Natural gas prices are massively off peaks from 2022. We’re at 2020/2021 lows now. Bigger issue at play here than commodity prices, such as how expensive it is to transport natural gas here to New England. Yet, politicians signed off on allowing natural gas plants without infrastructure to affordably transport it because NIMBYers are killing this state. https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/hist/rngwhhdW.htm

You’re correct in some respects. This is usually when the government should step in to help make building affordable housing attractive and profitable, usually through tax breaks or subsidies. Unfortunately, Manchester isn’t exactly swimming in cash and neither is the state. And good luck proposing subsidies for affordable home housing with the diehard Live Free or Die-ers here. I’ve never seen a state try so hard to stay poor and starve its government.

Wealth brings investment (such as new housing…), tax revenue, etc. If people could affordably commute to Boston for higher wages, it would bring prosperity to Manchester, too. Simple economics. Have you tried to find a high wage “white collar” job in NH? Good luck. The few “job creators” that have made the news here in NH have been warehouses and distribution centers. Not exactly high wage.

Sadly, that’s literally a conversation my wife and I just had. It went as well as you expect. This place is so backwards. Worst case of NIMBYism in the country.

That’s the real issue here. Meanwhile, the geezers are confused why their children are moving away when they can’t afford to buy a house here and professional careers are few and far between.

Totally insane Eversource wants to raise it even more while prices are trending down. This is why I’m leaving this state. Done being milked by this kind of shit.

You’re an immature moron

Lmao you are so ignorant if you don’t understand why basic liability insurance is a necessity for a functional society

Yeah, I am angry when people are uninsured because my pregnant friend was hit by an uninsured driver and left out to dry for all her medical expenses as well as her totaled car. “I was insured just two days ago!” says every uninsured driver who wrecks.

He doesn’t have insurance of course. Typical. Worst part of NH.

Hate uninsured drivers in NH. What the hell is wrong with you? Just because it’s legal because NH is assbackwards with freestaters doesn’t mean you should do it.

Can someone explain to me why they’re saying this when natural gas prices are off their summer highs and at April 2022 prices?

Congrats! You’re a better planner for elections than WMUR!

I think “no justifiable reason” is pretty debatable early in the pandemic before we had enough masks, ventilators, medicine, staff, so on.

Lol this is so true. US Democratic Party is closer to the UK’s Conservative Party than the GOP, which is frankly closer to UKIP.

When I lived in the UK, I voted with the UK Conservatives. In the US, it’s democrats.

GOP has gone way too far to the right. By extension, this makes democrats more center than left.

Drunk with power? They haven’t been able to push through some key legislation and had to compromise on the ones they did (as should be the case for whoever is the majority).

I’d hope most rational voters would realize that inflation isn’t a singular U.S. issue and a global phenomenon due to a lot of very different and complex reasons that many would struggle to understand without a degree or formal education in macroeconomics.

If it was “Biden’s fault” (ignoring the fact the most stimulus and deficit — i.e., government spending — was during Trump’s admin in 2020), then that wouldn’t explain why inflation is global and even worse in many other countries like the UK.

Lol this is the 1% of what you say that I agree with. I’d appreciate more politicians below the age of 70, please, so they have a reasonable chance of living with the repercussions of their policies and actions.

In addition to what others said, heavy curtains helps with drafts.

I doubt they have the “programming” capacity to do a balance of power for NH senate and house. Doubtful they have any sort of data scientist or even analyst on their payroll.

But indeed, a huge oversight by them. This reporting on NH House and Senate is useless without context.

I would also like to see a ward-level vote breakdown, but good luck with that when they can’t even do a balance of power visualization.

WMUR has always been amateur hour. They get the new grads from college before they move on to a bigger station. It’s bloody awful on the weekend when it’s just the kids running the show.

lol all the majors just called it for Hassan. Destroyed him

As of 10:10pm, 41% in, Hassan leads by 14.5 points. This comment aged like milk.

DON BOLDUC DIS GUY IS A DISASTUH

Called it. Maybe 538 will give me a rating, too.