Congress engages in more education nonsense and waste

September 23, 3008 CNHT has discovered that both our Congressmen, Carol Shea-Porter of District 1, and Paul Hodes of District 2, have co-sponsored and voted for this bill which passed the US House. This legislation, if allowed to pass the Senate, will affect all...

Taxing you, taxing me

September 16, 2008 By Representative Andy Renzullo (R-Hudson-Litchfield-Pelham) for NH Insider That Fellow Behind the Tree “Tax reform means, ‘Don’t tax you, don’t tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree.’” -Senator Russell B Long The late...

NH Deficit May Be Closer to $500 MILLION!

September 4, 2008 NH Center for Public Policy Studies Brief Description It will come as no surprise to those experienced with the state budget that New Hampshire is facing a potential budget deficit in the next – 2010 and 2011 – biennium. In the 1990’s, the state’s...

N.H. on verge of hiking cigarette tax 25 cents

September 3, 2008 Seacoast Online CONCORD — New Hampshire is on the verge of raising its cigarette tax 25 cents a pack. Last spring, grocers pleaded with lawmakers not to raise the tax to help deal with a budget gap. They said they could bring in the same revenues if...

NH Deficit Estimated at $300 Million

August 28, 2008 On the evening of August 27 a non-partisan informational seminar was hosted by the Josiah Barlett Center, a NH think-tank that crunches the numbers of state government. The center’s Charles Arlinghaus gave a two hour presentation to prospective...

NH Climate Task Force Would Trample Individual Rights

Residents of New Hampshire could soon have their ability to choose how they live, how they travel and what they buy taken away from them. The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) is currently considering a large basket of costly new taxes,...