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This Thanksgiving Week’s Essential StateImpact

Happy Thanksgiving!  It’s a short week at StateImpact as well, but we’ve still got some content ready to roll out for Black Friday (so check back when you wake up for the second time tomorrow morning). Today, we’re taking it a bit easy. But if you’d like a spot of business and economic news between […]

StateImpact’s Going To Be On NHPR’s “The Exchange”!

Remember our coverage of how vacation homes affect New Hampshire’s economy?  It just so happens those stories caught the attention of host Laura Knoy and the motley band of producers who work on NHPR’s daily call-in show “The Exchange.” We’ll be part of the guest panel talking in-depth about the Granite State’s second home economy […]

This Week’s Essential StateImpact

Student debt dominated our coverage last week, and for a good part of this week as well.  And it looks like you definitely dug it.  Normally, we like to keep our weekly top posts roundup to 5 but it just so happens that this time around, a couple of the posts you really, really liked […]

Correction To A Post

Ed. Note: Yesterday, we posted a piece headlined: “Why One New Hampshire Town Voted To Raise Its Own Tax.”  In that story, we inadvertently identified Andover, Massachusetts as Andover, New Hampshire.  Additionally, it’s important to note that unlike Massachusetts, New Hampshire residents cannot actually vote to raise their local taxes. The piece has been removed […]

This Week’s Essential StateImpact

It’s been a busy week at StateImpact New Hampshire.  We were trucking along on our expected path, when a handy-dandy report from the Project on Student Debt came out, ranking the Granite State #1 for student debt load.  So we pounced on it.  And not surprisingly, this topic’s dominated our click-counter. You can catch our […]

Veteran’s Day At StateImpact New Hampshire

One of the staples of the StateImpact site is our daily link roundup.  We spend some time every morning surfing a number of state, local, and regional media outlets, and deliver up a handful of news links on the business-and-economy beat that we think are worth checking out. Today, however, is Veterans’ Day, which happens […]

What’s On The Horizon At StateImpact?

As promised last week, we’re going to let you know what you can look for on the horizon at StateImpact New Hampshire.  Here’s a bit of what’s coming up in the (not-so-distant) distance: We’ve got a nifty interactive timeline in the works.  The data’s still coming in…but it’ll be worth the wait. After a brief […]

Do You Like StateImpact?…Then “Like” StateImpact!

Ah, yes.  We’ve hit that sweet spot in the work week.  It’s 3:30 on Friday afternoon. And it’s countdown time. We don’t want to point any fingers, but we wonder if maybe, just maybe, some of you find yourselves tempted away from work by the siren song of Facebook…? If you find yourself straying inexorably […]

This Week’s Essential StateImpact

After checking this week’s stats, we’ve got some clear winners for which posts drew the most eyes…and comments!  If life happened to you and you missed our five most popular posts, you can catch up by clicking on the titles listed below: Is New Hampshire Really As Anti-Tax As It’s Cracked Up To Be?–The post […]

What’s Cooking At StateImpact New Hampshire

It’s been a couple of months since we first launched StateImpact New Hampshire, and now…we’re turning up the heat.  Here’s just a taste of what we’ve got cooking: We’ve got another Herman Cain post that’s just about ready to come out of the frier.  We briefly mentioned it in a post about his 9-9-9 plan […]

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