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Massachusetts lost 145,000 residents to New Hampshire over the last 20 years
Massachusetts lost an estimated 145,000 residents to New Hampshire over the last 20 years, a Josiah Bartlett Center analysis of U.S. Census migration data shows. For scale, that number of people living in one place would be…
California’s $20 fast food minimum wage creates less jobs and lower income – Washington lawmakers foolishly still think it will work here
California’s experiment with a $20-per-hour minimum wage for fast food workers is delivering exactly the outcomes we at the Washington Policy Center (WPC) predicted nearly three years ago.A new University of California, Santa…
The Legislature Has Committed $2.4 Billion to Recurring Pension Increases since 2018
The legislature has granted Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) Plan 1 and Teachers Retirement System (TRS) Plan 1 retirees a “one-time” cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) six times in the past eight years. Combined, these…
State is rightly emphasizing experience and skills, not degrees
“It’s not often that we come before you asking you all to limit our agency’s ability to do something, but here we are,” said a director for Washington state’s Office of Financial Management (OFM), Sheri Sawyer. The agency is…
Washington state lawmakers are getting it right on hiring qualifications
“It’s not often that we come before you asking you all to limit our agency’s ability to do something, but here we are,” said a director for Washington state’s Office of Financial Management (OFM), Sheri Sawyer. The agency is…
Will the income tax cause a drop in charitable giving?
Proponents of the recently passed Senate Bill 6346 (SB 6346), Washington’s new 9.9 percent income tax on household income above $1 million, effective January 1, 2028, point to one feature that claim will actually boost…
The Cost of America’s Broken Permitting Process
Watch for the episode to go live here on Tuesday, March 24th at 3:00 PM MST. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuI9JkMEQt0 This month’s Frontier Briefing features a conversation with James Morrone Jr. on the real cost of…
First a paint tax, now a battery tax
Gov. Kelly Ayotte on Monday vetoed House Bill 451, which would have established a statewide paint recycling program funded by an “assessment” on paint. Merriam-Webster notes that for more than 500 years the word “assessment”…
Manchester Transit Authority spending surged as ridership fell over the last dozen years
The Manchester Transit Authority (MTA) has dramatically expanded its bus routes and coverage area over the last dozen years, pushing operating costs higher. Yet as costs and coverage soared, ridership sank. As the mayor and…
Ideas for Cleaning Up New York Medicaid
As the Trump administration cracks down on fraud, waste and abuse in Medicaid, New York is a logical place to start. New York spends far more per capita on the safety-net health plan than any other state, and its enrollment…
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