By Dana Wormald | Editor
Good morning, New Hampshire. Welcome to Wednesday. Today, Ethan DeWitt looks at a challenge to the status of New Hampshire’s voter ID law that made it up to the highest court in the land. Also, in the Wednesday commentary, Marcus Schneider explains why wealth inequality across the United States is worsening and driving the affordability crisis. And Stateline’s Tim Henderson provides an update on the stymied progress in the push to increase the country’s housing supply. Thank you for reading our work. — William Skipworth, filling in for Dana Wormald
A voter shows a photo ID at the Warner polls on Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Will Steinfeld/New Hampshire Bulletin)
By Ethan DeWitt
Whether high school and college students in New Hampshire can use their student identification cards to vote on Nov. 3 remains up in the air, after the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office took the matter to the U.S. Supreme Court last week. The request, filed by the state Attorney General’s Office Thursday, asks the Supreme Court to reverse an Oct. 2 order by Judge Joseph Laplante of the U.S. District Court of New Hampshire to halt the new law. Here’s what to know ahead of the Supreme Court ruling.
“The top 1% saw their share of wealth increase from 31.7% to 32.5% just between the first and second quarters of 2026, a jump of over $8.5 trillion.” (Getty Images)
COMMENTARY
By Markus Schneider
“The buzzword of the 2026 U.S. midterm elections may be affordability, but growing anger over inequality is behind the sentiment.”
By Tim Henderson
Single-family home completions remain stuck at early pandemic levels as of September as costs, labor supply shortages and high interest take a toll on home builders, especially in the Northeast and South.
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