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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 […]

New Hampshire’s First-Ever Trader Joe’s Opens In Nashua

NHPR intern Tina Forbes, also a crew-member at Nashua’s brand-new Trader Joe’s, brought one of those quintessential tubs of Trader Joe’s miniature chocolate chip cookies to the office today, creating a noticeable boost to newsroom morale.

Family Property Values Predict Quality Of Colleges Attended

How much does the value of your parents’ home predict where you go to college? More than one might think, economist Michael Lovenheim argues in a new working paper from the National Bureau of Economics. Until recently, mainstream assumptions gave a lot of credence to the notion that students need a lifetime of resources to […]

Recent Study Questions “New Hampshire Advantage”

A couple of weeks ago, Arthur Laffer — an economist made famous for his work in the Reagan administration — co-wrote an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal warning that the expiration of federal tax cuts in January puts the country on the verge of a “Taxmageddon.” Laffer’s “supply side” or “trickle down” economic […]

What’s Cookin’

What’s cooking at State Impact New Hampshire: Amanda Loder has been touring the state gathering the stories about how Granite Staters are making it work in this economy.  We’re calling the series “Getting By, Getting Ahead.”  The first blog-post debuts this coming Monday. Keep your eyes peeled for that, and Loder’s radio feature the following […]

Why Ride In The Granite State? Portraits From Laconia Motorcycle Week

New Hampshire has one of the highest motorcycle registration rates in the country. Why do people people love to ride in the Granite State? Scroll down to see what each Laconia rally attendee thinks New Hampshire has to offer, and check out our U.S. map of motorcycle popularity.

Telegraph Editorial: Don’t Let Rhetoric Distort N.H.’s Business Achievements

Do New Hampshire politicians only put on their New Hampshire Advantage glasses when it’s convenient? The Nashua Telegraph has an editorial today urging Granite Staters to “resist distortion” of New Hampshire’s business image by candidates during election season. “Let’s guard against those candidates who would distort the state’s business-friendly reputation for sheer political expediency,” the […]

A Pop-up In Portsmouth: One Innovative New England Business Goes All Out

A trend has taken off in cities from Los Angeles, to New York City, to London, in which restaurants and retailers set up shop in an empty storefront for as short as a weekend to as long as six months. Organizations like Popuphood, in Oakland, Calif., works with retailers, landlords and city government to give […]

Pension Reform: An Introduction

Last week the House and Senate failed to agree even to create a commission to make recommendations regarding pension reform. As I set out to write this piece, I found the different plans and their costs and benefits pretty confusing. Before I could get myth-busting, I needed to learn the basics. I thought I’d lay […]

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