On the last Friday of each month, the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute’s research team shares a curated list of books, research papers, podcasts, and more that are helping to shape our understanding of the economic wellbeing of the Granite State and beyond.

Here are our picks for June 2025:

📄 Pell grant cuts threaten state college access goals – The Brookings Institution

“Analyses estimate that if students didn’t change their enrollment behaviors, 20% of current Pell recipients would completely lose eligibility due to the half-time provision. Another 28.5% of Pell students would no longer be considered full-time and would receive a reduced award.” 

📄 Lucie Schmidt On How The Social Safety Net Has Changes Since Welfare Reform – Institute for Research on Poverty

“…the big expansions and the benefits that we saw really hit people that were sort of working poor or working near poor…the largest increase in benefits really went to people with incomes between $15,000 and $45,000.” 

📄 Which States Might have to Reduce Provider Taxes Under the Senate Reconciliation Bill? – KFF

“If Congress passes the reconciliation bill with the Finance Committee provision, 22 states could be required to reduce their provider taxes on either hospitals or managed care organizations, cutting a key source of state Medicaid funding in those states…Affected states include… New Hampshire…” 

📄 The Brass Tax on the Pink Tax – UNH Institute for Health Policy and Practice

“[A]ccording to 2023 data from the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human services, the areas of the state where there are the most closures are also the areas with the most Medicaid beneficiaries. The closures very likely contribute to the ever worsening maternal mortality disparities in the U.S. and in New Hampshire.”

📄 How States Raise Their Tax Dollars, FY 2024 – The Pew Charitable Trusts

“Six states collected the largest share of their fiscal 2024 tax revenue from sources other than personal income or general sales taxes: severance taxes in Alaska, New Mexico, and North Dakota; license taxes in Delaware; corporate income taxes in New Hampshire; and property taxes in Vermont.” 

💡 Have you read something that should be on our radar? Share it with us at info@nhfpi.org—we’d love to hear from you!