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Business & Economy

Op-Ed: Self-Inflicted Budget Crisis: NH Tax Policy Choices Undermine NH’s Future

By TODD SELIG | April 9, 2025

Chief among them: a decade of business tax cuts that have drained state revenues without delivering the promised economic boom.

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Laurie Lists are called Exculpatory Evidence Schedules now. They are the secret lists containing the names of law enforcement officers in NH with a history of dishonesty, excessive force or instability.
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