Entries by Andrew Cline

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Join us and The Dispatch for a NH Primary Party!

    Join us for a New Hampshire Primary party hosted by the Josiah Bartlett Center and The Dispatch When: 6 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 17th, 6 p.m. Where: Grappone Conference Center, 70 Constitution Ave., Concord What: Enjoy cocktails, camaraderie & conversation with Steve Hayes, Jonah Goldberg & Sarah Isgur of The Dispatch and Josiah Bartlett […]

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Housing affordability is dinging the state budget

The Josiah Bartlett Center has warned for the last few years that local government inaction on housing might prompt legislators to restrict local zoning authority. But legislators might have an even stronger incentive to act than the growing public frustration with local land use regulations: Falling revenue. A combination of high interest rates and an […]

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Markets, not judges, set prices, even for education

There is one and only one way to determine the “true cost” of an adequate education. That is to create a competitive education marketplace. Alas, that is not the approach New Hampshire has taken. Instead, legislators have tried to set the cost by decree. Public school districts, asserting with some justification that the amount is […]

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N.H. again tops all of North America in economic freedom

New Hampshire is the most economically free state in North America and in the United States, once again edging Florida to top every Canadian province, U.S. state and Mexican state as ranked by the Fraser Institute, Canada’s free-market think tank.  The Fraser Institute’s 2023 Economic Freedom in North America report, released in partnership with the […]

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The Burgess backfire

In its annual report to the Public Utilities Commission last year, Burgess Biopower outlined its numerous efforts to provide financial security by diversifying its revenue base. Burgess pursued other regional economic development projects to reduce and offset the costs of Burgess’ power, such as co-development of a number of suitable businesses including a greenhouse, a […]

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Republican Primary voters in NH want to restrain the federal government, not American businesses, a Competitiveness Coalition and Josiah Bartlett Center poll finds

The Competitiveness Coalition, in coordination with The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, find in a poll of 800 likely Republican primary voters, released Sept. 5,  that these voters want the federal government to focus on inflation, the cost of living and the economy, and not get distracted by attacking American tech companies. On New […]

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If NH is the Star Wars cantina, Massachusetts is The Empire

Announcing her run for governor, former U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte said she’d fight to prevent New Hampshire from becoming Massachusetts. It was as if she had insulted Bill Belichick’s mother. Lowell’s city manager demanded an apology for Ayotte’s factual assertion that his city has long been a source of illegal drugs entering New Hampshire. Boston Globe columnist […]