The danger of vouchers
Private schools should have to play by the same rules as public schools
Author: Mark Fernald
Cutting taxes, Republican-style
Repeal of New Hampshire's interest and dividends tax will lead to a significant decline in state tax revenues.
The myth of runaway federal spending
Republicans love to claim they will cut “out-of-control” federal spending. They say it often enough many believe out of control spending actually exists. Except it doesn’t.
NH has a revenue problem: the property tax
Why it’s time for a thorough review of our tax system
Politics vs. the public good
When lawmakers support gerrymandering, they violate the state constitution
The rebirth of ‘voodoo economics’
Since the Reagan administration, the Republican Party has been enraptured by what the first President Bush called “voodoo economics” — the “theory” that tax cuts pay for themselves by boosting economic growth and tax receipts. Republicans have acted on this…
Making maple syrup and saving the world
Maple syrup production in the United States peaked in 1860. This had nothing to do with agricultural trends or culinary tastes. It was political and moral beliefs in action. The Northern states were abolitionist, but their political efforts to end…
‘Right to work’ is wrong for New Hampshire
It’s really a fight for the right to freeload
Where has New Hampshire’s competitive edge gone?
Businesses know they must invest and innovate to survive, but not state government
How a tax on wealth became a tax on the middle class
Over the last 20 years, the state’s interest and dividends has been transformed into something its creators would not recognize
Funding Obamacare: It’s about life
There are countless people who have needed health care, and they had no hope of affording insurance before the ACA
Right-sizing the federal government
In Washington, the fight is over money, but the larger debate is over the size and scope of government
Should New Hampshire expand Medicaid?
Considering the multi-pronged benefits, the answer is most assuredly ‘yes’
We don't need 'The Pledge on steroids'
Why a new amendment could potentially be detrimental to NH residents
More news from NHBR:
Judge rules NH is not funding an adequate education
Superior Court Judge David Ruoff has once again ruled that the state has shirked its duty to fund an adequate education and this time further held that local school property taxes, which vary in rate from one municipality to another, are themselves unconstitutional.
Supreme Court allows Education Department cuts
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, July 14, allowed the Trump administration, for now, to proceed with mass layoffs and a plan to dramatically downsize the Education Department ordered earlier this year. The decision from the nation’s highest court marks…
State-prompted DEI rollback underway at Keene State
Keene State College has started to gut its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to comply with new state law. It’s an all-too familiar tune for many higher education institutions. Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has gone on…
New England College expands $10,000-per-year offer to Concord, Bishop Brady graduates
The partnership, which started many years ago as a cross-town agreement between the college and John Stark, has steadily grown. Graduates of Hopkinton, Kearsarge Regional and Hillsboro-Deering, among several other high schools in the state, were already eligible.
NH continues to be one of the lowest funders of public higher education in the U.S.
New Hampshire remains one of the lowest funders of public higher education in the country, according to 2024 data from the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEOA).
Supreme Court finds state education funding insufficient
The New Hampshire Supreme Court once again says the state has failed to fulfill its constitutional duty to fund an adequate education as ordered by the justices in the foundational Claremont litigation nearly three decades ago.
New Hampshire leads nation in child well-being, lags in student proficiency
New Hampshire continues to lead the nation in overall child well-being, securing the top position for the third consecutive year.
Ayotte nominates Caitlin Davis to lead state Department of Education
Hours after approving the defining hallmark of Frank Edelblut’s tenure as commissioner of the state Department of Education — universal access to Education Freedom Accounts — Gov. Kelly Ayotte nominated his successor.
NH Supreme Court rules wealthy municipalities can keep excess education property tax
In a decision dissenting Senior Associate Justice James Bassett called “an unfortunate triumph of form over substance,” the NH Supreme Court has ruled that some 30 municipalities with abundant property wealth are entitled to retain proceeds from the Statewide Education Property Tax (SWEPT) that exceed their costs of an adequate education.
