New Hampshire's Business News for June 14
A look at today's top business headlines, including: New green commuting effort launched in NH, Portsmouth candlelight vigil to honor Orlando shooting victims, Economic challenges threaten long-term care, Laconia Motorcycle Week runs smoothly for visitors, Enterprise Center at Plymouth helps local business grow
Hassan signs law creating underground utility corridor Gov. Maggie Hassan signed a bill last week which creates energy infrastructure corridors on public land to ensure there is a path for future energy projects to use underground. – WMUR-TV
Londonderry PFOA tests reveal little cause for concern A spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Services said the level of danger from four local residential drinking wells that were tested for possible harmful contaminants is extremely low. – LAWRENCE EAGLE-TRIBUNE
NH officials to discuss test results related to polluted well New Hampshire health officials this week plan to discuss the results of blood tests related to chemical exposure at an industrial complex near the Portsmouth International Airport. – CONCORD MONITOR
New green commuting effort launched in NH Whether people choose to drive or bike or walk to work is their own decision, but it also means something to the businesses they are getting to. At least that’s what the people behind CommuteSmart NH would like you to think, or at least to think about. – NH BUSINESS REVIEW
Portsmouth candlelight vigil, walk to honor Orlando shooting victims A candlelight vigil and walk will be held in Portsmouth Tuesday night in honor of the victims of the mass shooting in Orlando. – NH PUBLIC RADIO
Economic challenges threaten long-term care State-funded Medicaid payments annually fall millions of dollars short of reimbursing provider costs. – NH BUSINESS REVIEW
Hannaford to open concept store in Bedford Hannaford Supermarkets will open its biggest store in New Hampshire on Saturday, promising more amenities at its “new design concept” store. – NH UNION LEADER
Laconia Motorcycle Week runs smoothly for visitors The first three days of the 93rd Laconia Motorcycle Week are now history, with organizers and law enforcement officers saying they are pleased with the way things have gone so far. – LACONIA CITIZEN
Hassan to sign drug court bill Into law The bill establishes a statewide drug offender grant program, setting up the drug courts or alternative programs. It also transfers $40 million to the state's Rainy Day Fund this year. – NH PUBLIC RADIO
Enterprise Center at Plymouth helps local business grow The Enterprise Center at Plymouth was designed to provide local entrepreneurs with resources and services to start and grow their business. This was just the case with Plymouth State University graduate Spirit Seeker who recently moved his accounting firm out of the center and into an office in downtown Ashland. – LACONIA CITIZEN
Students chide Dartmouth for lack of faculty diversity Students at Dartmouth are criticizing the Ivy League school for its lack of faculty diversity after an Asian-American assistant professor was denied tenure. – NH PUBLIC RADIO
Proposed Lebanon ordinance would fine homeless for camping The American Civil Liberties Union denounced a proposed city ordinance on Friday, calling the effort to curtail homeless camping unconstitutional and “bad policy.” – VALLEY NEWS
Bradley again asks for state quarterly spending reports Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley, R-Wolfeboro, repeated his request for the governor’s office to release quarterly spending reports for state departments. – NH UNION LEADER
Hassan says no known threat in NH, Morse takes issue with absence Gov. Maggie Hassan, while in California for campaign fundraisers this past weekend, said she was in contact with New Hampshire public safety officials to discuss emergency preparedness after the terrorist shooting in Orlando, Fla. – NH UNION LEADER
Some NH Republicans flock to Trump, others steer clear in first visit since primary Few high-profile Republicans now jockeying to share the ballot with Trump were among the crowd of 110 guests to take in his speech at St. Anselm College in person. – NH PUBLIC RADIO
Hussey CEO loses fight with cancer The president and CEO of North Berwick, Maine-based Hussey Seating Company, Timothy B. Hussey, died Monday morning. – FOSTER’S DAILY DEMOCRAT
Vt. restaurant achieves $15 minimum wage through new charge A Bellows Falls, Vt., restaurant has taken a step, with support of patrons, to increase the minimum wage of all employees to at least $15 per hour through a new “living wage adjustment” on purchases. – CLAREMONT EAGLE-TIMES
Real raises make a difference A steadily improving workforce has more permanent benefits than a minimum wage increase. – NH BUSINESS REVIEW
U.S. data point to strong domestic demand, stirring inflation U.S. retail sales rose strongly in May as Americans bought automobiles and a range of other goods, even as they paid more for gasoline, suggesting that economic growth was gaining steam despite a sharp slowdown in job creation. – REUTERS
