By GARRY RAYNO, inDepthNH.org
CONCORD — A temporary restraining order blocking the Department of Revenue Administration from setting Statewide Education Property Tax rates for about 40 communities has been requested by the plaintiffs in the latest lawsuit challenging the state’s education funding system.
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