A lawsuit filed Tuesday in Grafton County Superior Court against the state by state residential and commercial property owners claims the state failed to meet the 1997 Supreme Court’s Claremont II decision declaring the use of local property taxes with varying rates to pay for the state’s obligation to provide its students with an adequate education is unconstitutional. READ MORE
Business and hospitality taxes continue to drive the state’s overheated revenue stream with one month remaining in the 2022 fiscal year. READ MORE
When the last week of May ends, most everyone from lobbyists to staff, from politicians to activists, and from commissioners to the media, breathes a sigh of relief, takes time to decompress and tries to make sense of what happened the last five months. However, this year feels different. READ MORE
John was a fixture in the state’s political and journalistic arena for decades and no one will replace him or the quality work he did. READ MORE
Preventing the state from subsidizing passenger rail had mixed reviews before the Senate Transportation Committee Tuesday. READ MORE
The state should live up to its promise and again pay a share of the retirement costs for municipal, school, and county employees, a Senate Committee was told Wednesday. READ MORE
But while one business tax is producing significant revenue surpluses and the other is producing less than budget writers anticipated and that is important. READ MORE
The House Thursday approved a bill legalizing recreational cannabis that would be sold through a state retail monopoly similar to the state’s liquor business. READ MORE
The wonderful thing about following the New Hampshire legislature is there is always another surprise hiding in the anterooms of the State House or the nooks and crannies of the Legislative Office Building. READ MORE
The debate over sovereignty on the House’s first day back in Representatives Hall in two years was the first in a state legislative body in this country since before the civil war. READ MORE
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