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

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.