Business & Economy
Commission Reviews Changes to NH’s Retirement System
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The Retirement Benefits Commission intends to adjust retirement benefits for some police and firefighters and to look at possible long-term changes to the system.
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Distant Dome: Economic Upheaval Is Inevitable, but Traumatic
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But Gov. Chris Sununu vetoed the bill last week saying “New Hampshire ratepayers have been taken for over $200 million in order to subsidize the Burgess Biomass Plant in Berlin, NH. Enough is enough,” adding “The Power Purchase Agreement with Burgess Biopower is a great example of what can go wrong when the good intentions of a sympathetic government get exploited and abused by opportunists in the private sector.”
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Distant Dome: PragerU Is a Bad Fit for the Granite State
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Did you know it was white people who ended slavery? Or that slavery was commonplace in the world as far back as the third century?
Education
State Ed. Board Tables Controversial Prager Financial Literacy Course
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The State Board of Education Thursday tabled an application by PragerU Kids to offer an on-line course on financial literacy until additional information is provided.
Education
Plaintiffs Offer Settlement in Education Funding Suit
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The proposal, which the plaintiffs sent the state a week ago, but has not received a response, would set a timeline to change two aspects of the state’s administration of the tax they claim make it unconstitutional because taxpayers are assessed at different effective rates and not proportional rates as required by the state constitution.
NH Judge Delays Education Funding Trial
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Superior Court Judge David Ruoff has stayed the latest education funding case scheduled to go to trial next month until he rules on two other related issues.
News
Edelblut Seeks Financial Literacy Contract with Controversial Organization
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The non-profit PragerU Kids program would help fulfill a state requirement students take financial literacy as a graduation requirement and would be available under the Department of Education’s Learn Everywhere Program.
Education
NH AG Wants a Quick Decision on Education Funding Lawsuit
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The state is asking a superior court judge to approve a motion for a ruling without a trial on the second aspect of an education funding suit filed last year against the state and how it funds and determines the cost of an adequate education.
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NH Business Tax Cuts Are Just Trickle Down Economics
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Despite politicians’ claims of business tax rate cuts spurring the state’s economy, a recent study indicates the state’s economy would grow faster by putting additional money in the hands of low- to moderate-income residents.