New Hampshire’s biennial budget reflects the Granite State’s public policy priorities. It allocates funding to critical programs that support the health and wellbeing of residents as well as the vitality of the state’s economy and workforce.
NHFPI analyzes recent budget trends, highlighting future challenges and opportunities. The following resources direct a keen eye towards how the State Budget is meeting its key public priorities, with special events that track the development of this important legislation.
Thank you to everyone who joined the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute on March 6, 2026 for our data-driven discussion on the Medicaid Enhancement Tax and what federal changes to the MET would mean for Granite Staters. At the event, Jessica Williams, New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute Senior Policy Analyst, Lucy Hodder, Director and Professor of ...
Presented by Phil Sletten, New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute Research Director to The Center for Advancing Rural Health Equity at Dartmouth Health on January 30, 2026.
Presented by NHFPI Research Director Phil Sletten to the Francestown Recreation Committee on January 28, 2026.
First published in New Hampshire Bulletin, January 27, 2026. Earlier this month, the New Hampshire House passed what looks like a tiny change: a 0.05 percentage point cut to the ...
KEY POINTS The Business Enterprise Tax (BET) is a unique New Hampshire State tax on compensation, interest, and dividends paid by organizations in the state BET rate reductions have decreased ...
Study finds most businesses would see minimal savings under proposed BET rate reduction, with limited evidence of job growth impacts CONCORD, N.H. — A proposed reduction to New Hampshire’s Business Enterprise Tax (BET) ...