New Hampshire Business Review - April 22, 2022

April 21, 2022

Jeff Feingold

Fiscal Committee approves $100m housing program; plan moves to Executive Council

Ethan Dewitt-New Hampshire Bulletin,

Initiative aims to boost multifamily construction, workforce housing across New Hampshire

Legislative Preview: The week ahead for New Hampshire lawmakers

Bob Sanders,

BPT cut, housing, commuter rail among items on the agenda

Federal regulators approve CSX’s acquisition of Pan Am Railways

Michael Kitch,

Surface Transportation Board says deal would fill ‘significant transportation needs’

Bitcoin, Ripple Xrp, Dogecoin, Ethereum Cryptocurrency On Green Background

Campaign for cryptocurrency-friendly reform reaches New Hampshire Senate

Josh Rogers -NH Public Radio,

HB 1503 would exempt sale of ‘open blockchain tokens’ from state securities laws

Keene eminent-domain win cites benefits of planned Winchester St. roundabout

Ryan Spencer -The Keene Sentinel,

City hails ‘very good news’ for long-planned project

Remembering Joseph DiClerico

Brad Cook,

Brad Cook’s personal memories of a friend named Joe

Legal Briefs: News From Around NH

NH Business Review Staff,

Carrier honored with Bar Association Kirby Award Sheehan Phinney shareholder Megan C. Carrier has been honored with the NH Bar Foundation’s 2021 Kirby Award, which is given annually to a New Hampshire lawyer…

New York REIT acquires Newington shopping center for $104 million

Jeff Feingold,

510,000-square-foot The Crossings anchored by Trader Joe’s, Aldi

NH Senate panel hears bill targeting ‘self-appointed financial elites’

Bob Sanders,

Critics charge ‘ideological discrimination’ bill would tie businesses’ hands

Irritation, frustration emerge at Granite State Paid Family Leave repeal hearing

Bob Sanders,

No answers provided to questions about cost of governor’s plan

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Shaping NH's health care landscape

NH Hospital Association President Steve Ahnen discusses health care landscape in the state, federal and state policies affecting patients, AI in health care and more

Fake Medicare Card With Fake Us Currency And Pen.

Exit stage left: Two insurers leave NH’s Medicare Advantage market

Anthem and Martin’s Point are exiting the state entirely, Aetna is shrinking its coverage to just one county, and others are adjusting their plans, leaving some of the state’s counties with limited choices

Unbottling the Nongfu Spring deal

New Hampshire’s attorney general says no improprieties by state officials preceded the sale of a large Nashua commercial building to China’s largest water bottler. But Attorney General John Formella’s report to Gov. Kelly Ayotte dated Oct. 3 says the provisions of federal law should have taken place prior to the sale of the 337,391-square-foot building at 80 Northwest Blvd. in Nashua by a subsidiary of Nongfu Spring.