NH has quietly built up a mountain of debt

January 28, 2009 Union Leader New Hampshire’s budget deficit may be the worst in the modern history of the state, but it may not be the worst financial crisis we currently face. As the current budget eats away our financial reserves and puts enormous pressure on...

Horse Fees Bill to be Killed (HB 427)

Seacoast Online CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The sponsor of a bill that has angered horse owners around New Hampshire is withdrawing her proposal. The New Hampshire Horse Council says Cornish Rep. Carla Skinder sent an e-mail early Tuesday to say she would ask that her bill...

Horse Owners Accuse State of ‘Just Another Tax’ (HB 427)

CHICHESTER, N.H. — Hundreds of horse owners are expected to gather in Concord on Tuesday to protest legislation that they say could be financially crippling. The proposed bill would require horse owners to buy licenses for each animal every year and vaccinate...

A Tax on Horses! (HB 427)

HB 427 would, among other things, require municipalities to license all equine animals. From the text: Every owner or keeper of an equine as defined by RSA 436:93 4 months old or over shall annually, cause it to be registered, numbered, described, and licensed for one...

Deval Patrick go home

January 23, 2009 Boston Globe Patrick interested in placing tolls at the border Governor Deval Patrick said today that he was interested in placing tolls on vehicles on interstate highways at the state’s borders and that his administration had already contacted...

Oregon might tax motorists per mile driven, not per gallon

First here is an article from June 13, 2006 in the Seattle Times PORTLAND — If a test drive of mileage-based fees for drivers pans out during the next 10 months, it could replace Oregon’s gas tax and serve as a national model for road funding in the future....