Sununu Faces Double-Edged Sword of NH Budget Vetoes
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The tried and true axiom of tax and spend Democrats does not hold the sway it once did when many people in the state are crying for property tax relief including businesses.
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The tried and true axiom of tax and spend Democrats does not hold the sway it once did when many people in the state are crying for property tax relief including businesses.
Citing the familiar red flags of tax increases and a structural deficit, Gov. Chris Sununu as expected vetoed the two-year operating budget Friday the House and Senate passed the day before.
Learn Everywhere has great promise, but I’ve been disappointed by the rancorous debate around a concept that is, largely, the essence of the award-winning reforms made by the State Board and New Hampshire Department of Education (NHDOE) in 2005.
The House and Senate finished their legislation session Thursday acting on 31 bills – including one suspending the work requirement for the Medicaid expansion program and another raising the minimum wage to $12 an hour over the next two years.
Lawmakers without dissent also approved a three-month continuing resolution to allow state agencies to continue operating at approved spending levels if the budget is vetoed.
Alas, 29 years later, the utilities are more or less ignoring the statute and the PUC is letting them get away with it.
There seems to be a lot of misinformation out there, so let me tell you just what this budget does and does not do.
Have you been to Littleton lately?