New Hampshire Business Review - March-16 2018

March 16, 2018

NH Business Review Staff

A period of transitions

Brad Cook,

Remembering the impactful lives of several influential people

Is retail becoming a relic?

Ron Bourque,

To survive, brick-and-mortar stores should make it easier and more pleasant for customers

We don’t kill industries

Jordan Bean,

But millennials are creating change through new mindset, lifestyle and purchasing patterns

Don’t shortchange SLRP

Tess Stack Kuenning,

Why it’s essential to increase funding for the State Loan Repayment Program for health care providers

Northern Pass rejection is another sign of NH NIMBYs

William Murray,

The term “going the distance,” usually associated with making progress, takes on a different meaning after New Hampshire officials moved to block a plan that would have allowed transmission lines to traverse the Granite State and bring more than 1,000…

Why do you wish to see more children killed?

NH Business Review Staff,

To the editor: I just read the March 2-15 edition and observed much verbosity and rocks being thrown about guns with very few facts involved in a most of the paper. So why does NHBR wish to see more children…

The SEC’s ‘lazy’ Northern Pass ruling

NH Business Review Staff,

To the editor: New Hampshire is CLOSED for Business Over the last few months there has been a lot of attention focused on New Hampshire’s bid for an Amazon facility, and an effort to portray New Hampshire as a great…

New Hampshire’s impeachment crisis of 2000

David Steelman, John Cerullo,

Fallout from the move in 2000 to oust Chief Justice David Brock reverberates to this day

Hiring and documentation

Beth A. Deragon,

Take time to know the DOL requirements when taking on a new employee

Q&A with former VA Secretary Bob McDonald

Jeff Feingold,

Bob McDonald, former chairman, president and CEO of Procter & Gamble and Veterans Affairs secretary under President Obama, will be the keynote speaker at the March 28 forum, ‘The Real Cost to Business: the Mental Health and Addiction Crisis.’

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Gather

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Legislative committee signs off on NH housing program repeal

Legislature also wrestles with the Business and Enterprise Tax, which has a direct effect on state revenues, and as it looks at how Meals and Rental Tax revenue is distributed and whether there should be an additional “Pillow Tax” on rentals

Franklin VNA & Hospice

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Legislative committee votes to repeal NH 'Housing Champions'

A state-run program that encourages communities to add much needed housing in New Hampshire, already defunded in the current budget, is on the precipice of disappearing altogether. The House Committee on Housing voted 10-8 on Jan. 20 to repeal the so-called Housing Champions program administered by the NH Department of Business and Economic Affairs.

Family Promise of Southern New Hampshire

Our mission is to End Homelessness, One Family at a Time. Our vision is to equip families with the tools and skills they need to rise from housing insecurity to self-sufficiency; from crisis to sustainable lifestyles that include secure housing, successful careers and financial security.