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ISSUES
EDUCATION
UNH poll question on Education Freedom Accounts misdescribes the program, generates outlier results
A new UNH poll purports to show that Education Savings Accounts…
HEALTH CARE
N.H. 1st New England state to make vaccine available for half, then later 2/3, of residents
On Monday, March 29, New Hampshire became the first New England…
ENERGY
Merrimack Station, coal power and moral responsibility
A recent New Hampshire Public Radio story about New Hampshire’s…
STATE BUDGET
House budget cuts state spending, taxes
The 2022-23 state budget passed in the state House of Representatives…
TRANSPORTATION
N.H. wasting $5.4 million to design obsolete commuter rail line
Amid a historic collapse in transit ridership, the Executive…
TAXATION
N.H. remote workers face taxation without representation
By Andrew Cline and Robert Alt
When Massachusetts Gov. Charlie…
REGULATION
State study: A $15 minimum wage would make N.H. poorer, less populous
Raising New Hampshire’s minimum wage to $15 an hour would cost…
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Smokers, Mass. lawmakers may have saved N.H. businesses from tax hike
Cigarette smokers and flavored tobacco scavengers from Massachusetts…
BETTER GOVERNMENT
In our republican form of government, all public employees, including police officers, exercise only the powers granted them by the people. All public employees serve the citizens and are accountable to them. The powers granted to public employees are altered from time to time as the people demand. High-profile abuses of police power in recent […]
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How a bipartisan bill would fix New Hampshire’s qualified immunity problem
BETTER GOVERNMENT, BLOG, FEATUREDA 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 […]