We asked, you answered: What should legislators focus on in 2026?

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By Katy Savage

December 18, 2025

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The year is coming to an end, and in 2026, several new laws will take effect—including an expansion of New Hampshire’s school voucher program and the end of annual car inspections (maybe). This week, we asked readers: What should New Hampshire legislators focus on in 2026? Here’s what they had to say…

“NH legislators should focus on 1) increasing the minimum wage 2) addressing the housing crisis 3) getting rid of education freedom accounts 4) universal healthcare.” — Meg Trainor

“Help stabilize property taxes by doing more at the state level. Cancel the school voucher giveaway and raise the business profits tax and interest and dividends tax rates, which were lowered over the last two years.” — Jeffrey Grip

“I still believe it’s time to initiate a modest sales tax which will capture money from out-of-staters and not ding in-staters too much. New Hampshire will still draw people as it has no income tax, just like Florida. Say 2- 3%, but they can do the numbers to see what makes sense. NH is starting to sink economically according to what I read on your posts. It’s too precious to let that happen.” — Ruth Carr

“Force the Legislature to follow the law in the rulings by the NH Supreme Court in the Claremont cases and pay the required student education funds. The lawlessness climate in the USA ranging from POTUS, SCOTUS, congressional members, secretary of defense, and state legislators is appalling.” — Kay Campbell

“Climate change.” — Patricia Shearin

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Katy Savage

Katy Savage is the Granite Post's newsletter editor. Katy is an award-winning reporter with more than 10 years of experience working in daily, weekly, and digital news organizations as both an editor and reporter. Katy is a New England native and has a passion for telling stories about where she grew up.

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