New Hampshire Business Review - June 3, 2022

June 3, 2022

Jeff Feingold

Aerial View The Construction Wood Framing Beams Of A New House Under Construction

‘Community toolbox’ proposal survives conference committee, with fewer tools

Bob Sanders,

House opposition results in watered-down affordable housing measure

Bitcoin, Ripple Xrp, Dogecoin, Ethereum Cryptocurrency On Green Background

Panel reaches deal on cryptocurrency regulation, domestic steel requirement

Bob Sanders,

Conference committee agreement revives measure that appeared doomed

$70 million municipal infrastructure aid survives conference committee

Bob Sanders,

Measure OKd after House gives up on bid to slash jobless benefits

Romance scams bedevil law enforcement in New Hampshire, elsewhere

Elaine S. Povich-Stateline,

FBI estimates scammers ripped off about $1 billion from would-be U.S. lovers in 2021

Officials across the U.S. are rethinking how police handle traffic stops

Paul Cuno-Booth- Granite State News Collaborative,

But in New Hampshire, it’s unclear if safety officials are following suit

Mortgage lending discrimination in New Hampshire: What you need to know

Lindsay Lincoln,

Size of state’s Black, Latino population makes it difficult to get a clear picture

Legal Briefs: News From Around NH

Jeff Feingold,

New hires at Hinckley Allen, Shaheen & Gordon … and more

Retirement plan oversight

John E. Rich, Jr.,

Recent developments and Labor Department guidance emphasize caution on the part of fiduciaries

NH basket company to close because the ash trees that it depends on are all dying

David Brooks-Concord Monitor,

Peterboro Baskets to shut its doors after 168 years

NH House, Senate conferees agree to BPT cut, one-time retirement payment

Bob Sanders,

Skeptical reps agree to payment after getting ‘clearance’ from leadership

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.