Ethan DeWitt

3 days ago | newhampshirebulletin.com | Ethan DeWitt

Thursday brings a major deadline: the final day in which the House and Senate can pass remaining legislation. And Republicans in both chambers will be pushing to achieve a long-sought priority and finally approve a “parental bill of rights.” In past years, those votes have failed, often defeated by a handful of votes in the House. This week, the House and the Senate are considering two separate bills: House Bill 10 and Senate Bill 72. Each looks slightly different from past versions.

3 days ago | seacoastonline.com | Ethan DeWitt

For years, Republican lawmakers in New Hampshire have applied a guarantee to each budget they have passed: “no new taxes and fees.”This year they’re reconsidering the second part. In a year defined by lower projected business tax revenues, the budget passed by the House in April includes increases to a number of registration charges and levies in the state, from driver’s licenses to tractors.

3 days ago | conwaydailysun.com | Ethan DeWitt

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3 days ago | conwaydailysun.com | Ethan DeWitt

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4 days ago | fosters.com | Ethan DeWitt

Granite Staters continue to overwhelmingly cite the scarcity of affordable housing as the most pressing concern, a new poll from the University of New Hampshire suggests. Faced with a range of options that included taxes, education, jobs, and cost of living, 36% of respondents to the poll said housing is “the most important problem facing New Hampshire” — far and away the biggest share. The next highest category was taxes; 10% of respondents chose that as the most important issue.