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NH fishing & hunting license fees are among New England’s highest
At the request of Gov. Kelly Ayotte, the New Hampshire Fish & Game Department has paused a proposed increase in fishing and hunting license fees. Department officials say the increases are needed to shore up the budget.…
Frontier Institute Launches Taxpayer Protection Now Campaign
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Taxpayers Need Transparency
"Taxpayers should demand answers from local governments who fail to provide the full financial transparency which state law demands." The following has been adapted from an excerpt of the Frontier Weekly Newsletter…
Five priorities for this year’s budget plan
House and Senate leaders recently announced a “framework” for a budget deal There’s been no comprehensive budget bill passed since 2023 This brief includes five priorities budget writers should focus on Just over two weeks…
How North Carolina’s property tax levy limit needs to be designed
House Bill 1089 has quickly intensified North Carolina’s growing debate over property tax reform. After months of discussion within the House Select Committee on Property Tax Reduction and Reform, the proposed constitutional…
What is MTLeg Studying?
"This really underscores why we need to reform state and federal permitting laws so Montana can build things again." The following has been adapted from an excerpt of the Frontier Weekly Newsletter written by…
Digging beneath the surface of the April jobs report
Nearly 1.3 million fewer people are employed today than this time last year. Beyond the headlines reporting on the recently-released April jobs report that told us 115,000 jobs were added that month is the report reflecting…
NC’s “tax the rich” scheme is a bad idea
North Carolina legislators have introduced a bill to impose a high income tax rate on millionaires Such “tax the rich” schemes have failed elsewhere because wealthy people can easily move What would happen once the tax base…
North Carolina should build its own budget simulator
Balancing a state budget is an exercise in tradeoffs. Every dollar allocated to one priority is a dollar unavailable for another. Yet those tradeoffs are often difficult to see, buried in lengthy documents, complex fiscal…
The Latest Levy Report Card
"The bottom line - more relief is certainly needed. Voting to reject levies will temporarily prevent the bill from increasing even further, but for more true and lasting relief, we need to start looking at the root cause…
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