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October 20, 2011

Nine Essential Takeaways From The Fed’s Report On Foreclosure Prevention

Periodically, StateImpact New Hampshire likes to check in with the Boston Fed to find out what forces analysts think are shaping the New England and national economies.  And we stumbled onto this deceptively dry-titled little gem of a report by Robert Clifford: “State Foreclosure Prevention Efforts in New England: Mediation and Assistance.” In his report, […]

October 14, 2011

New Hampshire Union Workers and Their Allies Plan To Rally in Portsmouth

As part of a national campaign by the AFL-CIO, New Hampshire union workers and some small businesses will rally tomorrow to protest the loss of higher paying jobs in the state. According to figures from The New Hampshire Labor Market Information Bureau,2,300 state and local government jobs have been cut in the last year. The […]

October 6, 2011

New Hampshire Ranks High In High Tech Jobs

New Hampshire has a higher percentage of high-paying high-tech jobs than most of the country. According to TechAmerica Foundation–a research arm of the industry–the state ranks ninth in concentration of high-tech employment. That translates to 7.3 percent of the New Hampshire workforce. That’s above the national average at 5 percent. The foundation analyzed numbers from […]

August 25, 2011

A Little, Tiny Tax Break For NH Tourists

It’s the tax break you might not have heard of.  If you use an ATV, boat, or snowmobile, and you actually used them off the roads, and you save your receipts and you fill out a special state form…you’re eligible for a small refund on your gas tax.  Specifically, it’s a refund on the sliver of the tax that falls […]

August 19, 2011

More Hospital Layoffs Blamed On Budget Cuts

Yesterday, we posted the blog equivalent of a highlights reel for a New York Times article.  The newspaper’s piece examined how state and federal budget cuts are taking the steam out of the health care industry’s role as one of the country’s few job creators.  Eliot Health System in Manchester got a mention, as the […]

August 17, 2011

New Labor Laws In Effect

The New Hampshire Business Review has an interesting roundup of new state laws that went into effect last weekend.  The main piece of legislation, Senate Bill 86, allows employers to get a warning for violating labor laws before the Department of Labor lays down a fine.  But, there are definitely exceptions, as the NHBR notes: […]

August 16, 2011
August 10, 2011

NH’s Largest Health Care Provider Pushing Early Retirement Following Funding Cut

A piece by Denis Paiste in the New Hampshire Union-Leader illustrates the continued fallout of state budget cuts on the health care sector: “Dartmouth-Hitchcock is seeking early retirements from about 725 employees, or 8.3 percent of its staff, at its main employees campus, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, in Lebanon, and at community sites in Concord, Manchester, […]

August 9, 2011

Monadnock Easter Seals Closing, MDS Looks To Fill Gap

As Kyle Jarvis of The Keene Sentinel reports, fallout from state budget cuts continues, this time hitting the Monadnock region. “Easter Seals of Keene is closing its program for young children with disabilities due to lack of funding, but its clients won’t be left out in the cold. Monadnock Developmental Services, which contracts with Easter […]

August 8, 2011

DHHS Accused Of Underfunding Children’s Homes, Putting Surplus Back Into General Fund

Controversy over state funding for social and health services has already generated a high-profile lawsuit filed by 10 New Hampshire hospitals.  Whether more lawsuits in response to the current budget are coming down the pike remains to be seen.  But new one case, covered by Elizabeth Dinan at SeacoastOnline.com, has been percolating for years: “Portsmouth’s Chase Home […]

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