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:
29 teams from across NH compete at 8th Annual Governor’s Cup Robotics Competition
Winning teams were Morpheus, Concord Community Team; Windham Windup, Windham High School; and The Power Knights, Manchester West and Goffstown High School.
GBCC and Lonza partner for apprenticeship program
Thanks to a new apprenticeship program between Great Bay Community College (GBCC) and Lonza, Charlie Leland and Noah Ford jumpstarted their careers in the fast-paced field of biomedicine this summer.
Catholic Diocese of Manchester opens K-6 school in Northwood
“We entrust this school to her care and give thanks to our Lord, Jesus Christ. We look forward to growing the school to serve more students and families.”
Most NH education funding safe from fed shutdown, commissioner says
Key federal funding for New Hampshire schools has not been affected by the shutdown in Washington, Department of Education Commissioner Caitlin Davis said Thursday, Oct. 9 — at least the money that flows through the state Department of Education.
Q&A with tech entrepreneur and educator Rajesh Nair
Rajesh Nair is on a global mission to inspire students to experience the same joy he did as a youth in India when he learned how to build a simple crystal radio.
Most taxpayers in ConVal district to see decrease in education tax bill
Most voters in the ConVal school district will see a decrease in the local education portion of their December tax bill as a result of the recent decision by the ConVal School Board regarding distribution of the unreserved fund balance from fiscal year 2024-2025.
Saint Anselm College dedicates $35 million nursing school building
Meet Samii, the mannequin who is bedridden in the AI Simulation Lab, one of the drawing cards to the new $32 million home of the Jean School of Nursing and Health Sciences at Saint Anselm College.
Amid Claremont crisis, Pittsfield school district works to dig out of its own million-dollar hole
As a crippling financial crisis uncovered in recent weeks in Claremont makes headlines, Pittsfield, too, is reckoning with a budget shortfall of more than a million dollars as a new school year gets underway. Pittsfield’s deficit, discovered early this year, is roughly $1.8…
GBCC helps meet growing demand for surgical technologists
Portsmouth-based GBCC offers one of the few associate degree programs in Surgical Technology in the region and the only one in New Hampshire that is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Programs (CAAHEP).
