New Hampshire Business Review - Oct. 7, 2022

October 6, 2022

Jeff Feingold

Unitil seeks 160% rate increase

Amanda Gokee-New Hampshire Bulletin,

Consumer advocate weighs challenge to proposal that’s higher than Eversource and Liberty hikes

Hotels fill up with evicted NH families

Pat Grossmith-Granite State News Collaborative,

Temporary lodging is the new normal for hundreds, with hundreds more on waiting list

Celebrating the achievements of Hispanic-owned small businesses

Mike Vlacich,

Hispanic and Latino American small business owners have made immense contributions to our economy

Close View Of Fiber Optic Cable Construction Site In A Residential Neighborhood

New round of broadband funding seeks to link more under-served communities

Jeff Feingold,

Total of over 30,000 connections expected through two rounds of awards

State AGs raise concerns about credit card companies tracking firearm purchases

Keith Schubert,

New Hampshire’s Formella among 24 across country signing on to letter about new policy

The ins and outs of the Granite State Paid Family Leave Plan

Brian Bouchard, Noy Kruvi,

How the state’s new voluntary paid leave program works

Opinion: NH taxpayers have the right to know what they pay for prescription drugs

Donald J. Pfundstein,

Newly formed board is murky on how it will set ‘spending targets’ of affordability law

Legal Briefs: News From Around NH

Jeff Feingold,

Milwaukee police union files suit over Sig Sauer pistol … and more

500,000-square-foot warehouse-light industrial building planned at Hudson site

Jeff Feingold,

75-acre parcel at Sagamore Industrial Park sold for $6.6 million to Boston developer

Shaheen seeks legislation to aid low-income rural tenants

Jeff Feingold,

Measure would push restructuring of Section 515 loans, other incentives for property owners

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.