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A new Granite State Poll, a States of Opinion Project, conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center poll shows that a majority of Granite Staters support capping annual school budget increases to the rate of inflation—a central provision of HB 675, the Property Tax Relief Act, which cleared the House Finance Committee last month.

Even before New Hampshire adopted the frigate USS Raleigh on its state seal — a ship built on Badger’s Island in the Piscataqua — it was understood that the harbor and surrounding islands belonged to New Hampshire. Since New Hampshire was a colony, Portsmouth Harbor was not some vaguely shared zone; it was the state’s economic engine and maritime gateway. Colonial maps, militia records, and early state documents consistently placed the islands, including Seavey’s Island (now

On November 19th, another trial concluded that glaringly exposed the lies and fraud associated with the thousands of YDC abuse claims and subsequent payments accusers have received.

New Hampshire’s property tax system places most authority not in Concord, but in the hands of local voters and the people they elect. While state policy shapes the structure of the system, roughly 85% of every property tax bill is determined at the local level through school budgets, municipal appropriations, and capital decisions. Local choice—not state mandates—is overwhelmingly what causes property taxes to rise.

Property tax bills in New Hampshire are made up of four major components: local school, municipal (town), county, and the Statewide Education Property Tax (SWEPT).

Property taxes in New Hampshire are often debated but widely misunderstood. With no broad-based income or sales tax, the state leans heavily on local property taxes to fund schools, town services, and county obligations.

A new Granite State Poll, a States of Opinion Project, conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center report shows former President Donald Trump improving slightly with New Hampshire voters during the federal shutdown, even and the report headlines his decline in economic approval.

New March of Dimes data place New Hampshire in a category of its own on maternal and infant health, with the lowest infant mortality rate in the country and the only “A-range” grade for preterm birth in the 2025 Report Card.