The 2022-23 state budget passed in the state House of Representatives on Wednesday would reduce state general and education fund spending by 1.4% below actual 2020-21 state spending. The reduction from what legislators approved in the last session is even larger. There is always some discrepancy between legislative appropriations and actual spending, as governors make […]
Join us to commemorate Tax Day this year with Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist! The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy is pleased to present a virtual conversation with Grover Norquist at noon, Tuesday, April 13. We’ll discuss what’s going on with the push to raise taxes in Washington, and find out how […]
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Raising New Hampshire’s minimum wage to $15 an hour would cost the state nearly 6,000 jobs and more than 9,000 residents, raise consumer prices, reduce economic output, and cause serious harm to small businesses and the leisure and hospitality industries, a new report from New Hampshire Employment Security concludes. The study, released Monday by […]
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A bill to be considered by the House of Representatives this week would end the legal doctrine of qualified immunity in New Hampshire. This policy brief offers a quick explainer of the bill and the broader issue of qualified immunity it addresses. What is qualified immunity? Qualified immunity is a legal doctrine created by the […]
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On Monday, March 29, New Hampshire became the first New England state to make at least half its population eligible for a COVID vaccine, according to an estimate by the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy. Two days later, on the last day of March, it became the first New England state to make at […]
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Most U.S. States (27) have Right to Work laws, and that includes a growing number in the industrial Midwest. Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin have them, and every state bordering Ohio, save Pennsylvania, has one. As Right to Work laws have spread North and West in recent decades, they have hit a hard wall in […]
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A new UNH poll purports to show that Education Savings Accounts are unpopular in New Hampshire. That would be surprising because plenty of other survey data, including previous UNH polling, shows that ESAs (and school choice in general) draw more support than opposition. One look at the wording of the UNH Survey Center’s poll question […]
In 2019, the state Supreme Court ruled that Nashua’s decades-old spending cap was unenforceable because it wasn’t complaint with a state law that was passed years after the cap was created. A bill approved in the state Senate on March 18 would restore Nashua’s cap, clarify that all such caps are fully enforceable, and require […]
The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy is pleased to present a conversation with author Virginia Postrel as the March installment of its Libertas Virtual Event Series. The Zoom conversation will be held at 12:30 on Tuesday, March 23, and is sponsored by AT&T, Sig Sauer, and Bank of America. Virginia Postrel, editor of Reason […]
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A new study from the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy finds that the Education Freedom Account program in Senate Bill 130 would save taxpayers $6.65 million in its first two years, decrease state aid to district public schools by only 0.024% by its second year, and decrease district public school enrollment by an average […]
House budget cuts state spending, taxes
BLOG, BUDGET, FEATUREDThe 2022-23 state budget passed in the state House of Representatives on Wednesday would reduce state general and education fund spending by 1.4% below actual 2020-21 state spending. The reduction from what legislators approved in the last session is even larger. There is always some discrepancy between legislative appropriations and actual spending, as governors make […]
‘Celebrate’ Tax Day with Grover Norquist on April 13
BLOG, FEATUREDJoin us to commemorate Tax Day this year with Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist! The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy is pleased to present a virtual conversation with Grover Norquist at noon, Tuesday, April 13. We’ll discuss what’s going on with the push to raise taxes in Washington, and find out how […]
State study: A $15 minimum wage would make N.H. poorer, less populous
BLOG, FEATURED, REGULATIONRaising New Hampshire’s minimum wage to $15 an hour would cost the state nearly 6,000 jobs and more than 9,000 residents, raise consumer prices, reduce economic output, and cause serious harm to small businesses and the leisure and hospitality industries, a new report from New Hampshire Employment Security concludes. The study, released Monday by […]
How a bipartisan bill would fix New Hampshire’s qualified immunity problem
BETTER GOVERNMENT, BLOG, FEATUREDA bill to be considered by the House of Representatives this week would end the legal doctrine of qualified immunity in New Hampshire. This policy brief offers a quick explainer of the bill and the broader issue of qualified immunity it addresses. What is qualified immunity? Qualified immunity is a legal doctrine created by the […]
N.H. 1st New England state to make vaccine available for half, then later 2/3, of residents
BLOG, FEATURED, HEALTH CAREOn Monday, March 29, New Hampshire became the first New England state to make at least half its population eligible for a COVID vaccine, according to an estimate by the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy. Two days later, on the last day of March, it became the first New England state to make at […]
Two ways to to decide whether Right to Work is right for New Hampshire
BLOG, FEATUREDMost U.S. States (27) have Right to Work laws, and that includes a growing number in the industrial Midwest. Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin have them, and every state bordering Ohio, save Pennsylvania, has one. As Right to Work laws have spread North and West in recent decades, they have hit a hard wall in […]
UNH poll question on Education Freedom Accounts misdescribes the program, generates outlier results
BLOG, EDUCATIONA new UNH poll purports to show that Education Savings Accounts are unpopular in New Hampshire. That would be surprising because plenty of other survey data, including previous UNH polling, shows that ESAs (and school choice in general) draw more support than opposition. One look at the wording of the UNH Survey Center’s poll question […]
Bill to strengthen municipal spending & tax caps clears Senate
BLOGIn 2019, the state Supreme Court ruled that Nashua’s decades-old spending cap was unenforceable because it wasn’t complaint with a state law that was passed years after the cap was created. A bill approved in the state Senate on March 18 would restore Nashua’s cap, clarify that all such caps are fully enforceable, and require […]
Join us for a discussion with Virginia Postrel on March 23
BLOGThe Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy is pleased to present a conversation with author Virginia Postrel as the March installment of its Libertas Virtual Event Series. The Zoom conversation will be held at 12:30 on Tuesday, March 23, and is sponsored by AT&T, Sig Sauer, and Bank of America. Virginia Postrel, editor of Reason […]
Bartlett report shows that Education Freedom Accounts will save taxpayer money, improve student outcomes
EDUCATION, FEATUREDA new study from the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy finds that the Education Freedom Account program in Senate Bill 130 would save taxpayers $6.65 million in its first two years, decrease state aid to district public schools by only 0.024% by its second year, and decrease district public school enrollment by an average […]