New Hampshire Business Review - April 21, 2023

May 2, 2023

Jeff Feingold

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Last-minute House amendments seek to shore up ed funding for poorer districts

Michael Kitch,

Bipartisan proposals seen as bid to push passage of budget in Thursday’s House vote

Ruling raises the question: What isn’t an enforceable web-based contract?

Michael S. Lewis,

New Hampshire’s federal district court forecasts lessons for web designers and lawyers

Limited liability is a better solution than Section 230 repeal

Jamie Forte,

The consequences of eliminating the Communications Decency Act provision would be immense

Legal Briefs: News From Around NH

Jeff Feingold,

Butenhof & Bomster team joins Sheehan Phinney, Drummond Woodsum adds special ed law associate … and more

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UNH project testing use of regional softwood in mass timber construction

Jeff Feingold,

Effort aims to use softwood from NH, other Northern Forest states in more sustainable building material

Keene affordable housing nonprofit eyes former community college site for housing

Jamie Browder -The Keene Sentinel,

Monadnock Affordable Housing Corp. to begin planning 60 units on former river Valley Community College campus

How NH’s housing crisis is linked to availability of beds at psychiatric hospitals

Michaela Towfighi-Concord Monitor,

Without adequate housing supply, transitional programs are stretched thin

230329 Groudbreaking Diocesan Construction

People and Property: Real Estate and Construction News From Around NH

Jeff Feingold,

Manchester rents continue to rise, Procon wins national award … and more

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Labor shortage persists even as pandemic fades

Phil Sletten,

Economic challenges still constrain NH’s workforce

More news from NHBR:

‘What must remain human?’ Dartmouth AI conference opens without a clear answer

Dartmouth College opened its “AI at 70” conference Thursday morning, Oct. 29, with a session called “The Future Worth Building is Human.”

(Opinion) Utilities learn to communicate through uncertainty

On Nov. 26, 2015, heavy wet snow was falling, with a forecast warning of an impending storm for days. The phone rings, and before I answer it, I already know what the reporter is going to ask.

(Opinion) From mill town to river town

New Hampshire has more than 10,000 miles of rivers, many of which flow through downtowns.

(Opinion) Investing in youth mental health in New Hampshire

The nationwide youth mental health crisis has seen marked improvements in New Hampshire since 2021, but the problem is still far from fixed. Indeed, while the measured outcomes are getting better compared to the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the figures today are still historically concerning compared to a decade ago.

(Opinion) People with disabilities are an untapped resource

New Hampshire employers spend considerable time and resources trying to find dependable employees who want to work. Yet there is a segment of our population that is too often overlooked: adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Come to the table

Reliable, accessible childcare is an economic advantage that helps New Hampshire businesses attract and retain employees, strengthen their workforce and support long-term growth.

Growing with grace

Identifying growing and grace as my top two values helped me focus on who I want to be and how I want to show up. Revisiting these six years later, I am pleased that these ideas still ring true.

Are prediction markets revenue ripe for picking in NH?

To many people, prediction markets and sports gaming are a distinction without a difference. Which begs the question: Should New Hampshire be regulating prediction markets, especially as they apply to sports, the same way it regulates — and draws revenue from — sports betting via DraftKings?

(Market & Main Streets) Employers follow workers

Over the course of my career, I have attended my share of ribbon-cuttings that were the result of a lot of effort to recruit a new company into the state.