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N.H.’s MTBE settlement cache: $136m and counting

Bob Sanders,

As the ExxonMobil trial winds down, it’s still not clear what the state’s going to do with the windfall

Jobless benefits for business starters clears Senate hurdle

Bob Sanders,

Should a laid-off worker be able to turn down a job and still collect unemployment benefits because he or she is starting a business? That was the question sparked by Senate Bill 142, the latest “pathway to work” program, which…

Proposed high-end casino threatens the big business that is charitable gaming in N.H.

Bob Sanders,

But proposed high-end casino would decimate their industry, say operators

CDFA seeks increase in tax credit program

Bob Sanders,

The tax credit offered through the Community Development Finance Authority has a problem. It's too popular.

Ayotte measure seeks to make Internet tax ban permanent

Kathleen Callahan,

U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte is introducing legislation that would permanently stop the government from imposing new taxes on Internet access.

Shaheen backs bill to boost H-1B visa cap

Kathleen Callahan,

U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is co-sponsoring new legislation that would nearly double the number of visas and green cards that are set aside annually for highly skilled immigrants who work in science and technology.

House panel weighs giving a boost to charitable gaming

Bob Sanders,

While some lawmakers grapple over whether to let a full-fledged casino operate in the state, about a dozen "casinos without slot machines" -- as House Ways and Means Committee Chair Rep. Susan Almy, D-Lebanon, describes much of charitable gaming --…

House panel hears minimum wage hike proposals

Bob Sanders,

Lago's Ice Cream in Rye would have to increase the price of a cone by a quarter and sell thousands more of them to get the money to pay its teenage crew the 75 cents an hour more required by the most conservative of the three minimum wage bills proposed this year, estimated Steve Grenier, the owner of the business, at a hearing held Tuesday before the House Labor Committee.

BIA readies release of new 'Blue Book'

NH Business Review Staff,

The "Blue Book" -- the legislative directory that has had an almost Bible-like reputation among State House denizens for more than three decades -- will be coming out in mid-February with a new owner, a new publisher, an online edition, and packed with more information than before.