Medicare changes in NH roil senior health market
Medicare recipients enter disruptive enrollment period as insurance carriers have changed plans, exited certain counties or decided to leave the state altogether
Government
Percentage of low-income families receiving school vouchers dropped since start of EFA program
More New Hampshire families that don’t qualify as low-income are receiving publicly funded school vouchers to pay for private, religious and homeschooling expenses through the state’s Education Freedom Account program.
EPA assessment of Seacoast Superfund site finds ‘unacceptable added risk’ from PFAS
Some surface waters and associated wetlands near a Seacoast Superfund site have an “unacceptable added risk” from accidental ingestion, according to a new risk assessment from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Q&A: NH Department of Business and Economic Affairs Commissioner Taylor Caswell
As commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs, Taylor Caswell is charged with attracting new businesses to the Granite State and helping them navigate roadblocks.
City ups offer, moves closer to agreement with Eighty Eight Coffee owners over eminent domain
Eighty Eight Coffee Co.'s property is being taken under eminent domain and marked for demolition as part of the Cemetery Brook Tunnel Project
Federal court gives mixed signals in free speech case over parents protesting transgender athletes
The lawsuit, brought in part by the conservative legal group Institute for Free Speech, touches on a topic that has divided and animated state lawmakers this year: the eligibility of transgender girls to participate in girls’ sports
Juvet, 25-year policy leader at BIA, to retire this month
David Juvet, senior vice president of public policy for the Business & Industry Association, will retire this October after 25 years with New Hampshire’s statewide chamber of commerce. Juvet has implemented and guided the legislative and public policy agenda of the BIA, the state’s largest nonpartisan business advocate, over the past three decades.
Officials in Keene, Rindge eye impact of short-term rentals
Officials in Rindge are considering adjusting town zoning rules to address community concerns about short-term rentals such as Airbnbs
NH Realtor group won’t endorse but is keeping eye on 2024 election
What the candidates for governor are saying about housing
Beyond the border
New Hampshire employers turn to guest workers to address labor shortage
