Policy Blog NH

Town Meeting Time Again

The New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies is again partnering with New Hampshire Public Radio on their 2010 Town Meeting website.  Town historic spending and revenue is available on our website.  We also have information available on SB2.  One frequent question we get is:  What share of New Hampshire local governance follows the traditional town meeting format? 

Deficits, the Federal Budget and the NH State Budget

The Center recently made a presentation to the House Finance Committe on the status of the 2010-2011 budget, highlighting major uncertainty regarding critical aspects of that budget.  The Obama adminsitration's proposed budget represents the second blow (following on the heels of the JUA deicision) to the stability of the current 2010-2011 New Hamsphrie state budget.   How does President Obama's unveiling of the administration's proposed budget -- and estimates of the potential federal deficit -- change the landscape for budget makers?