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New Hampshire has the highest average three-year median household income of all states in the country, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The state also leads the country with a 5.7 percent increase in income between 2005 and…

The value of contracts for future residential and nonbuilding construction in New Hampshire increased in August -- signs that the New Hampshire construction industry may be emerging from its torpor. According to industry information service McGraw-Hill Construction, the total value…

One New Hampshire lawmaker is betting that his fellow representatives are willing to grant small businesses some tax relief by lessening the burden of the state's business enterprise tax. While other Republicans have filed legislation seeking repeal of a number…

From now on, if you sign a contract with a New Hampshire employee leasing company, you might want to pay a little extra attention to the fine print. Until today, the state Department of Labor would go after the leasing…

Concord-based Clean Power Development said Monday it has obtained an air permit to operate a planned biomass plant in Berlin. According to Clean Power, the state Department of Environmental Services determined that the plan met the standard of the lowest…

The Coos County electric transmission loop can handle a bio-energy plant planned in Berlin, but it may be the last generating plant the loop can handle without a major upgrade. Clean Power Development, the company planning to build the Berlin…

With no sales or income taxes, New Hampshire has placed among the states in the country with the least burdensome business taxes. However, the picture is clouded by other financial hits against small businesses in the Granite State, according to…

It's not for as long a period as entrepreneurs in New Hampshire and around the country were hoping, but the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill reauthorizing the Small Business Innovation Research grant program through Oct. 31. The…

Unitil Corp. -- still spending money as a result of the repercussions of last year's ice storm -- is also still paying out quarterly dividends. The Hampton, N.H.-based electric and gas utility announced Wednesday that it will pay a quarterly…

The University of New Hampshire has received an award for campus sustainability programs, adding yet another honor for the institution and its environmental efforts. UNH received the Campus Sustainability Leadership Award among four-year universities with between 5,000 and 15,000 students…