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

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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:

Expanding access to mental health care in New Hampshire

Demand for behavioral health care services continues to rise across New Hampshire and the nation, impacting families, employers, health care providers, and communities alike.

Are home prices closing in on a $600,000 median?

The median priced single-family home in the Granite State reached another all-time high at $579,900, according to data from the New Hampshire Association of Realtors. That breaks the previous high mark of $569,000 in June of last year.

Promoting NH’s outdoor economy will take better coordination, report says

New Hampshire’s outdoor economy is active and evolving, but the systems that support it have not kept pace, according to a new report by the Granite Outdoor Alliance. “Grounded Growth” was culled from three roundtables hosted by industry businesses around the state where 62 stakeholders from business, manufacturing, conservation, workforce and the public sector discussed challenges and opportunities shaping New Hampshire’s outdoor economy.