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THE GRANITE EAGLE
House Finance budget rolls back post-COVID growth in state spending
A decade’s worth of state revenue growth, primarily from rising business tax collections, has fueled significant state spending increases since 2015, with a particularly large jump coming in the 2024-25 budget.
5 days ago2 min read
Legalizing residential uses in commercial zones can strengthen N.H. communities
In many areas of NH it is literally illegal for shop owners, employees and customers to live in an apartment above or next to a business.
Mar 285 min read
Analysis of governor’s & House EFA bills shows small state costs, bigger local savings
The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy has released an analysis of the fiscal effects of Education Freedom Account expansion proposals
Mar 172 min read
The Medicaid alarm is ringing
Even if immediate reductions in the rate of growth of Medicaid spending survive the current budget negotiations, changes have to come.
Feb 273 min read
Why NH might make limited social drinking legal in some public places
Old fashioned or martini in hand, you can legally step outside and stroll through the historic district. Not even Elliot Ness can stop you.
Feb 215 min read
Universal EFAs’ cost from new private & homeschool students likely less than $20 million in Years 1 & 2
It costs taxpayers an average of $26,320 in total state, federal and local spending to educate a single student in the public schools.
Feb 116 min read
Residents continue to flee Massachusetts (primarily to N.H.)
The cost of living in Massachusetts is a major factor in the state’s population loss, and New Hampshire’s comparatively lower cost of living
Jan 183 min read
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