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Still no NH budget, just spin and uncertainty on revenue
For the first two months of the new fiscal year, business tax revenues have been below what was collected for the first two months of fiscal 2019. READ MORE
Articles by Garry Rayno
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Zip Codes can dramatically limit future for NH students
Berlin, like many North Country schools, has declining school enrollment but has also lost $1 million in state education aid over the past three years after lawmakers decided to reduce stabilization grants by 4 percent a year. READ MORE
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Uncertainty deepens as budget veto impasse drags on
As the days go by without a state operating budget, the impasse between Gov. Chris Sununu and Democratic legislative leaders increases the uncertainty for local government officials and state agencies. READ MORE
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Poor communication behind record vetoes by Gov. Sununu
That means a lot of work on many people’s part, both Democrat and Republican, businesses and private citizens, will be for naught. READ MORE
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GOP holds power while NH leaning Democratic – how do they do that?
Without fanfare, Republicans have passed laws they say make elections more secure, but democrats call it voter suppression. READ MORE
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Political jockeying lengthens budget impasse
The political heat over the vetoed $13.3 billion state budget is almost as hot as was the July weather. READ MORE
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Power line requiem or the Northern Pass Megawatt Blues
The playing field changed in the decade the Northern Pass Transmission Project was before the public with its end coming “not with a bang but a whimper.” READ MORE
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Time for true regional approach in building our electricity future
The state Supreme Court’s unanimous decision Friday affirming the Site Evaluation Committee’s denial of the Northern Pass Transmission Project has implications beyond just ending the $1.6 billion proposal. READ MORE
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Following the money in wake of Sununu’s budget veto
Following the money is extremely important during the time legislative budget writers craft the biennial budget for the next two years and now that Gov. Chris Sununu has vetoed legislators’ two-year plan. READ MORE
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Sununu faces double-edged sword of NH budget vetoes
Budget vetoes are two-edged swords and the sharpest edge usually is aimed at the governor. READ MORE
