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September 20, 2012

New Hampshire Fares Well In American Community Survey

The American Community Survey (ACS), a biennial report from the Census Department, was released this morning.  Among the 50 states, New Hampshire fared well.  In 2011, New Hampshire’s median income of $67,308 ranked second in the nation after Maryland — dropping one rung from 2009, when the state ranked first, with a median household income of $68.187. […]

September 18, 2012

BIA Panel Considers Commuter Rail

This November, commuter rail in Maine begins running all the way from Brunswick, Maine, to Boston. Meanwhile, Massachusetts is preparing to extend lines from Springfield to Burlington, Vermont. That leaves some people in New Hampshire feeling a little left out. Peter Burling is the former chair of the New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority. Speaking at […]

September 14, 2012

After A Tenuous Year, N.H. Fishery Receives Disaster Declaration

This story was written and produced for broadcast by Sam Evans-Brown, and edited for StateImpact New Hampshire by Emily Corwin. Hear the original broadcast. It’s been a difficult year for New Hampshire fishermen. Although fishermen have stayed within their catch limits, stocks of codfish haven’t rebounded from a decade-old collapse as quickly as expected. Facing […]

August 31, 2012

No More ‘Paid Vacation’ For The Seasonally Employed

Starting this fall, seasonal workers in New Hampshire will find a new set of rules when they apply for unemployment benefits.  Since 2002, seasonal workers who were rehired each year by the same employer have been able to collect unemployment benefits during the off-season without looking for other work. According to a New Hampshire Employment […]

August 29, 2012

Drive-Ins Struggle At A Digital Crossroads

This piece was written and produced for Word Of Mouth by Valerie Hamilton, and edited for StateImpact by Emily Corwin. Listen to Valerie’s story here. Hear about the Fairlee drive-in’s digital crossroads from NHPR’s North Country Reporter, Chris Jenson. Labor Day weekend is traditionally the end of the season for New England’s summer drive-in movie […]

August 23, 2012

Catfish or No Catfish? N.H. Seafood Processor Worried By Farm Bill

Pangasius – it looks like catfish, it tastes like catfish — but is it catfish? Believe it or not, this is a question Congress has been debating for the last decade. One seafood company with headquarters in New Hampshire hopes a provision in the 2012 Farm Bill will put an end to the debate. Bill […]

August 13, 2012

N.H. And Canada Say ‘Together Is Better’

Business owners and policy makers from New Hampshire and Canada met in Concord today to participate in the New Hampshire-Canada Economic Development Forum. House Representative Ray Gagnon of Claremont helped organize the event. He believes the conference represents a new paradigm in international economic relations.

July 30, 2012

Aug. 1 Brings More Preventive Care For Women

On Wednesday the Affordable Care Act will require insurance companies to cover eight new preventive health services for women, with no copays. These provisions supplement a series of preventive care requirements already instituted when the ACA passed two years ago.  And while some states already require insurance plans to cover some preventive services, these requirements […]

July 20, 2012

Liveblog! At Google’s Get Your Business Online Event

Today, about 200 New Hampshire small business owners are attending a series of three classes in Hooksett, during which they set up their own website, then learn how to leverage it, all for free. Walking up the sidewalk to Southern New Hampshire University’s dining hall — where Google is launching a year-long Get Your Business […]

July 11, 2012
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