How free are Education Freedom Accounts in New Hampshire? Why do some people call them school vouchers?

Liz asks Christina why this funding is being prioritized when other services are needed, and Christina asks Liz for a little time to draft a tagline.

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This episode pairs well with the School Funding episode with Zack Sheehan.

Links:

• Inside EFAs: A quarter of all Education Freedom Account tuition dollars went to five Christian schools, Monitor analysis finds (Concord Monitor)
• Report on Qualifying EFA Families Shows Errors in a Quarter of Applications (InDepthNH)
• Democrats call for deeper audit of New Hampshire Education Freedom Account after initial review (NH Bulletin)
• Ayotte signs bills to eliminate school voucher income cap and codify parental rights (NHPR)
• Universal voucher program signed into law despite concerns (Reaching Higher NH)
• Universal EFA program sees 500 applications in day one of expansion (Concord Monitor)
• Official in charge of NH school voucher program attends Trump ceremony dismantling US Department of Education (Granite Post)
• School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget. (ProPublica)
• Understanding the Cost of Universal School Vouchers: An Analysis of Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account Program (Learning Policy Institute)
• Florida Continues to Drain Much-Needed Funds Away from Public Schools to Private and Home-School Students (Florida Policy Institute)

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Episode ingredients: 90% chocolate, 10% tariffs. Made in the USA.

Liz asks Enna Grazier (a friendly local chocolate maker) what to say about tariffs if someone wants to call the governor, and Enna asks Liz the same thing.

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Links:

• Enna Chocolate on Instagram
• 5 things to know about tariffs and how they work (PBS News)
• Impact of tariffs tough to avoid for some New Hampshire small businesses (WMUR)
• Tariffs could add to New Hampshire’s housing woes (Valley News)
• NH Senate Bill (SB 304): Directing the commissioner of the department of business and economic affairs to assemble a report on the effects of tariffs on Canada and New Hampshire residents. A majority of the NH Senate (16-8) tabled the bill, meaning it did not move forward.

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It's not your imagination: affordable housing is on almost everyone's mind in New Hampshire. Renters, homeowners, and...well, everyone: this episode is for you.

Liz asks Nick why we can't just build more houses and Nick reminds Liz that running downhill is bad for the knees.

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Links:

• Housing Action NH
• Slide deck - 2025 Housing Matters Zoom
• Granite State Poll - Housing is the top issue
• New poll suggests high concern about NH housing, but mixed appetite for zoning reform (NH Bulletin, 5/30/25)
• NH's housing crisis sparks bipartisan interest in efforts to override local zoning codes (NHPR)
• Hanover weighs zoning amendments to encourage housing development (NHPR)

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