New Hampshire Business Review - July 16, 2021

July 15, 2021

Jeff Feingold

Granite Staters await guidance on ‘divisive concepts’ law

Jenny Whidden-Granite State News Collaborative,

‘There’s no clarity here other than it’s scaring people’

What's in the NH law calling race conversations into question?

Jenny Whidden-Granite State News Collaborative,

As the state budget moved through the legislature this year, New Hampshire had its eyes on a provision commonly referred to as the ‘divisive concepts’ legislation. The language has been a point of widespread controversy, but now that it’s law,…

Upper Valley restaurants team up to take on delivery apps

Jeff Feingold,

Restaurateurs form cooperative ‘to have a say in how it’s done’

New Hampshire courts begin cloud-based pilot for criminal, civil cases

Jeff Feingold,

Rockingham County Superior Court to test platform for eventual statewide use

Dartmouth-Hitchcock to keep remote work for as many as 2,000 employees

NH Business Review Staff,

Health system will move to ‘remote by design’ after pandemic ends

Virus Outbreak Unemployment New Hampshire

Initial unemployment claims fall again in New Hampshire

Bob Sanders,

With federal program over in NH, another 9,600 Granite Staters lose benefits

Christon to retire from New Hampshire Housing Dec. 31

Jeff Feingold,

Longtime CEO to step down Dec. 31 after 33 years at agency

New Hampshire’s home price rise among nation’s fastest

Jeff Feingold,

CoreLogic study says average annual increase was 18.9%

Groundbreaking set for Franklin whitewater park

Jeff Feingold,

July 12 ceremony to mark start of first such project in New England

Wood Table Top On Blur Restaurant Interior Background

Only 41% of New Hampshire restaurants received Restaurant Revitalization Fund aid

Bob Sanders,

418 applicants were awarded grants, but 591 others were turned down

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