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The Cloakroom- NH Retirement System

Grant Bosse reports on a panel of national experts brought in to brief the NH House Special Committee on Retirement Reform on objections that public employees groups have to shifting the NH Retirement System from a Defined Benefit Plan to a Defined Contribution Plan, as well as an interview with Josiah Bartlett Center Policy Analyst Josh Elliott-Traficante.

The Cloakroom- NH Retirement System

By Grant Bosse on January 27, 2012

The Cloakroom- School Choice Scholarship Act hearing

By Grant Bosse on January 25, 2012

Grant Bosse reports on yesterday's public hearing in the NH Senate Education Committee on the School Choice Scholarship Act. Read More>>

The Cloakroom- School Choice Scholarships in NH

By Grant Bosse on January 23, 2012

Grant Bosse reports on legislation establishing School Choice Scholarships in New Hampshire, with clips of House Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt, Senator Jim Forsythe, Kate Baker from Smart Girl Politics NH,and Josiah Bartlett Center President Charlie Arlinghaus. Read More>>

Josiah Bartlett Center backs School Choice Scholarship Act

By Grant Bosse on January 23, 2012

(CONCORD) The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy today endorsed School Choice Scholarships for New Hampshire. The School Choice Scholarship Act, HB 1607 and SB 372, would allow New Hampshire businesses a credit for donations to scholarship funds that help parents choose the best school for their children. "Rich people already have school choice," said Josiah Bartlett Center President Charlie Arlinghaus. "The School Choice Scholarship Act helps bring that choice to all New Hampshire families."Read More>>

Scholarship Tax Credit Programs in the United States

By Grant Bosse on January 23, 2012

Implications for New Hampshire Here is the Josiah Bartlett Center's latest paper on tax credit programs for school choice scholarships.Read More>>

P.J. O’Rourke smokes liberalism

By Grant Bosse on January 26, 2012

The pride, and sometimes shame, of New Hampshire, P.J. O'Rourke, has written as essay for The Weekly Standard explaining why progressive elites hate poor people.Read More>>

NH Watchdog Poll- School Choice Scholarships

By Grant Bosse on January 25, 2012

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State House Roundup

By Grant Bosse on January 25, 2012

In the Nashua Telegraph, Kevin Landrigan has Senate President Peter Bragdon backing a cap on state spending increases rather than a cap on taxes. The Union Leader writes up the Senate debate over eminent domain and Northern Pass. NH Public Radio's Josh Rogers reports on a breakthrough over Voter ID requirements. Landrigan reports that Prescott has overcome objections from Secretary of State Bill Gardner over the cumbersome provisional ballot requirements in last year's Voter ID bill.Read More>>

School Choice Scholarship Act introduced

By Grant Bosse on January 24, 2012

The Union Leader reports on the School Choice Scholarship Act introduced in the House and Senate yesterday. In the Nashua Telegraph, Kevin Landrigan reports on the latest Josiah Bartlett Center study on School Choice Scholarships. NH Public Radio also reports on the bills to provide tax credits for donations to School Choice Scholarships.Read More>>

Exchanges on the The Exchange

By Grant Bosse on January 24, 2012

Charlie Arlinghaus and Lisa Kaplan join host Laura Knoy this morning on NH Public Radio's "The Exchange" to discuss health insurance exchanges, health care compacts, and the future of the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare. Listen to The Exchange at 9am on NHPR.org.Read More>>

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