BOSSE: Mother Nature need more markets
By Grant Bosse | New Hampshire Watchdog
Happy Earth Day. It was actually at the first Earth Day back in 1970 that the environmental movement went wrong.
A drop less freedom in New Hampshire
Nothing seems to anger the modern environmentalist more than an empty plastic water bottle. You’d think our otherwise empty landfills were overflowing with Poland Spring and Dasani litter, and you might as well strangle a sea turtle with your bare hands as open an Aquafina.
Read More →NH puts another 1.8 million carbon allowances on auction block
By Grant Bosse | New Hampshire Watchdog
NEW YORK — New Hampshire officials are auctioning off 1.82 million carbon allowances in June. RGGI Inc. today announced that the 16th Quarterly Auction will take place on June 4th. The nine states remaining in the program are offering 364. million RGGI allowances, each of which allows a covered [...]
Read More →School Choice Roundup in New Hampshire
By Grant Bosse | New Hampshire Watchdog
Yesterday, the New Hampshire Senate approved SB 372, the School Choice Scholarship Act, by a vote of 15-9. The Josiah Bartlett Center has been instrumental in researching scholarship tax credit programs in other states, led by Research Fellow Jason Bedrick and his comprehensive report,Choosing to Learn.
Union Leader- Senate approves tax [...]
New Hampshire drop out rate jumped in 2011
CONCORD — New Hampshire’s high school drop out rate climbed by over 20% last year, but is still the second lowest its ever been. The number of students who dropped out increased from 628 in 2009-2010 to 751 last year, causing the dropout rate to jump from 0.97% to 1.19%. That level is still well below the 2.5% annual drop out rate in New Hampshire before the Legislature increased the minimum drop out age to 18.
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