpayers that they have until the end of June to apply for a rebate on their 2020 property tax bills — but the program applies only to the...

WASHINGTON, D.C
WASHINGTON, D.C.: New Hampshire was the second-safest state for workers in America in 2019, according to a report released by the AFL-CIO. The report,...

Bid to beef up oversight of state tech supply chain
Rep. Peter Sommsich, D-Portsmouth, proposed creating the agency in HB 487. It would oversee all purchases and acquisitions of software,...

Manchester firm seeks to ramp up production of lab-grown diamonds
At the former GT Solar, the predecessor company of GT Advanced Technologies in Hudson, the executives say they worked on commercializing crystal growth technologies,...

Sununu seeks OK to build new housing with federal rent aid
Gov. Chris Sununu has asked Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to help the state address its affordable housing shortage by allowing federal money designed to help people pay their rent during the pandemic to also be used to develop and build new rental units.

TAKE 5
While 36% of women applied to a job outside their geographic region based on remote work expectations, 67% of Black and Hispanic women stated they had not applied to a job outside of their geographic region..

IN BRIEF
New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility presented the Hanover Co-Op Food Stores and Willing Hands with its Partnership for Innovation Award for their effort to divert food from landfills and distribute it to some 80 food banks.

Sununu to end federal unemployment enhancement
Gov. Chris Sununu said Thursday morning that New Hampshire will discontinue the $300-a-week federal unemployment benefits enhancement before it is due to expire on Labor Day, and it might end in the next few weeks.

Wildcats
Smuttynose Brewing Company and the University of New Hampshire are teaming up with UNH Wildcats Tracks lager to support the university’s brewing science lab, a fully equipped professional beverage manufacturing facility and advanced analytical beer chemistry lab.

ABOUT TOWN
1. As part of $400,000 in donations focused on addressing mental illness and mental health, Hannaford Supermarkets and the Hannaford Charitable Foundation provided $100,000 in funding to NAMI New Hampshire (National Alliance on Mental Illness).

THE BOTTOM LINE
Pete and Gerry’s CEO Jesse LaFlamme said the capital infusion will allow the company to accelerate its steady growth of the past decade, including helping the brand expand distribution across the country more quickly,...

The child care crisis
Since the pandemic, 52% of parents say that it’s been difficult to handle childcare responsibilities, up from just 38% pre-pandemic, according to the Pew Research Center.

Gender discrimination persists
Despite attention being drawn to the issue for nearly 50 years, there still exists a fundamental unfairness in how women are treated in employment environments that are either directly dominated by male senior management or at least influenced by the attitude,...

Stay, work, engage in NH politics
The state with the second-oldest population is struggling to hold on to millennials as they begin to reach ages of settling down and having children.

Leveling the marketing field
Have you ever become interested in starting a bold new initiative, decided to do it, and then said inwardly, “Wait, what did I really get myself into?” We’ve all been there.

Nonprofits prepare for NH Gives fundraising event
Donations for many New Hampshire nonprofits surged last year, thanks in particular to 2020’s NH Gives, an online event run by the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits that encourages Granite Staters to support their local nonprofits.

Congress: Think before you act
In preparing for a presentation on election reform proposals, I had the rather daunting task of reviewing the provisions of HR 1, the federal legislation which has passed the U.S. House on a party-line vote, and now is under consideration in the Senate.

Senate approves net metering increase for municipalities
“It’s been a long history with net metering,” said Sen. Jeb Bradley, a Wolfeboro Republican. He previously sponsored similar legislation that would have applied more broadly,...

Liberty Utilities angles for 20-year natural gas contract
In the wake of that failed proposal, Liberty has put forward another project that is now being considered by the Public Utilities Commission — a 20- year agreement to increase its natural gas capacity in the state by about 20-25% through a purchase agreement with Tennessee Gas Pipeline.

Mask-free in the 603: new CDC guidance for fully vaccinated employees
On May 13, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and White House announced that masks — with few exceptions — are no longer required for fully vaccinated individuals, indoors or outdoors.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Imagine getting to zero emissions by 2050 without big government spending and no new regulations. Not a fantasy — over 3,500 U.S. economists endorsed such a plan, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Why New Hampshire must step up on offshore wind
Last month’s celebration of Earth Day provided an opportunity to reflect upon how to build a stronger economic future for New Hampshire’s citizens based on a clean energy future.

Harm reduction programs can work in New Hampshire
After being hit early and hard by the overdose crisis, Governor Sununu signed Senate Bill 234 into law in 2017. This bill legalized needle exchanges. For the past three years,...

Dems’ national agenda goes against NH GOP principles
In April, much of America listened to President Biden’s first national address with much chagrin. What America heard was a president who doesn’t trust states’ rights,...

The Biden environmental agenda takes shape
On his first day in office, President Biden issued Executive Order 13990 entitled, “Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis,”...

NH Pro Bono to merge with referral center
“This is the single most significant change in the delivery of legal services for needy citizens in decades,” said George Moore, executive director of the New Hampshire Bar Association.

The exit (or stay) interview
In a March 21 article, the Society for Human Resource Management advised businesses to be prepared for a turnover “tsunami” once the pandemic ends. Research and consulting firm The Work Institute references pent-up turnover demand.

NH’s Largest Commercial Solar Projects
List includes projects that received Renewable Energy Fund rebates..

Should New Hampshire update its Fair Housing Law?
In March, the New Hampshire Senate voted unanimously to revise the state Fair Housing Law through Senate Bill 126. The bill is intended to win federal funding for housing discrimination investigations.

Housing bias website launched
The site, fairhousing-nh.org, provides information on housing protections and available resources. Combined with a social media campaign, the NHLA aims to raise awareness of fair housing challenges and help that is available to victims of housing discrimination.

Lonza Biologics plans another expansion
The company announced expansion plans for both its Portsmouth facility and its plant in Visp, Switzerland, in response to what it said is a growth in the biologics market,...

Monthly home sale price in NH soars again
The median sale price of a single-family home in New Hampshire jumped 17% in April, to $382,000, but that’s not the most eye-popping statistic — it rose $18,000 in a single month,...

CALENDAR
The presentation is illustrated with historic and recent photographs, as well as audio and video clips..

Q&A INTERVIEW
Under her leadership, the organization has been diversifying its real estate development activities to include developing affordable starter homes,...

THE LATEST
PhRMA, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, has awarded a grant of $2,000 to Salem High School’s FIRST Robotics Team,.

BIA hires new communications and policy director
In his new role, he will oversee public and media relations, member communications and participate in the BIA’s public policy advocacy efforts..

FLOTSAM&JETSAM
They’re convinced, apparently, that the guv – who won last time out over Dem Dan Feltes by over 30 points – is some kinda pol with superpowers who will be unbeatable,...