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
Government
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
A nurse in Guatemala can earn nearly five times more in the U.S. as a hotel housekeeper
In her home country of Guatemala, Suni Hernandez is a nurse. Yet she works in Concord keeping lobbies, hallways and other common areas of a hotel tidy.
AG subpoenas Ossipee Main Street's Clarke
The Attorney General’s Office is investigating whether Lynn Clarke “went rogue” when she sued the town on behalf of the Ossipee Revitalization Group over its plans to demolish a building
ACLU files lawsuit against new voter registration law, the second in two weeks
ACLU argues HB 1569 is unconstitutional, as it will create hurdles that could stop lawful residents and citizens from registering to vote
Housing is big in NH governor race — and Ayotte and Craig both have skin in the game
With the cost of buying or renting a home in New Hampshire more expensive than ever, affordable housing is a top issue in state political races this year
