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:

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.