Join the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy and the Center for Ethics in Society at Saint Anselm College on October 12 as they present the findings of a first-of-its kind study showing how residential land use regulations have affected the supply and price of housing in New Hampshire. “Residential Land Use Regulation In New Hampshire: […]
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More than 1,000 New Hampshire families have applied for one of the state’s new Education Freedom Accounts (EFAs), showing strong demand for a program that offers many lower-income families their first real alternative to their assigned public school. Sadly, opponents of the program have cited this strong interest as a reason to prevent the program […]
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In May, Foster’s Daily Democrat reported the exciting news that celebrity chef Bobby Marcotte planned to convert an abandoned Portsmouth gas station into a unique Asian-Spanish fusion restaurant. Portsmouth has a certain cachet, cultivated by its inhabitants as well as its government. One might think that a super-fashionable, high-concept restaurant helmed by a local celebrity […]
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What is an Education Freedom Account (EFA)? An Education Freedom Account (EFA) is a government-approved savings account that can be used to pay for various educational expenses. EFAs let families use their state per-pupil adequate education grant to purchase educational services outside of their assigned public school. The grant amount will vary by student. The […]
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In the last decade, New Hampshire’s population grew at the slowest rate in a century, signaling that generations’ worth of astounding economic and cultural gains could be put at risk. New Hampshire’s population grew by 4.5% from 2010-2020, the lowest growth rate since the state had 2.9% growth from 1910-1920. It marked the first time […]
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The Center for Disease Control’s plainly unconstitutional eviction moratorium, begun in the Trump administration and continued by President Biden, is much more than a presidential abandonment of the rule of law. It’s a rejection — and reversal — of the very foundation on which James Madison based all government power — private property rights. And […]
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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit New Hampshire last year, it’s unlikely that even the cleverest among us thought, “You know, this is going to turn people against local housing ordinances.” Yet here we are in the summer of 2021, and housing is tied with COVID as the No. 2 concern of Granite Staters, according to […]
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At the start of the COVID-19 shutdown last spring, restaurant customers wanted to order beer and wine with their delivery dinners. There was just one problem. That was illegal. New Hampshire’s alcohol laws reserved beer and wine delivery exclusively for other types of businesses. This was such an obvious financial challenge for restaurants during the […]
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In an unexpected twist, New Hampshire has emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic as the only New England state that does not allow delivery cocktails. In Boston, Bangor and Burlington, you can order a Cuba Libre with your delivery dinner. But not in Bartlett, or anywhere else in New Hampshire. Dozens of states — including […]
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There are two sides of the affordable housing equation: incomes and housing prices. While the market pushes New Hampshire incomes higher, the government prevents it from lowering home prices. Casual news readers can get only one side of this picture because reports on wages and housing costs often focus on the wage side and ignore […]
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Josiah Bartlett Center to hold housing conference, release land use study with the Center for Ethics in Society
BLOG, FEATURED, HOUSINGJoin the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy and the Center for Ethics in Society at Saint Anselm College on October 12 as they present the findings of a first-of-its kind study showing how residential land use regulations have affected the supply and price of housing in New Hampshire. “Residential Land Use Regulation In New Hampshire: […]
Capping Education Freedom Accounts would cap opportunities for students
EDUCATION, FEATUREDMore than 1,000 New Hampshire families have applied for one of the state’s new Education Freedom Accounts (EFAs), showing strong demand for a program that offers many lower-income families their first real alternative to their assigned public school. Sadly, opponents of the program have cited this strong interest as a reason to prevent the program […]
Zoning and Portsmouth’s ‘cursed’ gas station
BLOG, FEATURED, LOCAL GOVERNMENTIn May, Foster’s Daily Democrat reported the exciting news that celebrity chef Bobby Marcotte planned to convert an abandoned Portsmouth gas station into a unique Asian-Spanish fusion restaurant. Portsmouth has a certain cachet, cultivated by its inhabitants as well as its government. One might think that a super-fashionable, high-concept restaurant helmed by a local celebrity […]
What is an Education Freedom Account, and does my child qualify?
EDUCATION, FEATUREDWhat is an Education Freedom Account (EFA)? An Education Freedom Account (EFA) is a government-approved savings account that can be used to pay for various educational expenses. EFAs let families use their state per-pupil adequate education grant to purchase educational services outside of their assigned public school. The grant amount will vary by student. The […]
Why New Hampshire’s smallest population growth in a century is bad news
BLOG, ECONOMY, FEATUREDIn the last decade, New Hampshire’s population grew at the slowest rate in a century, signaling that generations’ worth of astounding economic and cultural gains could be put at risk. New Hampshire’s population grew by 4.5% from 2010-2020, the lowest growth rate since the state had 2.9% growth from 1910-1920. It marked the first time […]
On evictions, the answer is more property rights, not fewer
BLOG, HOUSING, REGULATIONThe Center for Disease Control’s plainly unconstitutional eviction moratorium, begun in the Trump administration and continued by President Biden, is much more than a presidential abandonment of the rule of law. It’s a rejection — and reversal — of the very foundation on which James Madison based all government power — private property rights. And […]
The time has come for housing reform
BLOG, FEATURED, HOUSING, REGULATIONWhen the COVID-19 pandemic hit New Hampshire last year, it’s unlikely that even the cleverest among us thought, “You know, this is going to turn people against local housing ordinances.” Yet here we are in the summer of 2021, and housing is tied with COVID as the No. 2 concern of Granite Staters, according to […]
New Hampshire allows beer (or wine) with your pizza delivery, at last
FEATURED, REGULATIONAt the start of the COVID-19 shutdown last spring, restaurant customers wanted to order beer and wine with their delivery dinners. There was just one problem. That was illegal. New Hampshire’s alcohol laws reserved beer and wine delivery exclusively for other types of businesses. This was such an obvious financial challenge for restaurants during the […]
New Hampshire is the only New England state not to allow cocktail delivery
BLOG, FEATURED, REGULATIONIn an unexpected twist, New Hampshire has emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic as the only New England state that does not allow delivery cocktails. In Boston, Bangor and Burlington, you can order a Cuba Libre with your delivery dinner. But not in Bartlett, or anywhere else in New Hampshire. Dozens of states — including […]
While the market drives up wages, government prevents it from providing more housing
ECONOMY, HOUSING, REGULATIONThere are two sides of the affordable housing equation: incomes and housing prices. While the market pushes New Hampshire incomes higher, the government prevents it from lowering home prices. Casual news readers can get only one side of this picture because reports on wages and housing costs often focus on the wage side and ignore […]