Latest Links: Fosters Names New Exec, Liberty Caucus Takes A Bow, And State Seeks Contract To Choose A Contract For Prison Privatization

New Hampshire Business and Economic News In Brief

Foster’s Daily Democrat Names New Executive – “A veteran media executive who most recently oversaw the media company associated with the Portland Press Herald in Maine has been named the chief executive officer of Foster’s Daily Democrat, the Dover newspaper announced this week.” The Union Leader

Refugee Employment Comes In At 81 Percent – “During 2011, 81 percent of New Hampshire refugees were employed, said Barbara Seebart, New Hampshire state refugee coordinator. On Monday, Mayor Ted Gatsas had said Seebart’s agency had put the rate at 86 percent, a number he is skeptical of.” The Union Leader

State Seeks Help In Choosing Private Prison Plan Provider – The Executive Council votes today on a $171,347 contract with MGT of America, Inc. of Tallahassee, Fla., to evaluate and analyze four proposals the state received from private contractors. The Union Leader

Liberty Caucus Trumpets Record – “A libertarian-minded political group that didn’t enter State House politics until 2010 believes it had a hand in 60 percent of the laws passed by the Legislature this session, including $1 billion in budget cuts, voter ID requirements and education tax credits.” The Concord Monitor

Ex-Ezenia Execs Get 60K In Severance Settlements – “Ezenia has settled the severance claims of two former executives for almost $60,000, but the largest claim, of its former CEO, remains unresolved. The executives’ claims have languished since last September, when the publicly traded software company, then headquartered in Nashua, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.” NHBR