Bessent weighs mortgage rate risk in potential release of GSEs from conservatorship by Logan Mohtashami for HousingWire

HousingWireHousingWire Releasing the GSEs from conservatorship became a hot topic again this week after President Trump posted that he was giving it “serious consideration” on Wednesday, followed by a Bloomberg interview with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday. The timing of the president’s announcement took many by surprise, given rising…

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Local colleges’ new grads enter a job market in flux by NH Business Review for Abigail Ham-Keene Sentinel

Ann Goodrich-Bazan, director of career education in the Lloyd and Helen Ament Astmann ‘69 Career Center at Franklin Pierce University, speaks with senior Ja’hid Anderson, left, and recent graduate Ked Prukmathakul, right, in the university’s Student Success Center. (Photo by Hannah Schroeder, Keene Sentinel) When Bailey Saddlemire, Class of ’22,…

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NH Food Bank faces increased demand as food insecurity rates continue to rise statewide by NH Business Review for NH Food Bank Staff

Amid increased costs, federal funding cuts and rising food insecurity rates, the New Hampshire Food Bank, the only food bank in the state and a program of Catholic Charities New Hampshire, is reigniting its call to action, encouraging Granite Staters to take action to help fight hunger statewide. According to…

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2025 NH Energy Champion Award winners announced by NH Business Review for NH Business Review Staff

Kristopher Tiernan, associate director and head of site planning and sustainability for Lonza, accepts the 2025 NH Energy Week’s Large Business Energy Champion Award. (Courtesy photo) The eighth annual New Hampshire Energy Week marked another successful year of convening leaders and stakeholders from across the state’s diverse energy landscape. With…

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