IRS migration data show that “taxpayers prefer to move to states with lower tax burdens and away from states with higher tax burdens,” an analysis from the National Taxpayers Union shows. (The data are from tax returns received in 2019 and 2020.) “Right from the start, the three states losing the most taxpayers and income – […]
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One of the most consequential laws of the 2022 legislative session received next to no media coverage. But thanks to its passage, you might get to keep seeing your doctor, or have a nurse the next time you go to the hospital. During the pandemic, health care facilities found themselves with sudden, critical shortages of […]
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When inflation comes for your property tax bill, will your local officials be prepared? Greed is the real cause of inflation, according to the President of the United States, progressive senators and left-wing activists. You, simple American selling driftwood sculptures on the roadside to cover gas money, are merely the victim of corporations who greedily […]
If relief from burdensome regulations could be measured in pint glasses, this year’s relief for New Hampshire’s beer industry wouldn’t fill a 2 oz flight glass. New Hampshire alcohol laws are a twisted knot of post-Prohibition restrictions pocked with favoritism and special protections for incumbent players. Reforms come slowly and gradually. This year, Granite State […]
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Until 2017, New Hampshire had a concealed carry law similar to New York’s, which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional last week. And until last year, the state, like Maine, did not explicitly allow recipients of town tuitioning dollars or other school choice grants to spend their education aid at a religious school. […]
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High energy prices are a major concern of voters, so naturally the political party that controls Congress and the White House has offered a set of serious policy proposals to lower prices as quickly as possible. Hey, we can dream, can’t we? In reality, voters are being sold a container ship full of malarky about […]
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While the state was accumulating a record budget surplus this year, legislators were busy finding ways to raise more money from people who don’t mind handing cash to the state. Those would be gamblers. How to raise more money from people who like to bet? Give them more opportunities to bet. Until last week, charitable […]
CONCORD — Josiah Bartlett Center President Drew Cline has been tapped to host a new morning news/talk show on Manchester radio station WFEA, the flagship news/talk station of Manchester Radio Group. “WFEA Morning Update,” airing from 6-9 a.m. weekdays, will launch on Monday, June 20th, filling a huge void in New Hampshire’s talk-radio market by […]
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In 1970, Manchester had more than enough rentals for all who needed one. Over the course of the next half century, the city created its own housing shortage. It’s a story repeated in many communities throughout New Hampshire. Manchester offers a case study based on Census figures. Manchester had 36,024 total housing units in 1970, […]
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Granite Staters support building affordable housing in their communities, and even in their neighborhoods, a new poll from the Center for Ethics in Society at St. Anselm College has found. The results upend the traditional view that residents don’t want new housing built close to them. That view has been used for decades to justify […]
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IRS data show migration from high-tax to lower-tax states, including New Hampshire
FEATURED, TAXATIONIRS migration data show that “taxpayers prefer to move to states with lower tax burdens and away from states with higher tax burdens,” an analysis from the National Taxpayers Union shows. (The data are from tax returns received in 2019 and 2020.) “Right from the start, the three states losing the most taxpayers and income – […]
New Hampshire makes emergency health care licenses permanent
FEATURED, REGULATIONOne of the most consequential laws of the 2022 legislative session received next to no media coverage. But thanks to its passage, you might get to keep seeing your doctor, or have a nurse the next time you go to the hospital. During the pandemic, health care facilities found themselves with sudden, critical shortages of […]
Will local governments pass rising costs to taxpayers?
BLOG, LOCAL GOVERNMENTWhen inflation comes for your property tax bill, will your local officials be prepared? Greed is the real cause of inflation, according to the President of the United States, progressive senators and left-wing activists. You, simple American selling driftwood sculptures on the roadside to cover gas money, are merely the victim of corporations who greedily […]
A small shot of relief for N.H. brewers this year
FEATURED, REGULATIONIf relief from burdensome regulations could be measured in pint glasses, this year’s relief for New Hampshire’s beer industry wouldn’t fill a 2 oz flight glass. New Hampshire alcohol laws are a twisted knot of post-Prohibition restrictions pocked with favoritism and special protections for incumbent players. Reforms come slowly and gradually. This year, Granite State […]
How did N.H. get ahead of two consecutive U.S. Supreme Court rulings?
BLOG, FEATUREDUntil 2017, New Hampshire had a concealed carry law similar to New York’s, which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional last week. And until last year, the state, like Maine, did not explicitly allow recipients of town tuitioning dollars or other school choice grants to spend their education aid at a religious school. […]
Government manipulation of energy markets is a cause of, not a solution to, high energy prices
ENERGY, FEATUREDHigh energy prices are a major concern of voters, so naturally the political party that controls Congress and the White House has offered a set of serious policy proposals to lower prices as quickly as possible. Hey, we can dream, can’t we? In reality, voters are being sold a container ship full of malarky about […]
Some gambling regulations relaxed, facilitating expansion, in 2022
BLOG, FEATURED, REGULATIONWhile the state was accumulating a record budget surplus this year, legislators were busy finding ways to raise more money from people who don’t mind handing cash to the state. Those would be gamblers. How to raise more money from people who like to bet? Give them more opportunities to bet. Until last week, charitable […]
Bartlett president Drew Cline to host morning news/talk show on WFEA
BLOG, FEATUREDCONCORD — Josiah Bartlett Center President Drew Cline has been tapped to host a new morning news/talk show on Manchester radio station WFEA, the flagship news/talk station of Manchester Radio Group. “WFEA Morning Update,” airing from 6-9 a.m. weekdays, will launch on Monday, June 20th, filling a huge void in New Hampshire’s talk-radio market by […]
In last half century, Manchester limited its own growth by limiting new housing
BLOG, FEATURED, HOUSING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, REGULATIONIn 1970, Manchester had more than enough rentals for all who needed one. Over the course of the next half century, the city created its own housing shortage. It’s a story repeated in many communities throughout New Hampshire. Manchester offers a case study based on Census figures. Manchester had 36,024 total housing units in 1970, […]
Granite Staters say they want more housing in their communities
ECONOMY, FEATURED, HOUSINGGranite Staters support building affordable housing in their communities, and even in their neighborhoods, a new poll from the Center for Ethics in Society at St. Anselm College has found. The results upend the traditional view that residents don’t want new housing built close to them. That view has been used for decades to justify […]