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EDUCATION
Education Entrepreneur Spotlight: Stacey Hammerlind and Jessica Rothbart of Micah Studios
Editor’s note: Since the COVID-19 pandemic, educational entrepreneurship…
HEALTH CARE
Medicaid can’t continue expanding forever
As legislators consider more proposals to expand Medicaid eligibility…
ENERGY
Would you spend $150 million to subsidize a Dunkin’ franchise? How about an unprofitable power plant?
How would you feel about being taxed to support a failing business…
STATE BUDGET
Revenues end year half-billion over budget as unemployment hits record low
Lost amid all the political and economic news this month was…
TRANSPORTATION
Boondoggle: State study shows soaring costs, plunging ridership for commuter rail
The January, 2023, draft of the state’s Capital Corridor commuter…
TAXATION
New Hampshire to be income-tax-free in 2025
On January 1, 2025, New Hampshire will ring in the new year as…
REGULATION
Republican Primary voters in NH want to restrain the federal government, not American businesses, a Competitiveness Coalition and Josiah Bartlett Center poll finds
The Competitiveness Coalition, in coordination with The Josiah…
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Massachusetts votes to raise New Hampshire’s median income
One of the more important New Hampshire stories of the 2022 mid-term…
BETTER GOVERNMENT
On July 4th, Americans celebrate not just the formation of our nation, but the inspiring ideals of the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence. It’s currently fashionable to question whether Americans live up to those ideals, or ever have. But the predominant voices of doubt ask the wrong question. The foundational question is not […]
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Fewer NH legislators have local public service experience, study finds
BETTER GOVERNMENT, BLOG, FEATUREDSince the turn of the 21st century, the percentage of freshmen New Hampshire legislators with a record of public service in their community has fallen significantly, a new UNH study shows. Instead of having served on a select board or the board of a local non-profit group, today’s legislators are increasingly public service rookies. The […]