Tag Archives: NH Senate
NH Senate votes to expand net metering to larger users
Thus far, net metering – the method that credits renewable energy system owners for the electricity they add to the grid – has mainly been for homeowners, but the NH Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would allow larger businesses … Continue reading
ANTI-School Safety Proponents Push Gun Control in NH Education Bill
Today, a hearing was held before the New Hampshire Senate Education Committee on an amendment to Senate Bill 357 (SB 357 – irony noted), AN ACT relative to safe school zones and relative to syringe service programs. The purpose of the legislation appears to … Continue reading
New Hampshire Senate kills vehicle registration fees expansion measure
A bill that would’ve given Concord that power was recently defeated in the state Senate on a party line vote, 14-10. Republican senators criticized the bill as an unnecessary attempt to raise the cost of living for the capital city’s … Continue reading
NH Senate panel backs ARMI tax break
The NH Senate Ways and Means Committee backed legislation Wednesday that would exempt companies participating in the budding regenerative manufacturing industry from state business taxes and would forgive the student loans of those who work in the industry in New … Continue reading
New Hampshire lawmakers duel over lowering corporate jet fees
The NH House and Senate each have passed bills cutting fees on expensive corporate jets, but the House measure would pay for the cuts by more than doubling the aviation fuel tax while the Senate would have the state Department … Continue reading
School Choice for NH: Schedule for Week of March 5, 2018
The legislature has its winter break this week and will resume the week of March 5. All of our bills have been exec’d in committees and several will likely have votes in the NH House of Representatives at their next … Continue reading
House votes to cut R and D tax cap to hike interest and dividends tax deductions
The NH House has voted to roll back the research and development tax credit for businesses in order to increase interest and dividend tax deductions for individuals. The House voted 182-143 on Thursday to OK House Bill 1554 at the … Continue reading
New Hampshire Senate advances bill that would eliminate tax on interest, dividends
New Hampshire is sometimes described as a state with no income tax and no sales tax, but it does collect a five percent tax on one form of income – interest and dividends. | Read more at NH Watchdog
Senate Rejects Assisted Suicide
The New Hampshire Senate today killed SB 490 on a 12-10 vote. This attempt to establish an “end-of-life study committee” would have been a step toward an assisted suicide law for New Hampshire, as the sponsor made clear in her speech … Continue reading