By Dana Wormald | Editor
Good morning, New Hampshire, and welcome to Friday. Today, Ethan DeWitt reports on a bill signed by Gov. Kelly Ayotte this week regarding school district tax caps. In the Friday commentary, Jo McCarran explores why “the system that delivers the most essential thing in your home is also the one you can see the least.” And, from Stateline’s Kevin Hardy, Democrats throughout the country set their sights on flipping state legislatures. Thank you for reading, and have a great weekend. — Dana
Some school districts in New Hampshire already have tax caps, but others like Claremont failed to meet the 60% threshold during school budgets in the 2025 and 2026. (Photo by Allegra Boverman/New Hampshire Bulletin)
By Ethan DeWitt
As they weigh their choices for governor, state legislators, and congressional representatives, New Hampshire voters will also be asked a different question in November: Should we freeze our local school district’s property taxes? A bill signed into law by Gov. Kelly Ayotte Wednesday, House Bill 1300, requires that all ballots for the Nov. 3 general election ask that question, and requires a three-fifths supermajority for such a cap to be put in place.
“A resident who can’t see the infrastructure beneath their street can’t weigh in on how their town spends a once-in-a-generation wave of federal money.” (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch)
COMMENTARY
By Jo McCarran
“You can pull up a flood map, a school rating, a zoning lookup, a crime heat-map for your block. You cannot easily find out how old the pipe under your street is, what it’s made of, or whether it belongs on the short list for replacement. Neither, often, can your local reporter or your town.”
By Kevin Hardy, Stateline
Following a string of special election victories, Democrats have a path to flip several Republican-held legislative chambers and break GOP supermajorities in states across the country this November.
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