Category Archives: Debt/Spending
Donna Green: SAU 55 Budget Up 10%: 1 new position
In ten years, SAU 55’s operating budget will have gone up 85%. Since Dr. Metzler assumed his position, the SAU budget will have gone up 68% – all while SAU 55 had significant declines in student enrollment. At last night’s … Continue reading
Posted in Debt/Spending, Donna Green, taxes
Tagged Earl Metzler, SAU 55, Timberlane Regional School District
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NH Committee to Decide on Spending Tax dollars for Gender Reassignment
The Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules (JLCAR) will consider at its October 19 meeting a rule proposed by the state Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) that would make “gender reassignment” a covered service for minors and adults … Continue reading
Despite Lapse in CHIP Funding, N.H. DHHS Says Coverage Doesn’t Face Imminent Risk
At least for now, New Hampshire seems to be in a better position than other states to weather a lapse in federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, after Congress failed to reauthorize it by last week’s … 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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NH Journal: Congress Fails to Reauthorize Federal Perkins Loan Program
Perkins loans were formerly available to undergraduate, graduate, or professional students enrolled full-time or part-time at a one of the 1,400 colleges participating in the program. The loan is set at a five percent interest rate and is issued by the college … Continue reading
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
Senate panel investigating surging Medicaid costs in …New Hampshire…
The soaring costs of Medicaid expansion in eight U.S. states – including Michigan, Ohio, New Hampshire and Illinois, is under investigation by a U.S. Senate committee. Sen. Ron Johnson, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent … Continue reading
Posted in Debt/Spending, Economy/Economics, Health Care
Tagged Medicaid, Medicaid Expansion
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The New Media Militia 