NH bankruptcy filings dip year over year in February
But drop from rough January is big
Author: Bob Sanders
The public’s business: On the NH legislative agenda for the coming week
Minimum wage, energy, labor bills face key votes
NH House votes to roll back business tax cuts, establish capital gains levy
Parties spar over ‘fairness’ of proposed changes
Is a minimum wage hike in the state’s future?
House bills draw little opposition at hearing
NH House backs allowing local rooms tax
Municipalities would be allowed to add $2 per night to cost of hotel room
Full NH House OKs paid family and medical leave plan
Governor’s voluntary plan hits snag as deadline for vendor requests is delayed
BIA voices opposition to paid family and medical leave
After keeping mum on the issue, organization faults ‘mandatory program’ at NH House panel hearing
Unrealized election ‘uptick’ drops Ruger revenue in 2018
But CEO says ‘things on political front’ could revive demand
The public’s business: On the NH Legislature’s agenda for the coming week
Family and medical leave, business tax cuts coming up for votes in House
NH Senate OKs ban on noncompete clauses for low-wage workers
Bill would cover people earning less than twice the minimum wage
Minimum wage hike draws little opposition at House hearing
Three bills seek increases ranging from $10 to $15 an hour
NH House votes to require court involvement in foreclosure process
Contentious bill survives eight votes before approval
NH Senate panel weighs competing association health plan bills
Business groups urge adoption of measure allowing them to be formed in the state
Employee rights measures easily pass NH House
Ban on asking criminal or salary history, new rules for temp agencies head to Senate
The public’s business: The NH Legislature’s agenda for the coming week
Among the legislation: minimum wage, prescriptions drugs, carbon tax, gambling
Is ‘year of family leave’ dawning in NH?
Initiatives gain momentum as measures move forward
Democratic Legislature can find some common ground in governor’s budget, but only some
Points of contention include business taxes, family and medical leave plan
Connection reports a healthy 2018
Revenue rose 6.6 percent, earnings up 7.6 percent for the year
NH House labor panel green-lights family and medical leave bill
Measure heads to House floor next week
Construction industry, unions duel over state prevailing wage bill
NH Senate measure targets all state public works projects
NH House panel votes to jettison latest business tax cuts
Ways and Means also OKs measure to tax capital gains
The public’s business: On the NH Legislature's schedule this week
Establishing a family and medical leave program, business tax cuts rollback on the agenda
Widespread support voiced for a state affordable housing fund
Senate Finance Committee hears a range of arguments for setting up permanent support for initiative
2019 starts with sharp rise in New Hampshire bankruptcy filings
159 individuals and businesses filed for protection in January
Brookstone bankruptcy plan goes to court on Wednesday
Unsecured creditors in line to get some 20% of what they’re owned
On party-line vote, NH Senate OKs boost in job training funds
Money would be tripled for programs
Shaking off the shutdown
New Hampshire gets a taste of how reliant its economy is on the federal government
Paid family leave proposal makes its NH Senate debut
Business organizations offer limited, and muted, opposition
NH Senate bills set rules for association health plans
Republican, Democratic measures lay groundwork for more businesses to participate
NH Senate to vote on Dems’ job training proposal
Package contains boost in funding, cut in unemployment tax rate
Q&A with New Hampshire Senate President Donna Soucy
NH Senate President Donna Soucy sees freezing the business profits tax rate at 7.9 percent as a way of providing localities with some property tax relief.
House panel starts review of business tax changes
Almy defends bill that would bring BPT rate back up to 8.5%
Planet Fitness among top 10 franchises on Entrepreneur list
New Hampshire-based company hits No. 7 in Franchise 500
What’s on the 2019 legislative agenda?
Key focus areas: taxes, minimum wage, workforce
White Mountains buys stake in insurance startup co-founded by ex-board member
To avoid conflict, director has stepped down from seat
New Hampshire House panel votes down Housing Appeals Board plan
But backers see Senate as ‘best course’ for developer-backed proposal
House panel weighs changing New Hampshire’s foreclosure process
Bill would require court involvement ‘to level the playing field’ for homeowners
New Hampshire House, Senate bills pave the way for sports betting
Proposals follow U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 decision
Soucy seeks to up New Hampshire minimum wage to $10 an hour
Senate president’s proposal would be a flexible ‘starting wage’
Sununu’s inaugural address sets his own business agenda
Meanwhile, a Democratic Legislature prepares to advance policies introduced last session
Appointment of House committee chairs signal shift in legislative agenda
Obamacare, business profits tax likely to be at forefront of Democratic House’s lineup
NH Senate Democratic agenda includes rollback of business tax cuts
Legislative proposals also include minimum wage hike, family and medical leave program
New Hampshire ends 2018 with 4.2 percent drop in bankruptcies
144 total filings recorded in December
Economically, it’s still sunny in New Hampshire
But trade war, workforce shortage are looming clouds on the horizon
Key House Democrat wants to end BPT rate reductions
But BET rate would still be headed down under her proposal
Q&A with House Speaker Steve Shurtleff
The House speaker should “try to work for the common good for the whole body and work to bring people together,” says Democrat Steve Shurtleff, the newly elected speaker.
New Hampshire rep seeks to revive ‘right to repair’ bill
Measure would require manufacturers to share product info with customers, third-party repair shops
New Hampshire rep seeks rooms and meals tax on short-term rentals
While Airbnb collects the tax for the state, its rivals don’t
Germany takes over as New Hampshire’s top trade partner
Saudi Arabia moves up to No. 6 after surge in arms sales from Granite State
November stats show slowing New Hampshire real estate market
Sales fall as prices, interest rates rise
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State revenue got a helpful one-time shot in the arm. Now what?
Analysts fear that once it’s gone for the remainder of the fiscal year, overall revenue will lag unless other accounts, which have been underperforming to date, pick up the pace
State of the City: Mayor urges focus on long term
Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais delivered his State of the City on Tuesday, Feb. 10, framing a path to the city’s future through the lens of history. His speech, at times rapid-fire and metrics-driven and at others raised to the passionate, oratorial tone of a secular civic sermon, addressed a standing-room-only crowd of business and civic leaders at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College.
Lower interest rates pushed by White House likely won’t help NH home prices
The issue here in New Hampshire remains as it has been for many months: lack of supply that forces the hand of higher prices
Housing Champions repeal pits Legislature against governor
According to housing advocate groups, the champions program is doing exactly what it set out to do: reward communities that are taking steps to build more housing
Guardrails, not barriers
NH Tech Alliance task force maps AI in New Hampshire
Tax amnesty
There are no magic wands in tax disputes, but the current New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration (DRA) tax amnesty program is about as close as it gets.
State lawmakers deny Nashua funding to buy Daniel Webster College site
The state Senate Finance Committee voted along party lines January 13 against a bill that would give Nashua $20 million to purchase the former site of Daniel Webster College. Four Republicans voted in favor and two Democrats against.
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
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.
