One of the main questions that lingers over Northern Pass is: Will it create jobs, especially in the struggling North Country? And, befitting the layers of controversy surrounding the project, the simplest answer won out. It depends on who you ask. Today, the New England Power Generators Association released a report it commissioned from PolEcon […]
After launching 11 eco-friendly companies across the state, the University of New Hampshire’s Green Launching Pad (GLP) is racing to spend the last of its stimulus funding. For the past two years, GLP has used federal stimulus money to offer grants and support to up-and-coming green companies. The idea is, as the companies expand, more […]
According to an announcement from Governor John Lynch’s office, New Hampshire’s unemployment rate dipped ever-so-slightly to 5.1 percent in December. That’s compared to 5.2 percent unemployment in November, and a national rate of 8.5 percent. A news release from the Governor’s Office quoted Lynch as saying: “This further decrease in New Hampshire’s unemployment rate is […]
Gary Hirshberg has spent half his life at the helm of Londonderry-based Stonyfield, growing the brand from a small dairy farm to the world’s top organic yogurt manufacturer, employing 470 people.* Now, after 28 years, Hirshberg’s stepping down from his position as CEO (or “CE-Yo,” as the position’s been dubbed at Stonyfield). StateImpact took the […]
The Boston Globe reports the Royal Bank of Scotland Group plans to cut 4,800 jobs in response to “volatile markets and new regulations in the United Kingdom.” RBS is the parent company of Citizens Bank. While the report doesn’t mention New Hampshire specifically, it appears the layoffs will largely be concentrated in Europe: “RBS spokesman […]
State legislators looking back at 2011 say they kept their promises to make the state more business friendly. House Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt told the Union Leader that Republicans fulfilled their agenda. While Republicans were concentrating on crafting a fiscally responsible budget, rolling back regulations and taxes on businesses, and creating jobs, Democrats and some […]
The Union Leader reports that donations poured in online over the holiday weekend to the conservation group, Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, to buy 5,800 acres from the Balsams Wilderness Resort. The paper reports that the group received more than 100 online contributions to help raise $850,000 to buy the land. The […]
Late last July, StateImpact New Hampshire quietly launched our new website. Our mission –handed down from NHPR and NPR, its partner in the new StateImpact project–is to examine business and the economy in the Granite State, and how government policy affects both. And while soft launches give websites the chance to find their feet and […]
Late last week, we posted a cool infographic, courtesy of the journalists at Stateline, taking a look at the percentage of each state’s GDP that’s made up by federal spending. The group then subdivided federal spending into defense-related spending and everything else. All told, about 5 percent of the Granite State’s GDP comes from the […]
When the Business and Industry Association released its 2012 NH Business Outlook Survey, StateImpact took a look and posted a list of Six Surprising Takeaways from the report. (You can read our piece here.) That post got the attention of NHPR’s All Things Considered host Brady Carlson, so we sat down for a chat. If […]
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