New Hampshire Business Review - May 20, 2022

May 19, 2022

Jeff Feingold

State regulators weigh who should own utility poles in New Hampshire

Mara Hoplamazian-NH Public Radio,

PUC hears possible Eversource bid to buy them all

‘Why did I get stopped?’ State Police use minor traffic violations to search for drugs

Paul Cuno-Booth- Granite State News Collaborative,

Pretextual stops are legal, but give police broad discretion to pursue their suspicions

Judge says State Police records on fired officer should be made public

Paul Cuno-Booth- Granite State News Collaborative,

Ex-trooper lost his job for illegally searching phones, being untruthful in internal probe

Groundwater rules confusion

Adam M. Dumville,

Supreme Court’s discharge regulation ruling raises ‘functional equivalency’ questions

Legal Briefs: News From Around NH

Jeff Feingold,

McLane, Sulloway and Sheehan Phinney firms add attorneys … and more

BAE Systems’ new Manchester facility ‘critical’ to company’s plans

Robert Cook,

200,000-square-foot plant features ‘modern work environment’ for employees

What kind of impact does a home sale have on New Hampshire’s economy?

Jeff Feingold,

Realtors survey puts average effect of each transaction at $156,100

Worsening shortage in New Hampshire reduces access to affordable homes

Phil Sletten,

Targeted state investments seen as helping improve conditions for renters, buyers

Two companies turn in bids to run Granite State Paid Family Leave Plan

Bob Sanders,

Names of firms not released; timeline calls for summertime submission to Executive Council

Allegro MicroSystems gets new CEO

Bob Sanders,

Vig to retire after long tenure at Manchester company, to be replaced by former Sensata exec

More news from NHBR:

Shaping NH's health care landscape

NH Hospital Association President Steve Ahnen discusses health care landscape in the state, federal and state policies affecting patients, AI in health care and more

Fake Medicare Card With Fake Us Currency And Pen.

Exit stage left: Two insurers leave NH’s Medicare Advantage market

Anthem and Martin’s Point are exiting the state entirely, Aetna is shrinking its coverage to just one county, and others are adjusting their plans, leaving some of the state’s counties with limited choices

Unbottling the Nongfu Spring deal

New Hampshire’s attorney general says no improprieties by state officials preceded the sale of a large Nashua commercial building to China’s largest water bottler. But Attorney General John Formella’s report to Gov. Kelly Ayotte dated Oct. 3 says the provisions of federal law should have taken place prior to the sale of the 337,391-square-foot building at 80 Northwest Blvd. in Nashua by a subsidiary of Nongfu Spring.