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In Executive Order, Ayotte Reiterates Commitment to ‘Advanced Nuclear’
31+ min ago (452+ words) Author Molly Rains, NH Bulletin This story was updated on Thursday, March 26, at 1 p.m. Gov. Kelly Ayotte issued an executive order Thursday directing the state Department of Energy to create a "nuclear roadmap" for New Hampshire. "Increased use of nuclear generation…...
Police and Corrections Officers are Some of NH’s Highest Earners. Overtime Pay Boosts Their Salaries to Six Figures and Beyond.
4+ hour, 32+ min ago (876+ words) Nine of the 10 highest-paid state employees work in New Hampshire prisons. Last year, those nine alone earned a combined $3.1 million, earnings that a Monitor analysis of state salary data found were bolstered by copious amounts of overtime. The highest-paid individual,…...
‘We’re Excited’: Three Western NH Early Education Programs Talk Plans for Federal Funding
8+ hour, 6+ min ago (1324+ words) Author Maya Mitchell, NH Bulletin Monroe-Cassel grew up in upstate New York, where she saw her childhood church fall into disrepair when the community could not find a way to keep the doors open. When The Well Collaborative, a nonprofit…...
Business NH Magazine joins NHPR for the 'Business Minute"
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (204+ words) New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR) is proud to announce a new editorial partnership with Business NH Magazine, the state's leading monthly business publication. The Business Minute airs weekdays during All Things Considered at 4:18 p.m. and 6:18 p.m. NHPR will launch a refreshed iteration…...
Great Bay Community College Opens New Welding Technologies Facility
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (272+ words) Author Business NH Magazine staff report In March, students enrolled in the'Welding Technologies certificate program at Great Bay Community College (GBCC) in Portsmouth were welcomed into the new 3,500- square-foot welding lab at the college's Pease Tradeport campus in Portsmouth.' "We…...
A Century-Old Store Closed. These Sisters are Bringing it Back.
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (1155+ words) Author Noah Diedrich, Keene Sentinel Two sisters are reassembling a community fixture in Gilsum" literally. Ladders, tools, sawdust and planks of wood now occupy the space at 18 Main St., where Damaris Graham and Mariana Gibaldi are reviving the Gilsum Village…...
Proposed Business Enterprise Tax Cut Would Reduce State Revenue by $26 Million
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (248+ words) Past reductions in the NH Business Enterprise Tax (BET) have lowered the revenue available for public services. Those rate reductions have not provided clear economic benefits, and a newly proposed rate reduction does not appear likely to spur significant changes…...
Bill Seeks to Boost Local Electricity in NH Through Natural Gas, Nuclear
1+ week, 1+ day ago (614+ words) Author Molly Rains, NH Bulletin A bill that would allow electric utilities to own a certain quota of fossil fuel and nuclear generation was endorsed Tuesday by a second House committee. The proposal would enable utilities to own natural gas…...
Migration Spurs Modest Population Growth in New England
1+ week, 2+ day ago (444+ words) New England's modest population growth since the pandemic is entirely driven by migration rather than births. This has major implications for businesses, labor markets, and even elections, according to a recent report by Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey…...
‘Right to Compute’ Bill Passes House, While Proposed Data Center Precautions Flop
1+ week, 3+ day ago (457+ words) Author Molly Rains, NH Bulletin The New Hampshire House continued to embrace a hands-off attitude toward technology regulation during two jam-packed session days on Wednesday and Thursday. Representatives passed a bill proposing a broad "right to compute," while killing other…...