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

More news from NHBR:

Panel: Prioritize mental health wellness at work

Mental health wellness is an important element in the workplace, according to a panel of experts convened by the NH Business Review in an April 16 webinar. Making accommodations for mental health issues — including depression, posttraumatic stress, even grief — can go a long way toward employee retention and prevention of potential legal issues.

(Opinion) A long overdue win for patients: what PBM reform means for New Hampshire

Congress recently passed meaningful reforms targeting pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), the middlemen who largely determine which medications patients receive and how much they pay.

ReGen Valley Tech Hub partners with NH Housing, Manchester chamber on May 12 housing summit

The ReGen Valley Tech Hub is partnering with New Hampshire Housing and the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce to address the state’s housing shortage, convening a regional summit May 12 at the University of New Hampshire Manchester, organizers announced April 15.

Velcro plans to move Manchester manufacturing to Somersworth

Velcro Companies plans to consolidate textiles manufacturing from its Queen City site to its production facility in Somersworth but is committed to remaining in New Hampshire, the company said Monday. Velcro, which has operated in Manchester for nearly 70 years, is the only U.S. manufacturer of textile hook and loop fasteners.