State agency openly lobbies for ‘second stimulus’

The New Hampshire Department of Transportation is openly asking for a ‘second stimulus’ from the federal government in a press release issued on Wednesday.
“This past year virtually doubled the NHDOT’s annual federal funding for transportation improvement projects,” said Commissioner George Campbell. “New Hampshire’s needs still far outweigh available funding, and we would welcome passage of [...]

Local participant in ‘Jobs Summit’ a major Democrat donor

Frank Alix, a New Hampshire businessman who participated in President Barack Obama’s so-called ‘Jobs Summit’ last week—and offered a glowing review of the administration’s policies to state media—was a major donor to the 2008 campaign of Democrat U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, NowHampshire.com has learned.
Alix appears not to have shared that information with the media.
“We have [...]

Bosse enters race for GOP nod in New Hampshire’s satirical 00th district

Republican activist and free market think-tanker Grant Bosse formally declared his candidacy today in New Hampshire’s 00th Congressional District after news that the Obama administration has attributed a majority of the state’s stimulus jobs to that non-existent district
New Hampshire has only two congressional districts, neither of which are numbered “00.”
“Even a fake district needs real [...]

POLL: 69% of Granite Staters say stimulus has been unsuccessful in creating jobs (Updated)

A new poll shows a significant majority of Granite Staters believes President Barack Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, commonly known as the stimulus, has been unsuccessful in creating jobs in New Hampshire.
The poll, conducted exclusively for NowHampshire.com by CrossTarget, shows that sixty-nine percent of respondents believe the stimulus has been unsuccessful in creating jobs. [...]

Hannity highlights Shea-Porter’s stimulus walk-back

Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter is making national news again. This time conservative radio and television personality Sean Hannity is highlighting controversial remarks she made about the stimulus not meeting expectations after a new report shows it has created very few jobs in the Granite State:

Stimulus has created 221 private sector jobs in New Hampshire

President Barack Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), commonly known as the stimulus act, created or saved only 221 private sector jobs between February 17th and September 30th NowHampshire.com has learned.
And despite President Obama’s heavy emphasis on road and bridge repair during the debate over the stimulus, the measure has created or saved only [...]

Seacoast single-family home sales slip in August

PORTSMOUTH — Sales of single-family homes in nine sample Seacoast towns registered a third straight monthly decline in August, falling off 14 percent from July and 8 percent from August 2008 numbers. It was the slowest month for closings since April, according to the Seacoast Board of Realtors.
Still, pending sales remained exactly the same as [...]

Economy recovering but still fragile

WASHINGTON – Adding to evidence the recession has ended, housing construction rose in August and fewer laid-off workers sought jobless aid last week.
Still, the reports suggested a slow and fragile economic recovery. The rise in housing starts was due solely to a jump in the volatile apartment-building category, and unemployment claims remain far above levels [...]

Bedford Beauty School Received Stimulus Funds

rguing in favor of President Barack Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in January Democratic Congressman and senate candidate Paul Hodes claimed the stimulus act would “Reduce Soaring Unemployment.”
It hasn’t worked out that way.
Instead, according to a report issued by the New Hampshire Office of Economic Stimulus, the stimulus act has created only 96 private [...]

Despite Job Losses, Shea-Porter Claims Stimulus is Creating Jobs

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