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CLINE: In Child Care, as in Housing, Maybe the Government’s Doing a Bit Too Much?

November 6, 2025 Andrew Cline

Surging child care prices have grabbed the media’s attention here in New Hampshire, and rightly so. The price of full-time care in a licensed center “jumped 48 percent between 2013 and 2023,” landing at nearly $32,000 a year, according to an analysis last year by the Carsey School of Public Policy at UNH. Child care prices … Read more

Sau16/Exeter: Keep Your Kids Out of Our Schools! That Was the Message Last School Year

August 13, 2021August 8, 2021 Ann Marie Banfield

SAU16/Exeter used to be one of the top districts in the state. People moved to the district so their kids could attend a school district with an excellent reputation.

Biden Says His Plan Would Put 720 Million Women Back to Work

September 20, 2019 Steve MacDonald

If you thought Joe Biden’s promise to cure cancer was a stretch check this out. He has a plan to put 720 million women back to work. It’s a child tax credit. The bigger problem, of course, will be finding that many women to put back to work.

NH Senate Advances Bill to Allow Campaign Expenditures for Child Care

June 2, 2019 Steve MacDonald

HB651 is back in the news. “AN ACT allowing the use of campaign funds for child care expenses.” The NH Senate has passed the legislation and I still have issues with it.