On April 1, rents were due for the first time since Gov. Chris Sununu declared a state emergency on March 13. News organizations reported on Granite Staters struggling to pay rent after suffering significant income loss in March. As communities come together to help each other through these difficult situations, it’s important to understand that […]
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Here’s a surprise. In New England, only the Republican governors of New Hampshire and Vermont have issued COVID-19 executive orders that direct all individuals to stay home unless otherwise allowed to go out. That finding comes from a review of all of the New England governors’ executive orders that restrict travel and business activity. To […]
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Forcing people to carry reusable food and beverage containers in public could accelerate the spread of microbes that cause infectious diseases, multiple academic studies suggest, the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy shows in a new policy briefing paper. As government strives to suppress the spread of the novel coronavirus, policymakers should immediately repeal laws, […]
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If you haven’t stocked up on toilet paper, hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes or milk yet, good luck. By the time you read this, your local supermarket might well be out. At noon on Friday, the Bedford Market Basket had some scattered half gallons and a single gallon-jug of milk left. (It was chocolate, indicating poor […]
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The state’s first vaping tax took effect on January 1, just nine weeks ago. On Thursday, the House approved a bill to more than quadruple it. But the revenue is unlikely to be the bill’s biggest effect. House Bill 1699 raises the tax on the liquid used for e-cigarette vaping to 40% of the wholesale […]
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Two weeks after a supporter of the Green New Deal won the New Hampshire primary, a new study finds that paying for only a few of the Green New Deal’s largest mandates would cost the median New Hampshire household more than its entire annual income in the first year of implementation. “The Green New Deal is […]
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The expansion of Florida’s school choice scholarship program led to significant academic and behavioral improvements for students who remained in the state’s public schools, a new study shows. It is the latest of more than two dozen studies to show academic gains among public school students after the introduction of school choice programs. The National […]
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On public policy, New Hampshire should always beat Vermont, as a matter of principle. That goes double for the handling of money. The state that sends a self-proclaimed “socialist” to the U.S. Senate should never get to say it’s more responsible with a dollar. New Hampshire has bragging rights here. The Granite State is 12th […]
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The takeaway message from Gov. Chris Sununu’s State of the State address on Thursday was that New Hampshire, like comedian Larry The Cable Guy, gets her done. The governor even said at the end of his address, “Let’s Get It Done.” By solving problems through innovative, decentralized, low-cost methods, the state enables high levels of […]
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It’s Primary Weekend in New Hampshire, when Granite Staters ask questions of candidates, national reporters ask questions of Granite Staters, and the entire political universe asks, “What the heck, Iowa?” On Monday, the Great Iowa App-ocalypse occurred. In an evening of dumbfounding incompetence, the Iowa Democratic Party may have done what Michigan, California, Florida, Delaware […]
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Government-inflated rents hurt even more during periods of economic decline
BLOG, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, REGULATIONOn April 1, rents were due for the first time since Gov. Chris Sununu declared a state emergency on March 13. News organizations reported on Granite Staters struggling to pay rent after suffering significant income loss in March. As communities come together to help each other through these difficult situations, it’s important to understand that […]
How many New England governors really issued “stay home” orders?
BLOGHere’s a surprise. In New England, only the Republican governors of New Hampshire and Vermont have issued COVID-19 executive orders that direct all individuals to stay home unless otherwise allowed to go out. That finding comes from a review of all of the New England governors’ executive orders that restrict travel and business activity. To […]
A disease outbreak is a bad time to ban disposable plastics and paper
BLOG, FEATURED, HEALTH CARE, REGULATIONForcing people to carry reusable food and beverage containers in public could accelerate the spread of microbes that cause infectious diseases, multiple academic studies suggest, the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy shows in a new policy briefing paper. As government strives to suppress the spread of the novel coronavirus, policymakers should immediately repeal laws, […]
“Price gouging” and the toilet paper shortage
BLOG, FEATUREDIf you haven’t stocked up on toilet paper, hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes or milk yet, good luck. By the time you read this, your local supermarket might well be out. At noon on Friday, the Bedford Market Basket had some scattered half gallons and a single gallon-jug of milk left. (It was chocolate, indicating poor […]
Addicted to tax revenue: The potentially dangerous rush to raise the vaping tax
BLOG, FEATURED, TAXATIONThe state’s first vaping tax took effect on January 1, just nine weeks ago. On Thursday, the House approved a bill to more than quadruple it. But the revenue is unlikely to be the bill’s biggest effect. House Bill 1699 raises the tax on the liquid used for e-cigarette vaping to 40% of the wholesale […]
Study estimates N.H. cost of Green New Deal at more than $74,000 per household in first year
BLOG, ENERGYTwo weeks after a supporter of the Green New Deal won the New Hampshire primary, a new study finds that paying for only a few of the Green New Deal’s largest mandates would cost the median New Hampshire household more than its entire annual income in the first year of implementation. “The Green New Deal is […]
Huge Florida study finds school choice improves performance of public school students
EDUCATIONThe expansion of Florida’s school choice scholarship program led to significant academic and behavioral improvements for students who remained in the state’s public schools, a new study shows. It is the latest of more than two dozen studies to show academic gains among public school students after the introduction of school choice programs. The National […]
Will legislators add new unfunded liabilities to State Retirement System?
BETTER GOVERNMENT, BUDGET, FEATUREDOn public policy, New Hampshire should always beat Vermont, as a matter of principle. That goes double for the handling of money. The state that sends a self-proclaimed “socialist” to the U.S. Senate should never get to say it’s more responsible with a dollar. New Hampshire has bragging rights here. The Granite State is 12th […]
Governor’s focus on growth, opportunity and innovation is paying off for New Hampshire
BLOG, FEATUREDThe takeaway message from Gov. Chris Sununu’s State of the State address on Thursday was that New Hampshire, like comedian Larry The Cable Guy, gets her done. The governor even said at the end of his address, “Let’s Get It Done.” By solving problems through innovative, decentralized, low-cost methods, the state enables high levels of […]
The Iowa caucuses, complex systems, and the beauty of simplicity
BLOGIt’s Primary Weekend in New Hampshire, when Granite Staters ask questions of candidates, national reporters ask questions of Granite Staters, and the entire political universe asks, “What the heck, Iowa?” On Monday, the Great Iowa App-ocalypse occurred. In an evening of dumbfounding incompetence, the Iowa Democratic Party may have done what Michigan, California, Florida, Delaware […]