By Dana Wormald | Editor
Good morning, New Hampshire, and welcome to Thursday. Today, Ethan DeWitt reports on a new legal challenge to a ballot question on property-tax caps. In the Thursday commentary, why the next chapters are hard to predict in a data center story just beginning in Bow. And, from Stateline’s Nada Hassanein, the Trump administration’s mass deportation effort takes a mounting toll on the children of immigrants. Thank you for reading, and for supporting our work. — Dana
The lawsuit against the tax-cap ballot question was filed in Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord. (Photo by Dana Wormald/New Hampshire Bulletin)
By Ethan DeWitt
Republican lawmakers hope a new statewide ballot question will give voters a say this November in whether to impose a cap over their local school district property taxes. But two challengers argue it will give voters something else: a grammar test. In a lawsuit filed Monday seeking to stop the tax-cap ballot question, two plaintiffs, Kelly Wieser of Campton and David Bates of Warner, say the wording of the question is confusingly written and violates the right to vote in the state constitution. They are asking Merrimack County Superior Court to block the law with an emergency preliminary injunction.
“The debate is bigger than the centers themselves. It’s also about the artificial intelligence that’s driving the construction boom.” (Getty Images)
COMMENTARY
By Dana Wormald
“There’s a lot for towns to think about when it comes to these structures, including weighing the very real need to bolster the tax base against potential environmental, health, and quality-of-life consequences. There was a time, I’m sure, when Merrimack was thrilled to have Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics on the rolls, but what wouldn’t they give now for the chance at a do-over? In other ways, though, the debate is bigger than the centers themselves. It’s also about the artificial intelligence that’s driving the construction boom.”
By Nada Hassanein
As the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement leads to sweeping arrests, healthcare workers say those actions have hit children hard — including children who are U.S. citizens and those in families without arrests. Many healthcare providers report that since January 2025, they’ve seen a surge in missed pediatric appointments, delayed preventive care, and sick or injured kids going without treatment. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests have continued to climb — with a record 51,000 arrests in July — and experts predict continued unhealthy outcomes among children, causing collateral damage that could extend for years.
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