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It’s been a busy news week here in New Hampshire mainly thanks to the Republican primary. So we wouldn’t blame you if you missed a post here and there. And as we do every Friday afternoon, we offer you an assist. Here’s a roundup of the top five StateImpact posts of the week. 1. The […]
Given the national atmosphere, it’s difficult to overestimate the importance of each presidential hopeful’s economic blueprints as the New Hampshire primary draws closer. (Our cheat sheet of the GOP candidates’ positions on the economy is available here.) This year, longtime NH pollster Andy Smith, who directs the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, says it’s […]
With Christmas and Hanukkah wrapped-up, we’ve officially reached the pre-New Year’s lull. This brief respite from the regularly scheduled holiday cheer is when many people take the opportunity to consider their accomplishments and failures over the past year, and resolve to do better in the future. Other people just go to work for a few […]
After a punishing state budget cycle last legislative session, New Hampshire’s University System took a $40 million hit. The fallout has reached the state’s students–which already paid some of the highest tuition in the country. Their bills for state education has gone up, and the University System is proposing another increase to cover rising costs […]
Gliko / Flickc As NHPR’s Dan Gorenstein reports, despite the fact that New Hampshire’s economy is stronger than most of the country’s and has an unemployment rate well below the national average, Republican voters are still worried about their future. As New Hampshire economist Ross Gittell puts it: “It’s all relative.” Gittell told Gorenstein:
For the towns and businesses along the I-93 corridor, the state’s unfinished major road expansion project means more time in limbo. The town of Windham has been enduring major construction delays and changes for several years. Several roads in town are supposed to be moved and the new I-93 exit is only half finished. The […]
One of our most popular drop-in series at StateImpact has been our county-by-county glimpses at migration rates. Our work is based on a map generated by Jon Bruner of Forbes. (We still recommend you check it out.) Using IRS data, Bruner traced where people in every county in the country were moving to–and from–between 2005 […]
Lately, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis has been crunching numbers looking at so called “personal income” growth. That figure includes all pre-tax income: wages, salaries, dividends, annuities, Social Security checks…everything. And for the third quarter of 2011, the growth was rather modest. In its media release, the Bureau of Economic Analysis noted: “State personal […]
First of all, if you haven’t checked-in with NHPR’s Word of Mouth…you need to. StateImpact listens in frequently. And it just so happens that we found a cool interview host Virginia Prescott did with reporter MacGregor Campbell about the resurrection of peer-to-peer lending in lieu of banks. As the segment intro explains: “Back in the […]
Using data on salaries and wages recently released by the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis, Kathleen Callahan of the New Hampshire Business Review breaks down the payday picture for Granite Staters. And while it’s not dismal, it’s also not the best. “Total employment compensation in New Hampshire increased by 1.8 percent in 2010, but it […]
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