New Hampshire Business Review - January 13, 2023

January 13, 2023

Jeff Feingold

A final loss in 2022

Brad Cook,

Remembering Jim Squires, NH’s ‘first citizen’

Mother Breastfeeds Her Baby While Working With Laptop.

What you need to know about new workplace protections for pregnant, nursing workers

Casey Quinlan/NH Bulletin,

Recently enacted measures clarify rights of mothers, proponents says

Cheaper isn’t always better

Ron Bourque,

When sourcing components from China, the experience can be expensive

Report targets ‘advanced recycling’ as PR myth

Sruthi Gopalakrishnan/Concord Monitor,

NH the only New England state to pass legislation that creates loopholes in the advanced recycling industry

Intelitek opens first of 20 planned STEAM centers in Ghana

NH Business Review Staff,

New center part of initiative to increase student interest and instructional quality around STEAM

Six multifamily projects OKd for LIHTC, other funding

NH Business Review Staff,

341 units approved in Concord, Hillsborough, Nashua and Rochester

Common Man effort Relief for Ukraine raises $2.5 million

Jon Decker-The Laconia Daily Sun,

NH Relief for Ukraine Fund provides for everything from generators for orphanages to a blood mobile for supplying field hospitals

‘Uncertain’ agenda

Bob Sanders,

Closely divided House, economic questions to mark 2023 legislative session

Medicaid expansion seen as an economic necessity

Sruthi Gopalakrishnan/Concord Monitor,

Program reauthorization called legislative priority

Housing concerns remain on New Hampshire Legislature’s front burner

Bob Sanders,

Lawmakers to take up enhancing Affordable Housing Fund, tenant protections

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Artistic expression at the Currier Museum

Jordana Pomeroy, director and CEO of the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, talks art, community ties and Granite State creativity with NHBR editors

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Casino Salem to close next month for construction

Casino Salem will close its doors in the early hours of March 9, as Churchill Downs Inc. prepares for a major redevelopment to transform the small gaming venue into the much larger Rockingham Grand Casino.

Lebanon’s Route 120 corridor could see mixed-use development

Developers and city officials have long eyed the northern part of Lebanon, along Route 120, as a hot spot for new housing and businesses, and the result has already been evident with large apartment complexes cropping up there in recent years.

Does Portsmouth HDC drive up development cost?

City Councilor Rich Blalock, who served four years as the council’s representative on the HDC, said he was motivated to make the initial motion to address the lack of affordable housing in Portsmouth. He contended the HDC’s often monthslong reviews of new construction projects drives up the cost of development.