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Claremont’s core flaw emerges in Education Freedom Account debate
Speaking in favor of Senate Bill 432, a bill to eliminate New…
HEALTH CARE
Temporary licenses offer life support for N.H. health care system as permanent fix proves elusive
On Feb. 1, amid a critical shortage of health care personnel…
ENERGY
The Burgess Biopower ratepayer money pit
If the Burgess Biopower plant in Berlin closes, New Hampshire…
STATE BUDGET
Businesses are raining cash on the state budget
With two months left in the fiscal year, state business tax collections…
TRANSPORTATION
A gas tax holiday is just a holiday from reality
Rising gas prices have prompted calls for a state gas tax holiday.…
TAXATION
The dumb fight over an 0.1% business tax cut
Republicans in the Legislature are pushing to lower New Hampshire’s…
REGULATION
Recycling more plastics is bad? Some activists say so
Companies have been working for years on new ways to recycle…
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Senate budget would make New Hampshire truly income-tax-free
If the Senate Finance Committee’s proposed budget becomes law,…
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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 […]