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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 »
In his 14 years as a New Hampshire legislator, Rep. David Bickford (R-New Durham) has seen efforts to re-calculate child support come and go. Many—about a dozen each year—make their way through the House or the Senate, but few succeed.
“We’re just Johnny-come-lately to make a change,” Bickford says. “We hire people, they work like dogs and come out with good reports, and the legislators say, ‘It’s over my head. We’ll study it and then get back to it maybe,’ and then we don’t. … I’ve just never seen anything move so slow.”
Bickford sponsored six of the 11 bills relating to child support this year, including House Bill 1474, which passed the House March 17. It would create a commission to move child support guidelines toward an “income shares” model. Other bills that have passed the House would tweak the support formula for multiple children and for shared custody.
March 19th, 2010 | Posted in By the Issues,child support,Commerce,Family,gambling,Money,taxes | Read More »
March 25 this year marks Crossover, the deadline for the N.H. House and Senate to vote on all bills that originated in those respective chambers.
Bills must pass the chamber in which they’re introduced before “crossing over” to the opposite chamber. Legislation that’s still alive after Crossover receives a second public hearing and potential floor debate before the second deadline in mid-May.
And some notable legislation is either still up for its first vote, or on its way to the other side.
March 13th, 2010 | Posted in By the Issues,Commerce,gambling,Government,Health,insurance,Money,Property,small business,state budget,taxes | Read More »
Gov. John Lynch’s Gaming Study Commission is nearing its end, but the time for public comment is just beginning. A new online forum for “deliberative” discussion opened Feb. 25, and organizers are optimistic about the opportunity it gives the public to inform decision-making.
Lynch formed the Study Commission in 2009 to conduct a review of various models of expanded gambling and their potential impacts on the state. Proposals for expanded gaming in New Hampshire range from bringing in video slot machines to full-fledged casinos to upscale casino resorts.
The forum, put together by the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire, is the final piece of a program called “What’s at Stake? Community Conversations to Weigh the Benefits and Risks of Expanded Legal Gambling In New Hampshire.”
February 26th, 2010 | Posted in By the Issues,Commerce,gambling,Government,public hearings & public records | Read More »
It was a landmark year for New Hampshire government in 2009—not only for the size of its budget deficit ($250 million) and the number of state layoffs it induced (200), but also for legislative action on some controversial social issues, like gay marriage, the death penalty and medical marijuana.
But these scores are far from settled, as evidenced in the new round of bills up for debate in Concord’s 2010 legislative session, which officially kicks off on Wednesday, Jan. 6
January 4th, 2010 | Posted in By the Issues,civil rights,death penalty,gambling,gay marriage,Government,Justice,marijuana,retirement,state budget,voters' veto | Read More »
In two separate cases, courts last week temporarily froze $119 million critical to the state’s brand new budget. This won’t leave the Granite State to issue IOUs like California has resorted to. But, it could mean a summer session for the Legislature.
And that could mean a second chance for gambling, another go at business and other taxes, or deeper cuts to services.
July 9th, 2009 | Posted in By the Issues,Commerce,gambling,Government,state budget,taxes | Read More »
Fairness was in the eye of the beholder at the State House last Wednesday when the N.H. House and Senate grudgingly voted in the 2010-11 budget. House Bills 1 and 2 contain the state’s General Fund spending and revenue, respectively. Earning few cheers, the legislation has been called everything from a legitimate compromise doing the “least possible harm” to an illegal “dung heap” along the way.
June 27th, 2009 | Posted in By the Issues,Commerce,Education,gambling,Government,Money,retirement,state budget,state employees,taxes,Work | Read More »
New Hampshire is one step closer to its budget for the next two years, although it still may be a long way off.
June 23rd, 2009 | Posted in By the Issues,charter schools,Commerce,Education,funding,gambling,Government,Health,hospitals, clinics, nursing homes,Justice,Medicaid,prisons & jails,recidivism,retirement,state budget,state employees,taxes,Work | Read More »
Next week marks the midway point in the 2009 legislative session, and only bills that are still afloat by Friday will have a chance at becoming law. And there have been some surprises …
April 5th, 2009 | Posted in By the Issues,civil rights,Commerce,death penalty,gambling,gay marriage,Government,Health,Justice,marijuana,medical marijuana,state budget | Read More »
