The economic, social impacts of state’s housing crisis
Editor’s note: This article is derived from the first edition of the NH Fiscal Policy Institute’s “New Hampshire Policy Points,”...

ESG finds a home in the insurance industry
Insurers identify and price risks, of which the most significant are the effects of climate change.

Fraud cases declined in NH, but dollar loss rose
Newly released data from the Federal Trade Commission reveals cases of fraud in New Hampshire are on the decline, but the amount of money victims are losing is on the rise..

Wages in NH can’t keep pace with inflation
It might be good news to inflation fighters when employees’ wages are showing signs of stagnation, but it isn’t so great for the workers.

Do-not-eat listing draws lawsuit from Maine lobster industry
The U.S. lobster industry brought about 98 million pounds of lobster to the docks last year.

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Superfund site cleanup to pave way for big apartment complex in Nashua
Once the site has been fully remediated, Thorndike Development will purchase the property and build a 546-unit residential housing community, consisting of a mix of condos and apartments.

Should NH put responsibility on manufacturers for waste impacts?
Extended producer responsibility, or EPR, shifts the financial burdens related to waste management away from state and local governments and back onto product manufacturers.

IN BRIEF
MANCHESTER: Girls at Work, a nonprofit that offers services and resources to empower young girls with tools, is expanding their space in the Manchester Millyard by 1,500 square feet.

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most federally dependent states — those who receive the most in financial aid such as grants and return on taxes — New Hampshire ranked at No. 23..

NH Sustainability Awards presented
NH Businesses for Social Responsibility celebrated the efforts of the state’s environmentally and socially conscious businesses at its 23rd annual NH Sustainability Awards event March 8 at Southern New Hampshire University.

ABOUT TOWN
1. Merrimack County Savings Bank has supported Concord’s annual 1883 Black Ice Pond Hockey Championship, which took place March 17 to 19, with an $8,000 sponsorship.

THE BOTTOM LINE
Saad Development Company, of Mobile, Ala., is seeking city approval to build a 6,000-square-foot facility for storing, delivery and distribution of Frito-Lay products.

‘An opportunity to do the right thing’
In November, Broderick was appointed as a neutral, independent administrator of the $100 million YDC Settlement Fund created by the state legislature last year.

Advocates: Limiting police use of Sununu Center will hurt kids
There are also questions about whether the bill would increase the number of juveniles per staff member and impact the Sununu Youth Services Center’s budget.

Aroma Joe’s continues to expand in New England
America may run on Dunkin’, but New Hampshire runs on Aroma Joe’s, whose 42nd location just opened in Belmont, tying with the number of Starbucks locations in the Granite State.

Additional air services provider weighed at Pease
“Fixed-base operator” is the term given to a company that provides aeronauticalrelated services — fuel, hangars, de-icing and luggage handling as examples — at an airport.

Holloway memories, DeSantis report
Paul Holloway and his wife, Anna Grace, have left a huge mark on their adopted state, for which we all should be eternally grateful.

We’re more than checklists
Back in 2009, a well-received book was published, “The Checklist Manifesto,” by Atul Gawande, a surgeon, author and public health researcher.

Housing funds a new piece of Sununu’s budget puzzle
A piece of Gov. Chris Sununu’s proposed $14.9 billion budget plan reinforces the need to address the current housing shortage in New Hampshire.

SEO for real
When content is valuable, it naturally attracts links and engagement, which ultimately boosts its search engine rankings.

Shame on the Fed – and shame on us
On March 10, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took control of Silicon Valley Bank. Two days later, it shut down Signature Bank.

Reviewing the Rodriquez case on its 50th anniversary
In the Rodriguez case, the plaintiffs sought equal funding for equal effort to overcome race-based financial discrimination in schools.

A call to men on equal pay
Although American girls were long relegated to second-class status when it came to education, recent generations have increasingly excelled in school.

A state of crisis: in-home care in New Hampshire
The root cause of this problem is that caregivers in New Hampshire are grossly underpaid resulting in a significant workforce shortage.

Frisbie plan OKd to move baby deliveries to Ports.
Frisbie has now become the 11th New Hampshire hospital since 2000 to shut down labor and delivery units, most of them in the northern and central parts of the state.

Dartmouth Health staff and Rwandan partners collaborate on gastrointestinal health
In a recent interview, Dr. Vincent Dusabejambo reported that 30 percent of patients in the East African nation of Rwanda have gastrointestinal complaints.

Dartmouth Cancer Center researchers develop process for quicker gene analysis
“Whole exome sequencing, when applied in a clinical setting, is a game changer for the entire Dartmouth Health system,” says Gregory J. Tsongalis, medical director of CGAT.

Northeast Delta Dental’s dental loan repayment program makes first awards
In 2022, Northeast Delta Dental funded the dental student loan repayment program to attract and retain more dentists in Northern New England.

Small business workplace transformations
The days of professionals commuting to brick-and-mortar buildings every day are quickly going the way of pay phones and fax machines.

A matter of public health and safety
A bill pending in the New Hampshire legislature would remove the licensing requirement for landscape architects in New Hampshire.

Privacy in the workplace
Make security cameras exposed and easily seen, including by posting conspicuous signs, either next to cameras or elsewhere in the workplace, indicating that the employer implements video surveillance.

Landlords’ right to restrain tenant transfer rights
As business needs change, a tenant may have excess space that could be sublet to generate income to offset the lease expense.

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In 2002, Sarra Dennehy Lynch’s political career came to a standstill when her son, Liam, was born with Down syndrome.

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