CONCORD — House and Senate Ways and Means committee members were warned Wednesday not to expect the state to experience the same economic growth it has since recovering from the pandemic.
The state has garnered hundreds of millions of dollars of surplus revenue fueled by federal stimulus money and aid that in turn produced significant increases in business profits activity.
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