Discriminatory lending persists
Editor’s note: This article is another installment of “Invisible Walls,” an ongoing joint project of the Granite State News Collaborative, NH Business Review,...

Despite pandemic, workers’ comp claims didn’t spike
An essential and overworked counselor at Hampshire House, a Manchester halfway house run by the Boston-based Community Resources for Justice,...

Home sales slow in January, but median price still hovers near $400k
As usual, the problem was not the lack of buyers but a lack of sellers. Those homes that do go on sale are on the market for an average of 33 days.

Sununu launches cryptocurrency commission
“It’s complex. It’s very interesting,” said Sununu during the state’s Covid-19 press conference. “A lot of people are buying and selling it on the market,...

Report ties low immigrant population to tech workforce shortage
In New Hampshire, this growth is more important. That’s because the state is sixth in the percentage (10.3 percent) of the number of employed workers in tech,...

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CONCORD
CONCORD: Housing supply across the state increased by an estimated 4,446 units in 2020, which is 37 fewer than the year before,...

SBDC, Tech Alliance offer free cybersecurity reviews
The NH Small Business Development Center and NH Tech Alliance have jointly announced a new program to offer free individualized cybersecurity reviews and education to businesses with up to 500 employees.

Stay Work Play unveils 2022 legislative priorities
Affordable housing, child care, preserving outdoor recreation opportunities and working toward diversity, equity and inclusion are at the top of the legislative agenda of Stay Work Play,...

TAKE 5
56 percent of employers miss out on a new hire because they didn’t allow enough schedule flexibility (40 percent),...

Gunstock rolls out first phase of master plan with hotel
The so-called Eastside phase of Gunstock’s overall master plan would entail installation of a new high-speed detachable quad chairlift to the summit of Gunstock Mountain,...

THE BOTTOM LINE
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Concord by Debra Jackson, a New York consumer who purchased the boots online,...

ABOUT TOWN
1. Alene Candles, a full-service contract and private-label home fragrance manufacturer,...

Reframing hierarchy
An odd convention has fixed itself into the career psyche. It involves a widespread practice that when a worker has demonstrated specialized competency and efficiency over a period of time,...

The RNG opportunity
RNG, as it’s called, transforms emissions from waste in landfills, water treatment plants, organic waste, even cow manure,...

Are you engaged in your work?
According to the 2021 Gallup workplace survey, only 34 percent of American workers are engaged in their work, and 16 percent are actively disengaged.

Cannabis as a workplace accommodation? Yes, says court
Cannabis use is a vexing subject among workplace law enthusiasts. On the one hand,...

The Paine case’s effects on business
• Engage in an individualized interactive process whenever an employee requests a reasonable accommodation,...

A politically bankrupt RNC
By these definitions, the Republican National Committee, ostensibly the national governing body of one of the great political parties of the United States, is bankrupt.

Bill would allow paralegals to represent clients in court
The bill’s sponsor, Representative Ned Gordon, R-Bristol, began his testimony at the Jan. 26 hearing of the House Judiciary Committee by reminding the panel that until the 1980s,...

Banks say HUD data only tells part of the story
If information like debt-to-income ratio, collateral, credit history, credit scores and cash for down payment were available, more meaningful comparisons would be possible.

Short-term rentals mandate is not right for NH
We are a group of city and town officials from all over New Hampshire with something in common: All of us are dealing with the effects of shortterm rental properties.

Opposing local broadband projects is anti-competitive
A lot of hard work, political capital and local and federal funding has been committed to improving the latter, resulting in the launch of broadband service in Bristol this past fall.

Nonpartisan redistricting maps are possible
Redistricting should result in voting districts where elected officials represent the everyday concerns of their voters.

Immunization registry helps keep NH healthy
The immunization registry is a tested and standard tool that provides critical information on vaccinations for use in monitoring immunization programs,...

How to fix a broken Site Evaluation Committee
The NH Site Evaluation Committee, which has the crucial responsibility for determining precisely where large-scale energy facilities may be located in the state,...

PUC does an about-face on energy-efficiency
According to the Feb. 10 order, the commission changed course because of the consumer advocate’s recent appeal before the NH Supreme Court,...

Is PUC’s reversal on grid modernization an ‘epic fail’?
The system responsible for delivering electricity to your door is old — dating back about a century. The architects of that system weren’t thinking about rooftop solar,...

How contractors can deal with supply chain issues
Early manufacturing lockdowns and a downturn in the economy caused labor pools to shrink and material production to slow.

BEA project seeks to address housing needs
Under the initiative the state’s nine regional planning commissions will study the trends and challenges affecting housing in the state,...

Newport Beach
Newport Beach, Calif.-based Provender Partners, a food-related industrial buildings investor, has acquired two Class A cold storage warehouses totaling approximately 316,000 square feet in Londonderry,...

Yankee Clipper Inn sold in North Conway
The Yankee Clipper Inn, one of the first motels built in North Conway,...

Housing shortage is hurting businesses’ ability to attract workers
The state’s housing situation has gotten so tight that businesses almost have to be real estate agents for new employees,...

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Q&A INTERVIEW
The award-winning outdoor gear design and manufacturing company NEMO Equipment will celebrate its 20th anniversary in April.

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Franklin Pierce School of Law welcomes back dean
Carpenter, who joined the institution in 2017, is also a tenured professor there.

FLOTSAM&JETSAM
Not for nothing, but a curious thing has been taking place down at the US-Mexico border.