New Hampshire Business Review - Feb. 28, 2025

February 28, 2025

Mike Cote

Lessons from American history

Brad Cook,

Past leaders were clear and unflinching about our national principles

(Opinion) Don’t let NHVA disappear: Protect children’s vaccines

Opinion,

As a family physician at Amoskeag Health, I am writing to educate the public about HB 524, a bill that, if passed, will eliminate the NH Vaccine Association (NHVA) and jeopardize our public health infrastructure like never before.

Proposed bill targets firearm background checks

Grace Yurish - NH Bar News,

A bipartisan group of New Hampshire lawmakers has introduced House Bill 159, known as the Chief Bradley Haas Mental Health Firearms Reporting Act, following the 2023 fatal shooting of security officer Bradley Haas by a former patient at New Hampshire Hospital.

Applications open for The Brodsky Prize

NH Business Review Staff,

The Brodsky Prize, overseen by the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications, was established seven years ago by the late Jeffrey Brodsky and his father, Howard, to encourage innovation by student journalists.

Red Wooden Figure Standing On Wooden Podium For Business Leadership For Team Leader Concept.

‘Courage: The Heart of Leadership’

Annabel Beerel,

We are undoubtedly living in a time of great transition and radical uncertainty, where the old normal has gone and the new normal has not yet emerged.

The Bottom Line: Bar Harbor Bankshares, Connection and Albany International

Contributed to NH Business Review,

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

Take 5: Gen Z Job Seekers Trust TikTok, Americans Divided on Economy, and Household Debt Trends Shift

Trisha Nail,

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

Hidden in plain sight

Sarah Pearson,

New Hampshire is home to more than 600 life science businesses that manufacture pharmaceuticals, create medical devices and equipment, and biotech research and development.

Florida manufacturer acquires Hudson surveillance optics company

Trisha Nail,

A Florida infrared optical components manufacturer recently acquired a Hudson-based thermal imaging and optics business emphasizing surveillance in a move the two companies estimate will create $55 million in revenue for the next year.

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.