A recent WalletHub analysis studied each state with the best and worst early education systems, and New Hampshire was ranked as one of the worst, at No. 47. Key metrics taken into account were the share of school districts that offer a state pre-K program, number of pre-K quality benchmarks met and total reported spending per child enrolled in pre-K. When it comes to resources and economic support (which includes head start program spending, monthly child care fees and state spending), New Hampshire ranked the worst at No. 51.

IN another WalletHub study that ranked the states with the best and worst healthcare systems, New Hampshire ranked high at No. 11. However, New Hampshire ranked low at No. 50 as having the lowest percentage of medical residents retained.

ADVISORSMITH analyzed U.S. cities where employer-provided health insurance premiums were highest, and Manchester ranked at No. 13, with an average cost of $12,000 per employee. Boston, Mass., came in at No. 4, with a $13,000 average cost per employee.

FROM April 2021 to March 2022, 60 percent of workers switching jobs saw an increase in their real earnings over the same month the previous year, despite inflation, based on findings from the Pew Research Center. Among workers who remained with the same employer, 47 percent experienced an increase in real earnings.

ACCORDING to a recent Pew Research Center survey, twothirds (67 percent) of Americans support providing incentives to increase the use of electric and hybrid vehicles. Forty-two percent of Americans say they would be very or somewhat likely to seriously consider purchasing an electric vehicle the next time they’re looking for a new car. Forty-five percent say they would be not too or not at all likely to do this, while 13 percent say they do not plan to purchase a vehicle in the future.