Category Archives: Budgets
Franklin Becomes First N.H. Town to OK Keno
Franklin became the first municipality in the state to approve the gambling game keno during a citywide election in Franklin on Tuesday. It passed in all three wards with about 60 percent of the vote. New Hampshire Lottery officials said … Continue reading
Proposed SAU 55 Budget up 9%
SAU 55 has just distributed its proposed budget, less than 6 hours before board members are supposed to deliberate it. Remember, the public has no way to modify this budget once your elected officials on the SAU board approve it. … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Donna Green
Tagged SAU 55, Timberlane Regional School District
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Belknap County Loses $650,000 Grant
LACONIA — Belknap County Commissioners learned Tuesday that the county’s application for a $650,000 three-year Second Chance grant to cover the cost of treatment and recovery services for inmates at the new Belknap County Community Corrections Center has been denied. … Continue reading
NHHFC Reacts to Actuarial Report Showing Medicaid Expansion is Destroying Individual Marketplace
Concord – The New Hampshire House Freedom Caucus (NHHFC) today responded to the release of an actuarial report showing that Medicaid expansion is massively driving up the costs of premiums in the individual marketplace. The report, prepared by Gorman Actuarial, … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Economy/Economics, Health Care
Tagged Medicaid Expansion, NHHFC
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New Hampshire, Vermont, Tax Revenue, Tax Capacity, and Values
First, as part of this research professor Woolf reports that as a percentage of total income earned New Hampshire is still one of the lowest taxed states in the Nation. The national average is 10.59 percent, and New Hampshire’s rate is only … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Economy/Economics, Property Rights, taxes
Tagged NH, Revenues, taxes, Values, VT
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Education savings accounts are constitutional and good policy
Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) are a school choice option gaining popularity nationwide. Opponents of giving parents more choice in their child’s education often claim that these accounts are unconstitutional. But they are certainly allowed under the U.S. Constitution and they … Continue reading
What YOU can do to change your Property Tax Rate…
he most important [thing] that you must know is that YOU do have a say in how much property tax you pay. Become a local government expert. The best place to go for a basic understanding of how local government works is … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Property Rights, taxes
Tagged Bruce Trivellini, Budgets. Taxes
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Manchester taxpayers group relaunching with new board
MANCHESTER — A group that led the petition drive to cap city spending more than a decade ago is being resurrected by a new collection of concerned citizens and local business leaders. … Organizers said they decided to join together at … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, taxes
Tagged Concerned Taxpayers of Manchester, Manchester, Taxpayers
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N.H. DHHS head talks health care provider taxes to pay for expanded Medicaid
Amid growing uncertainty around New Hampshire’s Medicaid expansion program and a looming 2018 deadline, Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeffrey Meyers is exploring a new potential fix: provider taxes. In an interview with the Monitor editorial board last week, Meyers … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Health Care, taxes
Tagged DHHS, Jeffrey Meyers, Medicaid Expansion, taxes
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Medicaid Expansion – What Will NH Republicans Do When the ‘Free’ Money is Gone?
For years we have warned about taking “free money with strings attached.” There’s another meme that describes the below from the Pravda on the Merrimack: “Fed crack.” No, not real drugs but the allure and the addiction is just as real … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Republicans, taxes
Tagged Income Tax, Medicaid Expansion, NH House, NH Senate, NHGOP, Sales Tax
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The New Media Militia 