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January 4, 2012

The 2011 NH Legislature in Review: The “Open for Business” Session

State legislators looking back at 2011 say they kept their promises to make the state more business friendly. House Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt told the Union Leader that Republicans fulfilled their agenda. While Republicans were concentrating on crafting a fiscally responsible budget, rolling back regulations and taxes on businesses, and creating jobs, Democrats and some […]

January 3, 2012

Conservationists Battle For Land Sought By Northern Pass

The Union Leader reports that donations poured in online over the holiday weekend to the conservation group, Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, to buy 5,800 acres from the Balsams Wilderness Resort. The paper reports that the group received more than 100 online contributions to help raise $850,000 to buy the land. The […]

December 30, 2011

State Budget Cuts Hurt Health, Higher Education And Essential Services The Most

A look back at this year’s major state budget cuts shows who took the hardest hits in New Hampshire. As the Nashua Telegraph reports, with $1 billion slashed from the budget, more agencies than usual felt the effects. Republican legislators heralded the budget as a victory for smaller government, shaving more than $1 billion, or 11 […]

December 16, 2011

Where This Year’s State Historic And Conservation Grant Money Is Going

Twenty-three conservation and historic preservation projects will be sharing just north of $1 million in state grants courtesy of New Hampshire’s Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP). Fourteen historic structures and more than 2,800 acres of land ultimately qualified for funding. Grant awards ranged from $150,000 toward the $5 million project to buy and […]

December 14, 2011

Democrats Raise Ethics Questions Over O’Brien Mileage Spending

A spot of ethical controversy is brewing at the statehouse over austerity measures designed to curb politicians’ spending. Kevin Landrigan at TheLobbyNH.com reports: “State Democratic leaders were livid Tuesday at learning House Republican lawmakers got paid mileage to see behind-closed-doors proposals for redistricting the entire, 400-person House of Representatives. The Lobby confirmed that House Speaker […]

December 7, 2011

Losing The Lotto: How Much Would Having Keno Help NH’s Revenues?

Recently, StateImpact’s been taking an up-close look at the New Hampshire Lottery. In our first post, we traced the gradual decline in lotto revenue transfers to the state’s education system. After peaking in FY 2006 at nearly $80.4 million, transfers have gone down every year. In FY 2011, the Lottery Commission transferred only about $62.2 […]

December 6, 2011

Losing The Lotto: Comparing NH’s Lotto Prizes To Massachusetts

Recently, we told you about a gas station in the border town of Methuen, Massachusetts. According to Massachusetts State Lottery Executive Director Paul Sternburg, it’s on track to do $13 million this year in lottery revenues. When we spoke with Ted’s Mobil owner Tony Amico, he estimated at least half his customers are from New […]

December 2, 2011

Leading Republicans Against Right-To-Work Can Keep Their Posts After All

Yesterday, we linked to a story on TheLobbyNH.com following-up on House Speaker William O’Brien’s latest attempt to overturn the governor’s veto of Right-to-Work legislation. A number of Republicans joined Democrats in opposition to the override during Wednesday’s vote. O’Brien ultimately lost his bid to institute Right-to-Work by seven votes. Then yesterday, Kevin Landrigan reported for […]

December 1, 2011

Q&A: State’s New Transportation Commissioner Battles Budget Cuts

I recently spoke with newly confirmed commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, Christopher Clement, about the current budget constraints at the DOT and also his plan on how to finish the $800 million expansion of Interstate 93 without federal dollars. The project, which began in 2007, is an expansion of I-93 from a […]

Leading Republicans Lose Positions For Opposing Right-To-Work

While overriding Governor Lynch’s veto of Right-to-Work failed yesterday, Kevin Landrigan of TheLobbyNH.com reports the fallout continues today: “Four members of House Speaker William O’Brien’s extended leadership team will be sacked for their opposition to Right-to-Work legislation, TheLobbyNh.com has learned. House Fish and Game Commission Chairman Gary Hopper, R-Weare, has already turned in his letter […]

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