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In New England, the poster child for bad tax-and-spend governance is no longer Massachusetts. It’s Connecticut. And we can learn from the Nutmeg State’s nutty management. Connecticut used to have relatively low taxes and a strong economy. Not anymore. Our friends at The Yankee Institute in Connecticut have chronicled the state’s decline in a recent […]
The warning from New England’s electric grid operator, ISO New England, has become an annual refrain: Insufficient access to a dependable supply of fuel puts the entire region at risk of rolling blackouts this winter. This year, there’s a new hint of urgency in the warnings, which have come from multiple sources. “Without adequate gas, […]
It’s fall fair season, which in New England is known as the most wonderful time of the year. Why do people love fall fairs so much? Because they’re not really fairs. They’re markets. And markets make people happy. The thrill of a fall fair is enhanced by the crisp, autumn air, the foliage, the drive […]
By Jonathan Helton Will New England have enough fuel this winter? The region’s six governors have their doubts, and in July they wrote U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to ask for relief from a 1920 shipping law that has limited the region’s supply of fuel, particularly oil and natural gas. The governors asked the Biden […]
Gov. Chris Sununu has proposed tapping $60 million of the state budget surplus to give $100 rebates to electricity ratepayers. The plan requires approval by the Legislature and could come up for a vote this Thursday when legislators return to take up bills vetoed by the governor. In the spring, a gas tax holiday was […]
Two events on opposite ends of the state last week highlighted the central problem with New Hampshire’s housing market. In Newmarket over the weekend, a group of renters held a demonstration to denounce landlords and protest high rents. After experiencing a substantial rent increase, one couple said they had to move out of town to find […]
Energy shortages in California and Europe have prompted a revival of interest in Nuclear power. And who gets the credit? Environmental activists, naturally. “Why even environmental activists are supporting nuclear power today,” National Public Radio gushed last week. The few environmentalists highlighted in the story deserve credit for taking such an unpopular position within the […]
Hanover could be the canary in the coal mine for housing-induced labor shortages in New Hampshire. The town has canceled its annual Fall Fest and its after-school program for grades three through five because it can’t find enough staff, the Valley News reported. Why can’t the town find enough staff? The town manager cited the […]
Students are heading back to school, and based on media reports you might expect them to be sitting in classrooms without a teacher. News organizations nationwide have published stories raising alarms about dire school staffing shortages. So why do hiring and staffing data tell a completely different story? The New Hampshire Department of Education announced […]
By Jason Sorens Gov. Chris Sununu and his opponent, Sen. Tom Sherman, have proposed reforms to alleviate New Hampshire’s severe housing shortage. How do those proposals compare, and how effective would they be? A brief overview of each suggests that neither would solve New Hampshire’s housing shortage, but Gov. Sununu’s initiative would be likely to […]