An income tax was proposed in New Hampshire — and you’ll never guess what happened next

By: Dana Wormald

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: March 4, 2026

Words: 860

Last Updated: 6 days, 11 hours ago

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On Tuesday, a longtime advocate for public school funding in New Hampshire gamely touched the third rail of New Hampshire politics: a state income tax.

The proposal from a group led by Andru Volinsky, a former executive councilor and gubernatorial candidate who also served as the lead attorney in New Hampshire’s two landmark school funding cases, elicited gleeful sneering from Republicans and a weary, disappointed sigh from state Democratic leaders.

The reactions were …

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