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March 23, 2012

This Week’s Essential StateImpact

Good afternoon! As usual, we’ve got this week’s roundup of our top five posts. This week, they spanned a number of economic themes: How State Budget Cuts Hit Nursing For Sick Kids: NHPR’s Dan Gorenstein takes us inside the state’s process of evaluating how much Medicaid-funded nursing assistance New Hampshire’s most disabled kids get. Charting NH’s […]

March 14, 2012

Charting NH’s Incredible Shrinking Government

Two hallmarks of Republican legislative leadership these past couple of sessions have been a commitment to small government and the use of deep cuts to state government to bridge budget gaps. And now that the state’s released its dryly-titled “Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2011,” we can get our […]

March 13, 2012

Why Gen Y’s (Slowly) Reconsidering Factory Work

A manufacturing trade group estimates there are 600,000 factory jobs available in the US right now. Many of them are in skilled work, like machining. And most of these jobs are held by Baby Boomers, who are edging closer to retirement. But many of their Gen Y descendents–who were raised on tales of mass layoffs […]

March 6, 2012

Why One Economist Says Austerity Is Hurting Job Growth

As we’ve mentioned before, one of our key online lurking destinations for economic news is the New York Times. And while we don’t often draw on op-ed’s, a recent offering from economist Paul Krugman caught our attention. In “States of Depression,” Krugman (a self-professed liberal) faults the national push towards austerity for the slow economic […]

February 28, 2012

“NH Advantage” Proves True For Albany International

We hear about the “New Hampshire Advantage” all the time. Our low personal taxes and great quality of life make headlines every time a company contemplates relocating to the Granite State. But what happens after a company has been here for a while? Are company leaders still happy with their choice? For leadership at Rochester, […]

February 27, 2012

“Brain Waste” In New Hampshire

As part of New Hampshire’s Immigration Story, we’ve been looking at the economic impact of immigrants on the Granite State’s economy. The latest census data show that New Hampshire’s educated immigrants might be exceptionally underutilized. “A recent study by the American Enterprise Institute found that for every 100 educated immigrants working in Science, Technology, Engineering […]

February 23, 2012

USPS Facilities In Manchester And Nashua Spared Consolidation, Job Cuts

After months of speculation surrounding a large-scale consolidation study, the US Postal Service announced today it will accept the bulk of its recommendations. The result: Up to 35,000 jobs lost if USPS goes through with downsizing. The study considered the possibility of consolidating 264 of the Postal Service’s 461 processing centers. Today, Emily Stephenson at […]

February 22, 2012

Why One Reporter Says There’s No “Skills Gap” In Manufacturing, After All

First of all, if you haven’t read Lila Shapiro’s article for the Huffington Post about the “skills mismatch” (we’ve been calling it the “skills gap”) in manufacturing, you need to. Seriously. It’s well worth the read. If you’d like the condensed version, however, we’re happy to provide highlights. For the past couple of weeks, we’ve […]

February 21, 2012

Q&A: Why NH Factories Are Struggling To Find Workers (And What The Community College System Is Doing About It)

As the national economy continues to trudge toward recovery, the Obama Administration has been pushing advanced manufacturing as a key driver for jobs growth. So over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been looking at various aspects of manufacturing in New Hampshire. While the sector historically struggled in the transition from mill work to high-tech […]

February 7, 2012

Tracing The Great Recession And Recovery Through Help Wanted Ads

After years of speculation on a “jobless recovery,” finally, things could be looking up–at least for the moment. This week, the Bureau of Labor statistics reported some serious gains on the national jobs front for January, with the creation of 243,000 jobs. While job counts and unemployment numbers are the most common ways to measure […]