Despite the claims of New Hampshire’s leaders, towns are not to blame for high property taxes

By: Dana Wormald

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: April 15, 2026

Words: 878

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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In an opinion piece published April 12 by NH Journal, Republican House Majority Leader Jason Osborne and Senate Majority Leader Regina Birdsell chastised the state’s towns and cities, all of them, for spending too much on public education.

“The state sent more money than ever. Your property taxes still went up 20 percent,” Osborne and Birdsell wrote. “If ‘down-shifting’ were real, that would be impossible. The truth is simpler, yet harder to accept: your …

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