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.

New episodes every Tuesday.

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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.

New episodes every Tuesday.

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Have an idea for an upcoming episode? Email Liz: newhampshirehasissues@gmail.com

Links:

• Housing Action NH
• Slide deck - 2025 Housing Matters Zoom
• New Hampshire Zoning Atlas (St. Anselm College)
• 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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The Democratic Leader of the NH House, Alexis Simpson, joins Liz to talk about how a bill becomes a law in New Hampshire - a very unique process because, well, it's New Hampshire.

Liz asks Alexis how much money state reps make in NH, and Alexis reminds Liz what social media platforms exist.

New episodes every Tuesday.

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Have an idea for an upcoming episode? Email Liz: newhampshirehasissues@gmail.com

Links:

• Democratic Leader of the House Alexis Simpson's Instagram
• Find your NH state representative(s) - most Granite Staters have more than one!
• NH House committees
• Sign in to support/oppose a bill with a public hearing in the House
• NH House schedule
• NH House YouTube channel (yes, a YouTube channel!)
• NH House passes budget plan that includes deep spending cuts, eliminates state jobs (NHPR)
• N.H. House votes to keep some Republican cuts, nixes others from state budget (Concord Monitor)

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If the state says you have to do something that costs $20,000, but the state only gives you $5,000...is that, well, adequate?

Liz asks Zack if school funding is fair in New Hampshire and Zack reminds everyone that renters are also impacted by property taxes.

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Links:

• New Hampshire School Funding Fairness Project's website
• Zack's testimony about the state budget to the NH House Finance Committee
• HB 283 public hearing audio
• School funding, and lots more, still on the table at midpoint of NH Legislature's year (NHPR)
• School Funding Study (Carsey School of Public Policy)
• Adequate: How a State Decides the Value of Public Education (NHPR)
• Public Schools should have the resources they need (Reaching Higher NH)

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Childcare in New Hampshire: just as expensive as college, but without student loan options...and a potential 18-month wait time!

Liz asks Kenz whether $5,000 is enough to resolve the childcare issue and Kenz asks Liz why people want to ban books.

New episodes every Tuesday.

Links:

• MomsRising NH
• SB 243: the remaining bill in the NH legislature addressing childcare
• The Fragile Economics of the Child Care Sector (New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute)
• New Study: Child Care Shortages May Cost New Hampshire Businesses Up To $56 Million Annually (New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute)
• The Economic Impact of the Granite State’s Child Care Shortage (New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute)
• The Economic Impact of America’s Child Care Gap (The Bipartisan Policy Center)
• Fewer Providers, Longer Distances: New Hampshire’s Child Care Landscape (UNH Carsey School of Public Policy)

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Yes, we're in the "Live Free or Die" state, but somehow we don't have the right to abortion? Wait, that can't be right...

Liz asks Kayla how this happened, and Kayla later asks Liz why this podcast even exists.

New episodes every Tuesday.

Links:

• Planned Parenthood NH Action Fund Linktree
• The "opposite" of the right to abortion in NH state law (The General Court of New Hampshire)
• Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s Inauguration Speech - vetoing any new abortion restrictions (New Hampshire PBS)
• New Hampshire Family Planning Program: State Budget Amendments (The General Court of New Hampshire)
• Website: New Hampshire Has Issues
• Instagram: New Hampshire Has Issues
• Send Liz ideas for the show

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Introducing New Hampshire Has Issues - a podcast that dares to ask, how many issues can one state have?

In this sneak peek, Liz and Kayla talk about how, no, we actually don't have the right to abortion in New Hampshire. Spoiler alert.

Full episodes coming in early May.

Links:

Website: New Hampshire Has Issues

Instagram: New Hampshire Has Issues

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