NH’s obligation at heart of school-funding case
This was the second time the parties have squared off before Ruoff. The district first filed suit in 2019.

GreenPages returns to New Hampshire
“This is a new chapter for GreenPages,” said Ron Dupler, its CEO of 19 years, at an April 26 ribbon-cutting at the new facility.

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NHFPI policy memo: House budget plan seeks to address workforce shortage
New Hampshire’s labor force shortage has become more severe since the Covid-19 crisis, and the number of residents working or looking for work remains lower than before the pandemic.

New building to house Colby-Sawyer College’s nursing program
The project is moving forward in spite of a steep escalation in costs since the private New London college announced the project last year.

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OSHA fines Keene company more than $18K in employee’s death last year
The records cite the corresponding regulations, and include the initial and settled fines to the company, but don’t otherwise elaborate on OSHA’s findings.

NHBCA announces winners of the 39th Annual Arts Awards
The companies were honored for supporting arts and culture through donations of time, funds and resources to benefit their communities, individual artists and arts organizations in and around New Hampshire.

IN BRIEF
ROCHESTER: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has fined Frisbie Memorial Hospital $102,660 after determining it was not in compliance with federal price transparency requirements.

TAKE 5
In Manchester, the median student debt is $20,724, with earnings of bachelor-degree holders averaging $56,173.

Friends of NH Drug Courts expands its reach
The Friends of New Hampshire Drug Courts is expanding its services to participants in the federal drug treatment program known as the LASER docket.

Report highlights statewide EMS strain
“Two-thirds of respondents to the survey said that low reimbursement rates by Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance companies are a ‘major contributor’ to the EMS challenges in New Hampshire,” the report states.

Nashua health club owner indicted on Covid relief fraud
According to the U.S. attorney’s office, although Dispensa had only one gym, he applied for CARES Act relief for two different corporate entities.

ABOUT TOWN
1. Architecture, engineering and construction management firm PROCON has received an Excellence in Construction Eagle Award and National Design-Build Award for their design-build project of the Tufts University Joyce Cummings Center in Medford, Mass.

THE BOTTOM LINE
Defense contractor C/A Design Inc. has site plan approval for the construction of a 40,000-square-foot addition to a former industrial building in Exeter.

‘Off the cliff’
The population most adversely affected by the low hourly wage are Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) folks and women.

Planning your exit strategy
Business owners should have a road map in place long before they actually leave.

As public health emergency ends, here’s what’s changing
End to pandemic assistance, rules mean some major changes for hospitals, individuals.

Building deeper relationships
“Leadership is not about you, but it starts with you,“ observes Gary Burnison, CEO of Korn Ferry.

How would proposed EPA power plant rules affect NH?
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed new rules for power plants last week that would set emissions limits for carbon dioxide from power plants.

Nonprofits right now
In respect to the largest parts of the sector, healthcare and higher education, the report is mixed.

What employers should know about Medicaid impacts
After end of Covid emergency, affected employees could be turning to work-for-coverage options

Medicaid expansion vital to health, corrections systems
Helen Hanks of Tilton is commissioner of the NH Department of Corrections. Lisa Madden, president and CEO of Riverbend, lives in Litchfield. Cynthia Whitaker, president and CEO of Greater Nashua Mental Health, lives in Weare.

Data, data everywhere, not a civic habit to be developed
Data. A word synonymous with informed and sound decision-making. Seemingly every reputable organization leans on carefully curated datasets to inform their minor and major decisions.

Nurse practitioners support the role of the FDA
Joyce Cappiello, APRN, lives in Barrington; Nancy Wilson, APRN (retired), lives in Concord; and Sarah Bay, APRN, lives in Peterborough.

Cybersecurity solutions can protect your assets
Maintaining top-notch cybersecurity systems to protect a company’s most critical IT and digital infrastructure and data is a given in the Granite State and everywhere else.

New power line planned to run from Quebec through NH
National Grid is applying to be part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Transmission Facilitation Program, which is trying to build more large-scale projects.

Eversource acquires Consolidated NH utility poles
With the agreement, the utility said it is now responsible for the maintenance of an additional 175,393 utility pole “equivalents” across all 10 counties in the state.

How NH businesses can take action in fighting climate change
We are approaching a tipping point, and it is now far too late to entertain any serious doubt as to the potential drastic effects of climate change caused primarily by emissions of greenhouse gases from fossil fuel combustion.

PUC approves Unitil plan for Kingston solar array
The NH Public Utilities Commission has approved a plan from the utility company Unitil to build a solar array in Kingston — one the company says would be the largest in the state.

Zoning atlas puts New Hampshire’s municipal housing barriers on display
“Local zoning barriers do impede economic growth statewide,” said Ben Frost, deputy executive director and chief legal officer at the New Hampshire Housing Finance Agency.

Pinkerton Academy plans new building
An aging building at Pinkerton Academy is set to be replaced by a new, three-story structure that will add classrooms and offer additional spaces to support other Pinkerton programs.

McIntyre building to be sold at auction
The city had tried for years to acquire the property for $1 through the National Park Service’s Historic Monument Program, working with their private development partners, Redgate/Kane.

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Q&A INTERVIEW
NH Business Review reached out to Michael Goldberg, a University of New Hampshire professor of economics, for his insights about the impact of a debt default.

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FLOTSAM&JETSAM
Say what you will about the guv’s running-for-prez posturing, but three recent moves he’s made, while seemingly unconnected, speak volumes.