{"id":3459,"date":"2011-11-24T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/?p=3459"},"modified":"2011-11-22T21:28:27","modified_gmt":"2011-11-23T02:28:27","slug":"this-thanksgiving-weeks-essential-stateimpact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2011\/11\/24\/this-thanksgiving-weeks-essential-stateimpact\/","title":{"rendered":"This Thanksgiving Week&#8217;s Essential StateImpact"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3461\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"This Thanksgiving, we're thankful for you (and your clicks!)\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/5196392322_615ef315c8_o.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3461\" title=\"Thanksgiving Turkey Cookies\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/5196392322_615ef315c8_o-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/5196392322_615ef315c8_o-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/5196392322_615ef315c8_o-220x164.jpg 220w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/5196392322_615ef315c8_o-138x103.jpg 138w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2011\/11\/5196392322_615ef315c8_o.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">BigSisLilSis \/ Flickr<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Thanksgiving, we&#39;re thankful for you (and your clicks!)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Happy Thanksgiving! \u00a0It&#8217;s a short week at StateImpact as well, but we&#8217;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).<\/p>\n<p>Today, we&#8217;re taking it a bit easy.<\/p>\n<p>But if you&#8217;d like a spot of business and economic news between helpings of turkey, or before you rustle up the leftover turkey in the fridge for late-night sandwiches, we&#8217;ve got what you&#8217;re looking for. Here&#8217;s your short holiday week&#8217;s edition of Essential StateImpact, our roundup of the stories that the most people were worth checking out:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a title=\"Q&amp;A: What's Driving UNH's High Student Debt Numbers?\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2011\/11\/15\/qa-whats-driving-unhs-high-student-debt-numbers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Q&amp;A: \u00a0What&#8217;s Driving UNH&#8217;s High Student Debt Numbers?<\/a>: \u00a0We published this in-depth look at the university&#8217;s financial aid situation early last week. \u00a0And it looks like you&#8217;re still talking about it!<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Q&amp;A: Explaining Dartmouth's (Relatively) Low Student Debt Load\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2011\/11\/14\/qa-explaining-dartmouth\u2019s-relatively-low-student-debt-load\/\" target=\"_blank\">Q&amp;A: Explaining Dartmouth&#8217;s (Relatively) Low Student Debt Load<\/a>: \u00a0The companion piece to our #1 post this week breaks down why sometimes, an Ivy League education can be cheaper than attending a state school.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mapping Who's Coming To--And Leaving--New Hampshire\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2011\/11\/21\/mapping-whos-coming-to-and-leaving-new-hampshire\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mapping Who&#8217;s Coming To&#8211;And Leaving&#8211;New Hampshire<\/a>: <em>Forbes <\/em>used IRS data to create a cool map showing where people from every county in the United States moved. \u00a0Where is Merrimack County gaining people from? \u00a0Where is Coos County losing residents to? \u00a0The map reveals all.<!--more--><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Losing The Lotto: How A Massachusetts Gas Station Is Eating Into NH's Education Funding\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2011\/11\/16\/losing-the-lotto-how-a-massachusetts-gas-station-is-eating-into-nhs-education-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\">Losing The Lotto: How A Massachusetts Gas Station Is Eating Into NH&#8217;s Education Funding<\/a>: The most recent installment of our Losing The Lotto series, which looks into why, exactly, the Granite State&#8217;s been seeing year after year of lackluster lottery sales. \u00a0File this one under &#8220;weird but true&#8221;: One of the state&#8217;s biggest competitors could actually be a gas station in Methuen. \u00a0StateImpact checked it out.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Latest Links: Layoffs At Health And Human Services, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Presstek\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2011\/11\/16\/losing-the-lotto-how-a-massachusetts-gas-station-is-eating-into-nhs-education-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\">Latest Links: Layoffs At Health And Human Services, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Presstek<\/a>: \u00a0Last week, we questioned the wisdom of the crowd, and decided to add a couple more posts to our weekly roundup when this little bit of aggregation made the cut. \u00a0After all, who doesn&#8217;t like to read original stuff? \u00a0But what got our attention appears to have gotten&#8211;and kept&#8211;yours: A day of public and private layoffs and layoff announcements across the state. \u00a0Crowd, we accede to your wisdom.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Thanksgiving! \u00a0It&#8217;s a short week at StateImpact as well, but we&#8217;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&#8217;re taking it a bit easy. 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