Earlier this month, The New York Times reported that the Trump administration is drafting a plan to pay stay-at-home parents using funds currently aimed at helping working parents with childcare costs. While the rule change has not been proposed yet, New Hampshire childcare providers and family advocates worry about its impact. The proposal would change […]
As NH grapples with workforce shortages and one of the oldest populations in the nation, Stay Work Play NH is launching a new initiative desig…
MEREDITH — Republican Edward Twaddell is running to represent for Belknap's District 2. The West Point graduate and member of the Inter-Lakes …
Last month, New Hampshire Executive Councilors John Stephen and Joe Kenney published a column in NH Journal explaining their decision to vote down a childcare quality contract in favor of funding the childcare workforce grant. Since then, as new information has clarified the state’s inability to fund the workforce grant, they both said they stand […]
A new White House science strategy, laid out in a report titled Science: A New Golden Age, challenges an 80-year-old model that made the US the global scientific leader.
As the Trump administration moves to end Temporary Protected Status for several immigrant groups and employers continue to warn about labor shortages, researchers at Manifest Law analyzed where businesses rely most heavily on the H-2A and H-2B seasonal worker programs—two legal pathways employers use to fill temporary jobs when domestic workers are unavailable. The analysis ranks states and metropolitan areas by seasonal foreign labor requests relative to the size of their local workforce, offering a detailed look at where employers depend most heavily on H-2A and H-2B workers to meet recurring staffing needs. It also identifies which occupations generate the greatest demand and how reliance on agricultural and non-agricultural seasonal foreign labor differs across the country.
After more than a year of debate, New Hampshire childcare providers received a direct answer this week on childcare workforce grant funding. In a series of letters exchanged between federal officials, state officials, and an advocacy group, it has been determined that federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, dollars cannot be used to […]
As concerns about food safety and supply chain resilience continue to make headlines—including the current cyclospora outbreak—researchers at Trace One analyzed Bureau of Labor Statistics data to identify the U.S. cities and states where food manufacturing plays the largest role in the local economy. The study ranks locations by the concentration of food manufacturing employment, revealing where America's food production workforce is most heavily concentrated and where the industry has the greatest economic footprint.
MANCHESTER — Southern New Hampshire University will relocate all offices and administrative operations from its longtime Millyard headquarters…
Fifth Third reports that behavioral health mergers and acquisitions activity remained strong in 2025 and is expected to continue its upward trajectory in 2026.