StateImpact's Amanda Loder discusses the economic proposals of Republican gubernatorial contenders Ovide Lamontagne and Kevin Smith with Morning Edition host Rick Ganley.
Eighty-one percent of Coos County’s 2009 high school graduates say they don’t see job opportunities for themselves at home. And, more than 60 percent say they see those opportunities getting scarcer. That's according to the most recent survey results from the Carsey Institute's 10-year Coos Youth Study, published this week.
Twenty-three hundred jobs were added to New Hampshire payrolls between April and May, but the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remains stuck at 5%.
There was good news for Coos County: the North Country’s rate dipped below 8% for the first time this year.
Grafton County has the State’s lowest unemployment at 4.1%.
All in all, the data met expectations, says Bob Cote, a researcher with NH Employment Security.
As the clock winds down on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (aka: “The Stimulus Package”), it remains a controversial–and highly politicized–initiative. This week, Grant Bosse of the conservative/libertarian New Hampshire Watchdog* project
Kaniehtakeron Martin's work site at 54th Street and 8th Avenue in Manhattan, which will someday be an office building.
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Today, Martin is one of about 200 Mohawk workers building New York City skyscrapers. He lives in Brooklyn during the workweek and commutes home to Canada on weekends.
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Kahnawake means "by the rapids." It's just south of Montreal, across the St. Lawrence River.
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Steel beams erected in Kahnawake are a reminder of the century-long tradition of ironworking. The beams were used in competitions — participants climb to the top, assemble steel pieces, ring a bell and race down.
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Back in Kahnawake, stickers show the link between the reserve and New York City. Mohawk workers helped build the Empire State Building and the World Trade Center.
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Kahnawake Grand Chief Mike Delisle comes from an ironworking family. He keeps plans from the original World Trade Center and his father's wrenches in his basement.
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The three spirit animals — the bear, the eagle and the wolf — adorn a fence in Kahnawake.
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Martin takes a break on what will be the 27th floor of a Manhattan office building.
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Kaniehtakeron "Geggs" Martin is a fourth-generation ironworker from Kahnawake, a Mohawk reservation south of Montreal.
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Kaniehtakeron Martin takes a break from working on what will be the 27th floor of an office building in New York City.
While the state’s unemployment rate is well below the national average, thousands of people are still searching for a job.
Friday, many of the state’s unemployed showed up for a job fair for a new $100 million shopping center in Merrimack. The retail outlet is expected to create more than 800 positions.
By 7 a.m. Friday morning, hundreds of people lined up outside Nashua Community College for the Merrimack Premium Outlet job fair.
When it opens in mid-June, the outlets will feature 100 clothing, home goods, and other stores.
You can add transportation to the long list of issues hitting a roadblock in Washington. Funding for New Hampshire’s I-93 expansion may get stuck in the beltway traffic jam.
A New England-based manufacturer is moving some of its operations from China to New Hampshire–and bringing 100 new jobs with it. Watts Water Technologies is building up its facilities in Franklin. As
As 2011 was winding down, consumer spirits were starting to rise. Now the momentum has carried into the new year, with polls showing consumer sentiment continuing to improve.
Economists say that negative factors, such as falling home values or rising meat prices, are nowhere near as important as the growth in jobs.
