The use of payroll cards to pay employees has been a topic of contentious debate in recent years. Although many states have already passed laws regulating their usage, current legislation surrounding payroll cards is lacking in New Hampshire. In this report, we investigate the potential…

In Vermont, the affordable housing review process can take up to a decade, involving  communities and developers in lengthy and expensive legal battles that can cause damage  to all those involved. The authors of this  report have been tasked with researching  methods of streamlining the…

President Obama’s job approval rating (34 percent) in New Hampshire remains constant from 2014, while his favorability rating rises to 35 percent from 28 percent in 2014.New Hampshire Senate trial heats show a potentially competitive race between incumbent Senator Kelly Ayotte (R) and current Governor…

Aquaculture is a burgeoning industry in New England, but current aquaculture policy in New Hampshire requires additional infrastructure to adequately allow for economic growth. Due to the lack of a regulatory framework, aquaculturists are currently able to erect illegal structures and operations on public lands…

<a href="http://www.academia.edu/12000925/Co-Producing_Efficacious_Medicines_Collaborative_Event_Ethnography_with_Himalayan_and_Tibetan_Sowa_Rigpa_Practitioners">Current Anthropology 56(2): 178-204</a>Author(s): Calum Blaikie, Sienna Craig, Barbara Gerke, and Theresia HoferThis article emerges from a workshop titled&nbsp; “Producing Efficacious Medicine: Quality, Potency, Lineage, and Critically Endangered Knowledge,” held in Kathmandu, Nepal, in December 2011. An experiment in collaborative event ethnography (CEE), this…

Created in 2000, the Energy Efficiency Charge in Vermont funds incentives and subsidies aimed at reducing energy consumption and electricity costs for residents and businesses throughout Vermont. Promoting energy efficiency through the Energy Efficiency Charge remains an important policy goal in the state. In 2011…

This report presents an overview of natural gas and its role in New Hampshire’s energy future. There has a been a large increase in the use of natural gas in New England in the past decade, but the infrastructure for transporting natural gas has not…

In 2013, Vermont developed the Lake Champlain TMDL Phase 1 Implementation Plan to reasonably assure the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that Vermont will reduce phosphorus loading in Lake Champlain attributable to nonpoint sources. This plan proposes the establishment of the Vermont Clean Water Improvement Fund…

The minimum wage is one of the most debated topics in economics and the political arena. In this report, we analyze the economic impacts, stakeholder perspectives, and public opinion regarding an increase in the New Hampshire minimum wage. The report first reviews the large body…