New Hampshire Business Review - Dec. 05, 2025

December 5, 2025

Cheila Magallanes

Cook on Concord: Thanksgiving reflections on 2025

Brad Cook,

Looking back on the shutdown, statesmanship and other meaty matters

Overcoming differences

Doug Teschner,

Pondering graceful aging amid a life setback

Modern House With Heat Pump, Efficient Heating With Green Energy

$450M plan aims to supercharge heat pump use

Sarah Shemkus - Canary Media,

New England winters can get wicked cold. Last week, five of the region’s states launched a $450 million effort to warm more of the homes in the often-frigid region with energy-efficient, low-emission heat pumps instead of burning fossil fuels.

Beethoven in the background

Ron Bourque,

How about a little something extra for your customers?

Tannenbaum Times

Brion OConnor,

Real vs. fake: New Hampshire’s ongoing Christmas Tree debate

The Bottom Line: Microwave Techniques, Needham Bank and Provident Bancorp Merger, Connection

Amanda Andrews,

A roundup of news updates from public companies in NH and nationwide

The Pulse: New England economy grew at ‘sluggish pace’

Mark Hayward,

Federal Reserve report shows cautious optimism about the future

Take 5: Consumers, Mobility Report, and Resume.org survey

Amanda Andrews,

NH Business Review's biweekly snapshot of business and industry statistics

What the latest data reveals about NH’s shifting economy and demographics

Jessica Williams/NH Fiscal Policy Institute,

New Hampshire’s story is often told through familiar but false assumptions: retirees driving population change, Massachusetts buyers pushing up home prices, and a uniquely low-tax landscape keeping the state affordable.

Bitcoin With Glowing Lights..gold Bitcoin Symbol. Coins On Black

NH Business Finance Authority approves world’s first bitcoin-backed municipal bond

Contributed to NH Business Review,

The New Hampshire Business Finance Authority (BFA) board of directors has approved a financing structure that will make New Hampshire the first state in the world to issue a municipal bond backed by bitcoin.

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.