CONCORD — New Hampshire has no sales or income tax, something Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte and her cohorts in the GOP-majority Legislature love to emphasize.
But New Hampshire also has, compared to other states, a disproportionate reliance on property taxes, among the highest in the country, something GOP policymakers don’t advertise.
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