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Nationally, 21 states will increase their minimum wages on Jan. 1, according to the Economic Policy Institute. The increases will raise pay for more than 9.2 million workers by a total of $5.7 billion.
New Hampshire’s bioscience industry is emerging as a leader, outpacing the national industry job growth rate and showing its potential with this year’s $44 million Nashua ReGen Valley TechHub grant, according to an industry report.
Nonprofit organizations that want to apply for a matching grant of up to $10,000 for maintenance work on a historic preservation project have until Monday, Jan. 6, to file a letter of inquiry.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has taken numerous year-end actions that will benefit consumers in the coming year. Read all about it.
Three more companies have become members of New Hampshire Life Sciences, and five have joined as associate members, as the statewide association that is working to drive growth and awareness of the state’s multi-billion-dollar life sciences industry closes out its first year.
The city is one of 18 communities in the state designated a Housing Champion, which makes it eligible to apply for a share of $5 million in state grant money to help develop workforce housing.
The Maine homestead of former Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins was declared a national monument Monday by President Joe Biden after a two-month push by advocates of the trailblazing labor and women’s rights leader.
November single-family home prices in New Hampshire were the lowest they’ve been since March, and, as the year draws to a close, sales and listings are on track to do better than they did in the state in 2023.
“New Hampshire homes are among the oldest in the country, leading to hundreds of New Hampshire children poisoned each year by lead found in paint, dust, and soil,” NH Housing said.
“In the past year, Gather has seen an unprecedented demand across all its anti-hunger programs – higher than ever in its 200-year history,” Anne Hayes, Gather executive director, said in a news release. “We’re now serving an average of 10,500 individuals each month, a 24% increase over 2023, and providing nearly 80,000 prepared meals, a 26% increase over 2023. So this makes sense that we’re seeing hundreds of people at our Thanksgiving event.”