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EDUCATION
What to know about the state budget’s Education Freedom Accounts
This year’s state budget, up for a vote on Thursday, contains…
HEALTH CARE
The COVID-19 emergency is over in New Hampshire
When Gov. Chris Sununu announced the end of the statewide mask…
ENERGY
Merrimack Station, coal power and moral responsibility
A recent New Hampshire Public Radio story about New Hampshire’s…
STATE BUDGET
Budget deal cuts state spending by 3%, lowers taxes, creates Education Freedom Accounts
UPDATE: This analysis has been updated to incorporate the Legislative…
TRANSPORTATION
N.H. wasting $5.4 million to design obsolete commuter rail line
Amid a historic collapse in transit ridership, the Executive…
TAXATION
Biden administration argues that states can tax non-resident telecommuters
Siding with Massachusetts in a lawsuit brought by New Hampshire,…
REGULATION
For occupational and business regulations, the pandemic has brought mostly marginal changes
When PepsiCo opened the first Pizza Hut in the Soviet Union in…
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
N.J. legislators ask to join N.H. tax lawsuit against Massachusetts
Three days after New Hampshire sued Massachusetts to stop it…
BETTER GOVERNMENT
A bill to be considered by the House of Representatives this week would end the legal doctrine of qualified immunity in New Hampshire. This policy brief offers a quick explainer of the bill and the broader issue of qualified immunity it addresses. What is qualified immunity? Qualified immunity is a legal doctrine created by the […]
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How the state budget enhances the Legislature’s emergency powers
BETTER GOVERNMENT, BLOG, FEATUREDThe final House-Senate compromise added to this year’s state budget was a deal to give the Legislature more power during a declared state of emergency. This was an issue of heated debate, as many legislators thought the House and Senate needed a more active role in governing during a state of emergency. The compromise doesn’t […]