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,...Drill Here, Drill Now, Vote Smart
August 13, 2008 by Ed Naile I received an email recently from the American Petroleum Institute (apparently they read this blog) regarding New Hampshire voters opinions regarding access to domestic oil and gas reserves – as in, are ya fer or agin drill’n fer the oil we...No summer break for many lawmakers
August 11, 2008 Eagle Tribune CONCORD — The legislative session ended a month and a half ago, but some lawmakers are still putting in hours at the State House. While in theory, lawmakers, who receive an annual salary of $100, are supposed to get the month of July off,...Where did the state suddenly get money to study trains?
July 23, 2008 By Charles M. Arlinghaus FINDING A LITTLE extra money from the taxpayers to help out your friends is always more popular than cutting spending to balance the budget. It shouldn’t surprise us that just weeks after the latest round of spending cuts,...VISITORS