New Hampshire Business Review - May 6, 2022

May 6, 2022

Jeff Feingold

NH Senate committee votes to endorse governor’s paid leave plan

Bob Sanders,

Panel also recommends sending measure to invalidate noncompete agreements over vaccination to interim study

New Hampshire businesses need sustainable solutions for childcare crisis

Tanna Clews, Mike Skelton,

Companies in all industries are affected and threatened by the growing problem

We need to hire three people for my New Hampshire biotech company, but the worker shortage is standing in our way

Justice Amoh,

For its continued economic vitality, the U.S. needs robust immigration reform

Housing initiative’s future uncertain after Exec Council’s freeze on $100m plan

Ethan Dewitt-New Hampshire Bulletin,

Councilors move to freeze governor’s plan came over affordable housing guarantees

AG’s LRGHealthcare report finds ‘misjudgments,’ deference by trustees

Michael Kitch,

Findings come after organization’s 2020 bankruptcy

Edelblut op-ed on family values in classroom sparks heated cultural debate

Ethan Dewitt-New Hampshire Bulletin,

Ed commissioner accused of throwing ‘educators under the bus’

Legislative Preview: On the calendar for New Hampshire lawmakers this week

Bob Sanders,

Cannabis legalization, vaccines bills up for votes

NH Senate OKs BPT cut, one-time retirement payment to municipalities

Bob Sanders,

No move made to add BET reduction as measure heads to Finance Committee

Legal Briefs: News From Around NH

NH Business Review Staff,

Cherniske joins Shaheen & Gordon Criminal Law Group

New Hampshire bucking recent U.S. trend of rising home foreclosures

Paul Briand,

State ranks 38th in nation, even as affordability remains nettlesome

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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

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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.