Bill mandating statewide vote on local tax caps heads to Ayotte’s desk

By: CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Outlets: Monadnock Ledger-Transcript

Published: June 9, 2026

Words: 841

Last Updated: 2 days, 16 hours ago

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This November, Concord residents may partake in a practice usually reserved for towns, not the capital city: voting directly on their school district property taxes.

Lawmakers hope to pose a ballot question to voters statewide, asking whether they want to place a cap on their local school property taxes for two years. If three-fifths of voters approve the measure in a given school district, taxes could not be raised beyond their current level, after it …

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