With the state budget still unbalanced, New Hampshire’s Legislature will not likely wrap up this spring’s session on June 2, as scheduled.
The House and Senate teams working on the budget agreed on how to fix $270 million of a nearly $300 million shortfall, but neither is budging on the final $30 million. Gov. John Lynch has said he’ll keep lawmakers working until the job is done.
In the meantime, several bills relating to health insurance, family law and the criminal justice system have already made it through the Committee of Conference process and await Lynch’s signature.
May 28th, 2010 | Posted in child support,Commerce,Family,gambling,Government,Health,health insurance,insurance,Justice,parole,prisons & jails,recidivism,state budget | Read More »
The N.H. House and Senate managed to come to an agreement Wednesday about New Hampshire’s budget—sort of.
They agreed, at least, to keep trying to agree on how to achieve about $300 million in savings and/or new money to balance the state budget by the middle of next year. They almost threw in the towel in defiance of one another, in which case Gov. John Lynch would likely have called them into special sessions this summer. Instead, they formed a Committee of Conference just in time to meet the deadline for doing so.
May 21st, 2010 | Posted in Commerce,electricity,Food & Drink,gambling,Government,Money,small business,state budget,state employees,taxes,utilities | Read More »
Stakes are rising as New Hampshire’s House and Senate try to balance the state budget by June 2.
The ante now includes expanded gambling, local rooms and meals taxes, and a host of other tax and fee increases and spending reductions. The House and Senate must agree on how to cover a nearly $300 million shortfall that’s projected through 2011.
May 14th, 2010 | Posted in Commerce,Food & Drink,gambling,Government,Money,state budget,taxes | Read More »
Budgets are tight these days for working families in New Hampshire. A bill that is close to passage would help ensure that people with low or moderate incomes are able to keep a roof over their heads.
May 7th, 2010 | Posted in By the Issues,Government,housing,Property,state budget | Read More »
Demand is up for mental health services in New Hampshire, but resources to provide them are dwindling. And more are on the chopping block, including the Anna Philbrook Center, the state’s facility for treating children and adolescents with severe mental health needs.
Children would still be treated, but at the main wing of the New Hampshire Hospital, instead. Fourteen adult beds would be eliminated to make room for the kids. It is not clear at this point how the state’s obligation to educate the children would be met or who exactly would pick up that bill.
May 3rd, 2010 | Posted in agencies & departments,By the Issues,Government,Health,mental health,state budget | Read More »
