{"id":4826,"date":"2012-01-06T15:00:11","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T20:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/?p=4826"},"modified":"2012-01-06T12:35:11","modified_gmt":"2012-01-06T17:35:11","slug":"this-weeks-essential-stateimpact-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/01\/06\/this-weeks-essential-stateimpact-8\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week’s Essential StateImpact"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Taro Yamamoto \/ Flickr<\/p>

We've got the weekly roundup of the StateImpact posts you loved most!<\/p><\/div>It’s late Friday afternoon.\u00a0 And we wouldn’t blame you for feeling a bit fidgety at your desk.\u00a0 So in the spirit of combating pre-weekend restlessness, we bring you this week’s roundup of our most popular posts–the stuff people are talking about, and you just might’ve missed in the mid-week bustle.<\/p>\n

1. The Ultimate NH Primary Cheat Sheet: Where The Candidates Stand on Economic Policy<\/a>: This is by far our most popular post of the week, in terms of both clicks and comments.\u00a0 We break down the Republican presidential candidates’ economic plans into easy-to-read roundups of their views of personal taxes, corporate taxes, and government spending.<\/p>\n

2. The States With The Best And Worst Wage Laws For Home Health Workers<\/a>: Our top post of 2011 is still drawing a respectable number of clicks (and reams of comments).\u00a0 This color-coded map illustrates which states have minimum wage and overtime provisions for home health workers, which have neither, and which fall somewhere in between.<\/p>\n

3. Conservationists Battle For Land Sought By Northern Pass<\/a>: Our take on the big Northern Pass story at the start of 2011 caught your attention.\u00a0 We boil down Union-Leader<\/em> coverage of the Forest Society’s race to raise $850,000 for a conservation easement on some Balsam’s property.\u00a0 The land is reportedly crucial for the Northern Pass project.<\/p>\n

4. Days Before The Primary, Restaurant Bans Politicians<\/a>: The tale of Colby’s Breakfast & Lunch in Portsmouth was making the online rounds this week.\u00a0 This is our take on the SeacoastOnline.com story that offers a waitress-eye view of NH’s retail politics, complete with dishy stories on well-known politicos and juicy quotes.<\/p>\n

5. The 2011 NH Legislature in Review: The \u201cOpen for Business\u201d Session<\/a>: A little preview of the new legislative session.\u00a0 House Republican leadership says they’ll be focused on business.\u00a0 How does that focus look so far?\u00a0 And what’s left to go?<\/p>\n

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