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...Spending Cap Vote Deadline Nears – Demonstration Planned
From the Union Leader… MANCHESTER – Wall Street’s opinion on a spending cap is expected to be available today, one of the key pieces of information demanded Tuesday night by Democratic aldermen as they pushed to delay a referendum on the proposed cap. City...Franklin Rep Jim Ryan
From the Concord Monitor… Franklin Rep. Jim Ryan remained in the Carroll County jail yesterday on unpaid restitution of nearly $9,700 from a 16-year-old criminal case. But that’s only a portion of what he owes. Ryan is also delinquent on two debts in...Former Finance Director Accused of Taking $40K
From the Union Leader… LACONIA – Nancy Cook, the former Belknap County administrator and finance director, waived indictment on a charge of taking about $40,000 in county funds over the course of four years, the Attorney General’s Office said yesterday....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...VISITORS