A recent New Hampshire Public Radio story about New Hampshire’s last remaining coal-fired power plant offers a great example of how left-wing activists enjoy an unwarranted ability to frame journalistic narratives, particularly on energy issues. “New Hampshire’s coal-fired power plant, the last of its kind in New England not set to retire, will now remain […]
President Biden on March 2 announced a goal of administering at least one vaccine to every educator in the United States by the end of the month. The head of the American Federation of Teachers praised the announcement, saying, “vaccinations are a key ingredient to reopening schools safely.” But that’s not true. A vast and […]
Coming out of 2020, New Hampshire is in better financial shape that many other states thanks to a sound revenue structure, relatively restrained spending, a strong economy, and good management, concludes a new report from the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy and the Economic Research Center at The Buckeye Institute. “Restrained state spending, a […]
(Editor’s note: In the original post, some charts pulled school district spending data from a different data set that covered a shorter time span than the staff and enrollment data. The spending increases therefore appeared smaller than they actually were. The charts have been corrected so that all data cover 1995-2018.) “I think that […]
Gov. Chris Sununu’s proposed 2022-23 state budget cuts state general and education trust fund spending for the first time in a decade. Strangely, this generally was not the big story in media coverage of the budget. But it is a big story — because reductions in state spending are extremely rare. Comparing the governor’s proposal […]
Grappling with the consequences of a long and steady decline in students, the Manchester School District this week released plans to close the city’s oldest school, Hallsville Elementary. A consultant has recommended closing three other schools. In the short term, city leaders are going to have to make difficult choices, many of which have been […]
Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle, author Virginia Postrel, and Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist will headline the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy’s next three Libertas Virtual Events. Megan McArdle, columnist for The Washington Post, joins us for our next Libertas Virtual Event on Thursday, Feb. 18, at noon. Author and former Reason […]
A bill in the Legislature (SB 105) would establish “My 603” by Candia country musician Nicole Knox Murphy as the official New Hampshire state song. By law. Don’t like the song? Too bad. Think another song better represents New Hampshire? Too bad. Legislators would decree that this song is the best of all possible New […]
There will soon be a lot of talk about Education Freedom Accounts (also known as Education Savings Accounts) in New Hampshire. Here’s a brief explainer of what they are and how they work. We’ll use the general term Education Savings Account, or ESA, for clarity. Education Savings Accounts empower families with the freedom and flexibility […]
Many people believe that cutting tax rates always and automatically lowers government revenue. They believe this even when shown that it isn’t true. When House Bill 10, a bill to continue reducing the Business Profits Tax and Business Enterprise Tax rates, had its turn in the House Ways & Means Committee on Thursday, the predictable […]