Legislative session 2017: How did business groups do?
Interests ran the gamut from tax cuts to online lottery sales
Author: Bob Sanders
Governor signs New Hampshire ‘joint employment’ bill into law
Measure aims to define employer-employee relationship at franchises
Meredith couple brings doughnuts to White House
Take part in Trump’s ‘Made in America’ event
Sununu’s first veto upholds zoning board procedures
Measure would set statewide requirements for variance votes
Controversial clean energy bill becomes law without governor’s signature
Measure seeks to boost wood, solar industries
NH solar industry’s big boost
PUC ruling on net metering should spur projects
New Hampshire bankruptcies edge up from a year ago
But only one business filed for bankruptcy in June
Pittsburgh-based firm to buy NH’s Globe Manufacturing
$215 million acquisition offers ‘major opportunities for growth’
Minuteman switch should mean more competition in New Hampshire
As a for-profit health insurer, firm plans to offer plans to large employers
PUC decision seen as a big boost to NH solar industry
Elimination of net metering cap should spur larger projects
Q&A with Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley
‘I do believe that you can protect the environment while you have reasonable economic growth,’ says Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley.
NH’s economic heat wave
Businesses sweat out workforce needs
Tax cuts, energy policy changes at stake in NH budget votes
Senate, House to weigh in on budget compromise, accompanying policy changes
New Hampshire home sales fall in May as prices rise
Inventory continues to drop, but new listings show some life
Planet Fitness targets 'dad bods'
Hampton-based franchise passes 10 million-member mark in first quarter
New Hampshire’s labor shortage unabated
Pay hikes are minuscule as unemployment remains below 3 percent
Ruger issues recall of new Mark IV pistol
Company launches voluntary recall all guns made before June 1
House easily passes biomass industry-backed energy bill
Measure goes to Senate as BIA urges governor to veto it
New Hampshire business bankruptcies drop in May
But individual filings rise slightly
New co-CEO takes helm at former Performance Sports Group
‘Absolutely we are not moving’ from New Hampshire, he says
Senate budget shoots for more business tax cuts, higher Section 179 deduction cap
This week’s vote also would increase infrastructure, school spending and shuffle state agencies
SHOP health insurance marketplace on the chopping block
ACA insurance portal for small business has failed to gain traction in New Hampshire
New Trump budget proposal spells out business assistance cuts
At least a dozen programs benefiting NH companies face elimination, with reductions for even more
Q&A with Office of Energy and Planning Director Myles Matteson
Governor Sununu picked Myles Matteson to head the state Office of Energy and Planning, with the goal of restructuring it as the Office of Strategic Initiative, a kind of government think tank.
NH airport funding stalled over jet fee debate
Cost to house aircraft in state dwarfs neighboring Mass.
Senate measure would tie municipal hands on Airbnb rules
Inspections would be made more difficult under last-minute amendment
Statewide expansion of Coos tax break goes to governor’s desk
Measure offers property tax exemption for new commercial/industrial construction
GDP data shows NH ‘getting our groove back’
State’s economy grew by 3 percent in 2016, among fastest-growing in nation
Tax credit plan would be a giant leap for NH
But $60 million proposal raises a lot of questions
NH House panel shelves long-term power deal legislation
Committee votes to retain measure that would have allowed Eversource deal with Hydro-Quebec
Shareholders win a round in suit against GTAT
Judge won’t dismiss class action over failed Apple deal
New Hampshire bankruptcy filings fall in April
24 percent drop from March and 15 percent lower than a year ago
Bottomline Technologies continues making strides to the cloud
Portsmouth firm reports continued growth in subscription solutions
Financial woes threaten Seacoast assisted living facility
Sanctuary at Rye declares bankruptcy, awaits decision on sale
The budget and the bottom line
Trump cuts could hit businesses across NH
Report ranks NH Community College System least affordable in the nation
University System doesn’t fare much better
Connection accepts trade off for greater market share
Sales increase 17 percent in first quarter, but profits drop 18 percent
Lumber tariff raises uncertainty in already volatile market
NH builders foresee rising home building costs
Biweekly pay bill awaits governor’s signature
NH Senate OKs measure that eliminates requirement of a state waiver
Bankruptcy trustee files $1 billion suit against two ex-GTAT executives
Former CEO, COO ignored employee warnings, misled board, suit charges
Are long-term power deals a bad deal for ratepayers?
NH House panel examines bill that could allow utilities to enter them
What’s the next step in state budget puzzle?
Without House budget plan, focus now turns to Senate
Revenue estimates throw cold water on newly proposed business tax cuts
DRA says bill’s further reductions in BPT, BET would cost $106 million
At NH House committee hearing, jobs become focus of key energy bill
Biomass industry turns out in force to support measure
After years of turmoil, town seizes USA Springs property
Nottingham takes site of proposed controversial water bottling plant
After NH House punts on budget, what’s the next step?
Business organizations now focus attention on Senate
NH House to take up new low-income job training program
Granite Workforce initiative has already passed the Senate
Energy-efficiency funding targeted in NH House budget measure
Companion bill would rebate 20 percent of Renewable Energy Fund to ratepayers
Number of NH bankruptcy filings jumped in March
Five business filings reported for month
Bill that would allow Eversource-Hydro-Quebec deal wins approval
NH Senate OKs measure that would let PUC consider power purchase agreements
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Luring medical residents to train, and stay, in New Hampshire
Educational institutions and hospitals are taking steps to help alleviate New Hampshire’s primary care doctor shortage by trying to expand the pipeline of doctors to help replace those who are leaving.
Critical Condition: Are primary care doctors becoming a vanishing breed in New Hampshire?
It’s getting harder for patients to find a doctor as wait times and barriers to access grow
Saint Anselm College dedicates $35 million nursing school building
Meet Samii, the mannequin who is bedridden in the AI Simulation Lab, one of the drawing cards to the new $32 million home of the Jean School of Nursing and Health Sciences at Saint Anselm College.
Derry, Salem methadone clinics under investigation
Two for-profit methadone clinics in Derry and Salem are under investigation as part of a statewide initiative looking into unnecessary barriers patients might face when seeking treatment for opioid addiction.
BASC maintains position as leader in outpatient surgeries
Bedford Ambulatory Surgical Center (BASC) has added a powerful new tool to its orthopedic suite: endoscopic spine surgery.
Cairn Surgical receives ISO certification for tumor detection technology
Lebanon company’s breast cancer locator won the nh tech alliance’s product of the year in 2021
Novo Nordisk cuts 2025 sales and profit forecast amid obesity drug challenges
Novo Nordisk has lowered its full-year 2025 sales and operating profit forecasts due to weaker-than-expected growth in its key obesity and diabetes drugs, the Danish drugmaker announced Tuesday. Novo Nordisk employs more than 400 people at its West Lebanon, NH, location.
Cairn Surgical receives ISO certification for tumor detection technology
Cairn Surgical Inc., which is developing technology designed to make breast cancer surgery more precise, has received ISO 13485:2016 certification for the quality management system associated with the its Breast Cancer Locator System, the Lebanon company announced Thursday.
Disrupting the patient care model
Two local doctors are working with an independent provider to increase contact time
