Portsmouth mayor upset NH legislature won't back 'pillow tax'

By: Jeff McMenemy

Outlets: Portsmouth Herald

Published: January 23, 2026

Words: 1,405

Last Updated: 4 days, 23 hours ago

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PORTSMOUTH — Mayor Deaglan McEachern remains “frustrated” by a lack of support in the New Hampshire Legislature for creating a so-called “pillow tax” and what he sees as the unfair distribution of monies from the state meals and rooms tax.

“It’s frustrating we can’t charge people from Massachusetts $2 a night to stay here at one of our Portsmouth hotels,” McEachern said in an interview.

McEachern’s comments came after he recently testified in …

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