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A number of reasons are cited:
New Hampshire is one of only two states â Vermont is the other â who elect their governor every two years; all other states elect their governors to four-year terms.
But New Hampshire and Vermont, unlike many states with four-year terms, do not have a limit on how many terms a governor may serve. Likewise, only two states retain executive councils, a vestige of Colonial times to curb executive power, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
New Hampshireâs Executive Council has real power by having to approve all state contracts over $10,000, which Massachusettsâ council does not, although both approve judicial nominations and pardons. The New Hampshire council also approves agency department heads, which Massachusetts does not.
Should towns be required to spend state aid directly on property tax cuts?
The State House dome as seen on March 5, 2016. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff) ELIZABETH FRANTZ
Published: 2/22/2021 3:24:19 PM
State legislators from both sides of the aisle seem to agree that New Hampshire property taxes are too high. Local property tax rates are a much bigger burden than the statewide property tax, however, so state lawmakers usually try to ease the property tax burden indirectly by providing towns with more state dollars.
Towns have many other spending obligations, however, and state money does not necessarily go straight to property tax cuts. One bill this year, SB 118, would require towns to use 60% of state aid to cut property taxes.