Posts by Garry Rayno
Gov. Chris Sununu Thursday had a perfect record as the legislature sustained all eight of his vetoes including one that would have enhanced regulations for siting landfills that was overridden in the House.
For August state levies produced $147.8 million in revenues including $1 million in recoveries from pandemic expenses with lottery earnings, and business and hospitality taxes producing significantly more than budget writers estimated.
CONCORD, NH — The rules and guidelines for determining awards to abuse victims held as juveniles at the Youth Development
While it may appear campaigns have become nastier and meaner with all the added money the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision poured into elections, the hits on opposing candidates have always existed, and a weapon every campaign uses now and again.
A lawsuit filed Tuesday in Grafton County Superior Court against the state by state residential and commercial property owners claims the state failed to meet the 1997 Supreme Court’s Claremont II decision declaring the use of local property taxes with varying rates to pay for the state’s obligation to provide its students with an adequate education is unconstitutional.
Business and hospitality taxes continue to drive the state’s overheated revenue stream with one month remaining in the 2022 fiscal year.
The cannabis bill had bipartisan support and now will be reviewed by the House Finance Committee before a final vote. If it passes it will go to the Senate where it faces an uphill fight.
The state revenue picture has been rosy once the major impact of the pandemic stabilized about six months in and businesses began operating again after the lockdown. But as is often the case, there is a different story in the details than the political spin.
State budget writers accepted more than $12 million in federal pandemic relief money for two projects public health officials believe will help relieve a long-running mental health crisis in the state.
State public health officials want to use $15 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act money for a seven-year contract with a new behavioral health hospital.