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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As Republicans in Washington fight Democratic efforts to forgive federal student loans, GOP legislators in New Hampshire are promoting $1 million in tax-funded student loan forgiveness for graduates in one high-tech industry — human organ manufacturing. In 2018, legislators passed a package of subsidies and tax breaks sought by the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute, a […]
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The Tax Foundation’s Jared Walczak writes that a push for flat taxes is spreading through the states. This wave of tax reform can make these states more economically competitive, which is worth watching from a New Hampshire policy perspective. Walczak writes: In more than a century of state income taxes, only four states have ever […]
Companies have been working for years on new ways to recycle plastics, and they think they have a breakthrough concept: chemical, or “advanced,” recycling. If the technology is perfected, it has the potential to increase plastics recycling and decrease solid waste. Naturally, environmental activist groups hate it. In the Legislature this year, a popular, bipartisan […]
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New Hampshire could become one of the earliest states to enable low-cost legal assistance by loosening occupational licensing regulations on the practice of law. If House Bill 1343 passes, paralegals would be able to provide limited legal representation to lower-income individuals in district, circuit and family court. Paralegals have some legal training but are not […]
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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 […]
Legislators push student loan forgiveness for one industry
BUDGET, ECONOMY, FEATUREDAs Republicans in Washington fight Democratic efforts to forgive federal student loans, GOP legislators in New Hampshire are promoting $1 million in tax-funded student loan forgiveness for graduates in one high-tech industry — human organ manufacturing. In 2018, legislators passed a package of subsidies and tax breaks sought by the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute, a […]
States inaugurate a flat tax revolution
BLOG, TAXATIONThe Tax Foundation’s Jared Walczak writes that a push for flat taxes is spreading through the states. This wave of tax reform can make these states more economically competitive, which is worth watching from a New Hampshire policy perspective. Walczak writes: In more than a century of state income taxes, only four states have ever […]
Recycling more plastics is bad? Some activists say so
FEATURED, REGULATIONCompanies have been working for years on new ways to recycle plastics, and they think they have a breakthrough concept: chemical, or “advanced,” recycling. If the technology is perfected, it has the potential to increase plastics recycling and decrease solid waste. Naturally, environmental activist groups hate it. In the Legislature this year, a popular, bipartisan […]
How N.H. could increase access to justice through occupational licensing reform
FEATURED, REGULATIONNew Hampshire could become one of the earliest states to enable low-cost legal assistance by loosening occupational licensing regulations on the practice of law. If House Bill 1343 passes, paralegals would be able to provide limited legal representation to lower-income individuals in district, circuit and family court. Paralegals have some legal training but are not […]