New Hampshire Business Review - January 27, 2023

February 7, 2023

Jeff Feingold

Ground Level View Of High Voltage Pylons

Four Upper Valley communities gear up to form power-pooling plan

Frances Mize-Valley News,

Lebanon, Hanover, Enfield and Plainfield eyeing spring startup of community power plan

Successor named at Secondwind Water as co-founder retires

NH Business Review Staff,

Shana Hoch to take over for longtime CEO Christine Fletcher

People and Property: Real Estate and Construction News From Around NH

NH Business Review Staff,

Affordable housing eyed for former Portsmouth school building … and more

Legislative preview: Tax, energy, housing and gambling measures up for hearings

Bob Sanders,

A look at the week ahead in the NH House and Senate

Expert: E-ZPass vulnerabilities ignored at state's peril

Thomas P. Caldwell-The Laconia Daily Sun,

Questions continue over continued cyberattack possibilities after security doubts raised

Mobile Casino Or Roulette And Casino Coins Flying Out From A Mobile

Playing information roulette: using AI for legal compliance

Brian Bouchard,

A ChatGPT test provides an alluring but false air of credibility

Five Guys warns Granite Staters' Social Security data was accessed in data breach

Jeff Feingold,

In letter to New Hampshire AG, company reveals breach affected 22 residents

Pay transparency continues to expand in the workplace

Amy Cann,

As more states institute requirements, push toward disclosure grows

U.S attorney, AG team up on series of community hate crime forums

Jeff Feingold,

Goal is to provide ‘safe space to discuss questions and challenges’

Legal Briefs: News From Around NH

Jeff Feingold,

Pierce Atwood names new practice leaders … and more

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.