There are currently about 48,000 New Hampshire LLCs, and it's a safe bet that well over half of them are single-member LLCs whose members are individuals. So if you own a single-owner New Hampshire business, should you conduct it through…
The Affordable Care Act is the most important piece of employee benefits legislation since the passage of ERISA in 1974. And in the past few months, Bernstein Shur's ACA team has conducted focus groups with business and nonprofit community leaders…
I was raised in a union household -- my father was an International Union of Electrical Workers steward. He said that unions formed to give workers bargaining power that they as individuals did not have. As a union employee myself,…
In her budget address before the Legislature, Gov. Maggie Hassan pledged to repeal the nascent Opportunity Scholarship Act, which grants tax credits to businesses that help low- and middle-income students afford independent and home schooling.If the governor's goal is saving…
Although New Hampshire has usually been a leader in emerging from past recessions, this time around the rates of both job growth and the recovery of jobs lost are moving at a much slower pace than in the past. In…
To the editor:There's a budget proposal on the table - the "chained" consumer price index - that would cut over $623 million from Granite Staters' Social Security and veterans' COLA over the next 10 years.The average Social Security retirement benefit…
In January, New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Osram Sylvania announced a five-year sponsorship extension for the Sylvania 300, one of two marquee Sprint Cup races run at the Loudon track.The deal - which will run through the 2017 NASCAR Sprint…
The number $956,250 has been stuck in my head since late summer 2011, when Lakes Region Community Services was awarded tax credits from the New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority to support our office relocation.Looking back, I realize now that…
I know nothing about the tax issues that have faced 2nd District Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster or GOP Chairwoman Jennifer Horn, a former congressional candidate herself.Recently, there has been much made of the fact that Kuster's property taxes were paid…
It will probably come as no surprise to the New Hampshire commuters who battle traffic each weekday morning into Massachusetts that, according to a new U.S. Census report, about 17 percent of working New Hampshire residents commute outside the state…
Single-family and condominium alternatives, such as manufactured homes and accessory dwellings units (ADUs), could go a long way toward helping ease New Hampshire’s housing crisis. But those options can have some obstacles, according to participants in a forum.
Efforts are underway in Manchester to fashion a version of the iconic board game "Monopoly" into a Who's Who and What's What of New Hampshire's largest city.
Business and event happenings around the state of NH
The Latest is a roundup of the comings and goings of the movers and shakers in NH's business community
Rising demand, transmission constraints, and the push for regional solutions
The Rugg family and the Town of Exeter have settled their long running land dispute, clearing the way for a developer to proceed with a housing development to be built on the Exeter-Newfields town line.
For nearly six decades, Paul Young has been a constant, if often understated, presence in public and government affairs, both in New Hampshire and beyond. Since founding Novus Public Affairs in 1996, Young has helped shape how businesses, nonprofits and political leaders communicate and connect with the world around them, leaving a mark on the state that is hard to measure but easy to feel.
When Emerson McCourt passed away in 2006, he left behind an extensive tool collection, meticulous instructions and a commitment to Great Bay Community College (GBCC) students that continues today.
UNH is home to the state’s largest school of nursing
