Daphne Kenyon
For State Senate
Issues
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NH Wages
The Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire has released Daphne's new report on New Hampshire state wages:
DURHAM, N.H. – As the U.S. economy falters and recession looms, a new report finds that 79 percent of jobs in New Hampshire do not pay a wage sufficient for single-parent families with two children to provide basic needs such as housing, food, transportation, child care and health care. The report, from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire, also finds that Carroll County has the lowest percentage of livable wage jobs, with only 13 percent of jobs paying a livable wage for single-parent families with two children.
“In this strained economic climate, it’s important to take an inventory of households’ ability to locate gainful employment in this state,” says report author Daphne Kenyon, an economist and policy fellow at the Carsey Institute. Allison Churilla, a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at UNH and a Carsey research assistant, was co-author of the report, which updated a similar report from 2001.
To download a copy of the report, go to: http://carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/IB-NHLivableWage08.pdfMore information regarding the Carsey Institute can be found at:
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School Funding
You should know....
Not all court rulings on school funding are the same.
New Hampshire is faced with one of the most specific and restrictive school funding court rulings in the country.
Please see pages 24-25 and 30-31 of the following report.Also, please see Daphne's interview with WMUR-TV regarding her report and School Funding here.
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Taxes
I oppose an income tax and opposes a sales tax, and believe that there are creative ways to lighten the burden on New Hampshire's homeowners.
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NH Energy Programs
New York Times article April 25, 2008
Home heating subsidies, which may have covered more than half the cost, now only cover about a third of home heating costs. The rising costs heating oil and gas will make 2008-2009 a financially straining winter for homeowners in New Hampshire.
The following Word Document displays the Energy Programs made available to NH Residents and Businesses by the NH state government.
