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ISSUES
EDUCATION
Senate bill would redirect money for lower-income scholarship kids to higher-income college grads
A bill before the Senate Ways and Means Committee next Wednesday…
HEALTH CARE
How N.H. could save millions in drug costs with an online auction
On Thursday, a coalition worthy of a wacky ensemble buddy comedy…
ENERGY
Transportation and Climate Initiative a bad deal for New Hampshire
The regional cap-and-tax scheme called the Transportation and…
STATE BUDGET
Will legislators add new unfunded liabilities to State Retirement System?
On public policy, New Hampshire should always beat Vermont, as…
TRANSPORTATION
A skeptic’s guide to commuter rail boosterism
SUMMARY: To promote taxpayer funding of a quarter-billion dollar…
TAXATION
Lonely (for now) legislators push sales, income taxes
A bill to tax sales of electronics in New Hampshire made news…
REGULATION
A 2020 priority: Protecting N.H. from unlicensed art therapists?
The Legislature opens its 2020 session on Wednesday, and among…
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Film production incentives flop in state capitals
Dazzled by the allure of Hollywood, some New Hampshire legislators…
BETTER GOVERNMENT
Last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Janus v. AFCSME triggered a 5.9% reduction in New Hampshire state employee union membership, state payroll data obtained by the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy show. The sudden drop reversed a years-long trend of rising union enrollment in state government. Prior to the Janus decision, New Hampshire […]
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Will legislators add new unfunded liabilities to State Retirement System?
BETTER GOVERNMENT, BUDGET, FEATUREDOn public policy, New Hampshire should always beat Vermont, as a matter of principle. That goes double for the handling of money. The state that sends a self-proclaimed “socialist” to the U.S. Senate should never get to say it’s more responsible with a dollar. New Hampshire has bragging rights here. The Granite State is 12th […]