https://www.npr.org Assorted stories from NPR en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:01:42 -0500 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 https://www.npr.org After two years and hundreds of posts, multimedia features, and radio stories, StateImpact New Hampshire is freezing this website and moving our business and economic coverage to NHPR. StateImpact New Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:00:31 -0400 http://www.npr.org/new-hampshire/2013/07/31/farewell-stateimpact-new-hampshire/ http://www.npr.org/new-hampshire/2013/07/31/farewell-stateimpact-new-hampshire/ After two years and hundreds of posts, multimedia features, and radio stories, StateImpact New Hampshire is freezing this website and moving our business and economic coverage to NHPR. StateImpact New

]]> According to the USDA, Americans are producing and eating more locally-raised food every year.  But the market for local meat has trailed behind the market for local produce.  Until recently, Fri, 26 Jul 2013 17:21:37 -0400 http://www.npr.org/new-hampshire/2013/07/26/growing-pains-can-demand-for-local-meat-sustain-n-h-s-three-new-slaughterhouses/ http://www.npr.org/new-hampshire/2013/07/26/growing-pains-can-demand-for-local-meat-sustain-n-h-s-three-new-slaughterhouses/ According to the USDA, Americans are producing and eating more locally-raised food every year.  But the market for local meat has trailed behind the market for local produce.  Until recently,

]]> With almost 60 farmers markets across the state, demand for local food is growing. But local farmers still struggle to make a profit growing local food. In fact, about three Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:15:29 -0400 http://www.npr.org/new-hampshire/2013/07/09/growing-pains-what-one-n-h-farmer-is-doing-to-make-local-food-more-profitable/ http://www.npr.org/new-hampshire/2013/07/09/growing-pains-what-one-n-h-farmer-is-doing-to-make-local-food-more-profitable/ With almost 60 farmers markets across the state, demand for local food is growing. But local farmers still struggle to make a profit growing local food. In fact, about three

]]> A New Hampshire lawyer says one of the key changes following today’s overturning of the Defense of Marriage Act has to do with income taxes. Let’s say you’re in a Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:31:46 -0400 http://www.npr.org/new-hampshire/2013/06/26/doma-ruling-will-reduce-income-taxes-for-some-n-h-couples/ http://www.npr.org/new-hampshire/2013/06/26/doma-ruling-will-reduce-income-taxes-for-some-n-h-couples/ A New Hampshire lawyer says one of the key changes following today’s overturning of the Defense of Marriage Act has to do with income taxes. Let’s say you’re in a

]]> You know the drill – you get a pretty invitation in the mail with a link to Amazon.com or Bed Bath and Beyond. You sit down on the couch, point, Tue, 11 Jun 2013 05:00:47 -0400 http://www.npr.org/new-hampshire/2013/06/11/n-h-startup-brings-local-shops-into-online-wedding-registry-industry/ http://www.npr.org/new-hampshire/2013/06/11/n-h-startup-brings-local-shops-into-online-wedding-registry-industry/ You know the drill – you get a pretty invitation in the mail with a link to Amazon.com or Bed Bath and Beyond. You sit down on the couch, point,

]]> When New Hampshire residents discuss the revival of commuter rail, they are usually referring to the controversial “Capitol Corridor,” an estimated $300 million project which seeks to extend tracks northward Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:43:13 -0400 http://www.npr.org/new-hampshire/2013/06/06/n-h-weighs-a-plan-to-extend-the-haverhill-mbta-commuter-rail-to-plaistow/ http://www.npr.org/new-hampshire/2013/06/06/n-h-weighs-a-plan-to-extend-the-haverhill-mbta-commuter-rail-to-plaistow/ When New Hampshire residents discuss the revival of commuter rail, they are usually referring to the controversial “Capitol Corridor,” an estimated $300 million project which seeks to extend tracks northward

]]> In February, Transportation Commissioner Christopher Clement told a legislative committee that his agency was neither for nor against a House bill that would raise the state’s gas tax by 12 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:22:57 -0400 http://www.npr.org/new-hampshire/2013/06/04/transportation-advocates-pin-hopes-on-gas-tax-hike/ http://www.npr.org/new-hampshire/2013/06/04/transportation-advocates-pin-hopes-on-gas-tax-hike/ In February, Transportation Commissioner Christopher Clement told a legislative committee that his agency was neither for nor against a House bill that would raise the state’s gas tax by 12

]]> New Hampshire’s campaign-finance regulations are a jumble of contradictions, a fact that people who study the issue never fail to point out. A year ago, a consortium of good-government types Wed, 22 May 2013 15:07:39 -0400 http://www.npr.org/new-hampshire/2013/05/22/states-political-spending-rules-fail-to-make-the-grade-again/ http://www.npr.org/new-hampshire/2013/05/22/states-political-spending-rules-fail-to-make-the-grade-again/ New Hampshire’s campaign-finance regulations are a jumble of contradictions, a fact that people who study the issue never fail to point out. A year ago, a consortium of good-government types

]]> As competition in the auto industry heats up, car makers are tightening their image and branding campaigns. But car dealers — who feel financially vulnerable despite soaring profits — say Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:35:44 -0400 http://www.npr.org/new-hampshire/2013/04/23/economic-tensions-fuel-disagreement-between-car-makers-and-dealers/ http://www.npr.org/new-hampshire/2013/04/23/economic-tensions-fuel-disagreement-between-car-makers-and-dealers/ As competition in the auto industry heats up, car makers are tightening their image and branding campaigns. But car dealers — who feel financially vulnerable despite soaring profits — say

]]> Nearly 24 years after the courts first ordered a new facility for female inmates, the New Hampshire House has approved a capital budget with $38 million set aside for a Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:33:25 -0400 http://www.npr.org/new-hampshire/2013/04/11/female-inmates-lawsuit-spurs-action-among-lawmakers/ http://www.npr.org/new-hampshire/2013/04/11/female-inmates-lawsuit-spurs-action-among-lawmakers/ Nearly 24 years after the courts first ordered a new facility for female inmates, the New Hampshire House has approved a capital budget with $38 million set aside for a

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