New Hampshire Business Review - Mar. 22, 2024

March 22, 2024

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NH SBDC and NH Tech Alliance launch cybersecurity programs

NH Business Review Staff,

The NH Small Business Development Center (NH SBDC) and NH Tech Alliance (NHTA) are launching a suite of cybersecurity programs designed to educate and support businesses in New Hampshire.

(Opinion) NH Lottery spent the past 60 years winning

Opinion,

It would be easy to say the New Hampshire Lottery’s 60-year history is all about winning. It would be accurate, of course. After all the New Hampshire Lottery has paid out more than $6.2 billion in prizes since in 1964.

The exhausted majority

Doug Teschner,

While the two extremes dominate the political conversation, they are often out of step with the majority of Americans, say the authors of a 2018 report.

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Jobs report data shows ‘mixed picture’

NH Business Review Staff,

According to a February report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate has increased to 3.9% nationwide, and the number of unemployed people increased by 334,000 to 6.5 million.

Government weak by design

Brad Cook,

One of the themes woven through the government and politics days during the Leadership New Hampshire and Leadership Manchester programs is the unique nature of New Hampshire state government.

In first New Hampshire visit in two years, Biden talks cutting health care costs

Josh Rogers -NH Public Radio,

President Joe Biden paid New Hampshire his first visit in nearly two years on March 11, using a brief speech at the Goffstown YMCA to promote his $7.3 trillion proposed federal budget and criticize Republicans as obstructionists.

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COVID-19 no longer means five days in isolation, CDC says

Mike Stobbe -Associated Press,

Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days, U.S. health officials announced March 1.

(Opinion) Medicaid unwind shouldn’t undo health centers

Opinion,

Unlike hospitals and other health care providers, which receive less than 20% of their revenue from Medicaid, NH's nonprofit community mental health centers receive between 80% and 90% of their funding from this source.

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The impact of the corporate transparency act on real estate

Laura Dodge,

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) was a bipartisan bill enacted by Congress in 2021. It is intended to enhance transparency in entity structures and ownership, including the real estate sector, by addressing money laundering, tax fraud and other illicit activities.

Retain employees for good

Stanley H. Davis,

Founded four generations ago, the Morin family’s hospitality businesses have endured for 110 years. Beginning as an Attleboro, Massachusetts-based cable car diner, the family’s businesses now include restaurants, catering operations and special events venues.

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Federal and state housing legislation wrestle with affordability crisis

As Granite Staters eye ever-increasing purchase prices for a single-family home, state and federal policy makers wrestle with solutions that create more housing supply. Among them is bipartisan federal legislation on housing that is being held hostage by President Donald Trump’s fixation on a bill that would require voters to provide proof of citizenship with such documents as U.S. passports or birth certificates.

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Manchester and Nashua: Best bang for the buck in NH

Two New Hampshire cities are among the 10 best-run cities in the country, according to a WalletHub analysis of U.S. communities where residents get the most bang for their taxes. Manchester was rated No. 3, while Nashua was close behind at No. 5., based on a “Quality of Services” score that WalletHub developed using 36 metrics across six key service areas — financial stability, education, health, safety, economy and infrastructure/pollution.