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Governor Maggie Hassan submit her proposed FY 2014-2015 budget to the legislature on February 15.  The House and Senate have until the end of this fiscal year, June 30th, to hash out an agreement.

New Hampshire’s operates on a biennial budget.

According to the Sunshine Review:

New Hampshire has a total state debt of approximately $15,142,336,000 when calculated by adding the total of outstanding official debt, pension and other post-employment benefits (OPEB) liabilities, Unemployment Trust Fund loans, and the FY2013 budget gap. The state debt total is for FY2013 is up slightly from the FY2012 state total of $14,955,434,000.

Key Stories

February 13, 2013

Liveblog! Governor Hassan’s 2013 Budget Address

November 19, 2012

What Governor-Elect Hassan’s New Budget Could Look Like

January 23, 2013

Gov. Hassan Creates Revenue Estimating Panel By Executive Order

Latest Posts

February 21, 2013

The House Has Casino Bills, Too

Although Governor Maggie Hassan has thrown her weight behind a gambling bill produced in the Senate, the House Ways and Means committee heard testimony today on two bills sponsored by House members. Lincoln Representative Edmond Gionet’s bill allows for two casinos – one near the Massachusetts border, like the Senate bill, and another casino, in the White […]

February 15, 2013

Hassan Pitches Casino During Budget Address

Governor Maggie Hassan used her budget address to propose a new, high-end casino. Governor Hassan’s budget banks on this casino generating $80 million in licensing fees.  And she said the state is already dealing with the social costs of gambling allowed in other states, without benefiting from the revenue.

Governor’s Budget Expands Public Safety Funding

Calling public safety “our most important responsibility,” Governor Maggie Hassan outlined her funding proposals in today’s budget address. Comparing public safety to the state’s health care system, Hassan said it had taken “too many hits” in the last budget.  She called on legislators to “reverse course” immediately, in the interest of keeping New Hampshire residents […]

Hassan Makes Case For Raising Cigarette Tax

Governor Maggie Hassan is looking to raise New Hampshire’s cigarette tax.  In her state budget address, she pitched a  30-cent increase as good public health policy. “New Hampshire has the highest youth smoking rate in the Northeast, with 19.8 percent of high school students who smoke cigarettes,” Hassan said.  “Cigarette taxes nationwide have proven to […]

November 30, 2012

Arlinghaus And McLynch Discuss Upcoming Budget

Reported by contributor Brian Wallstin. Gov.-elect Maggie Hassan and New Hampshire lawmakers are beginning to outline their priorities for the 2013-2015 biennial budget, led by a new Democratic majority in the state House.  This week, two experts told a gathering of business leaders in Concord that restoring even some of the cuts made in 2011 […]

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