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Voter Identification Reform in New Hampshire
Presently, New Hampshire is one of twenty states in the country that does not require identification to vote. In 2011, the New Hampshire General Court passed Senate Bill 129, which would have required that voters present a valid state or federal government-issued photograph identification (photo…
An Ombudsman for Vermont
This purpose of this report is to assess the costs and benefits of implementing an independent ombudsman office in the State of Vermont. We specifically analyzed the roles, structures, and budgets of state ombudsman offices in the five U.S. states with classical ombudsman offices that…
Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Designs for New Hampshire
Cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for retirees in the New Hampshire Retirement System are currently awarded on an ad hoc basis, subject to annual approval by the Legislature. The Legislature wishes to explore alternatives to this approach. This report gives a broad overview of the different types…
Legal Aid Referral Center Incoming Call Analysis
The Legal Aid Referral Center (LARC) keeps a complete a record of its incoming and outgoing phone calls in the form of an electronic dataset. However, it lacks the resources and necessary statistical tools to draw meaningful information from the data. Our goal is to…
Merchants and Markets
<a href="http://www.academia.edu/3831442/Merchants_and_Markets_The_Archaeology_of_Aztec_Commerce_at_Otumba_Mexico">Library of Congress, 2013</a>Author(s): Deborah Nichols
Grafton County Correctional Facility
The Grafton County Correctional Facility is over 110 years old, overcrowded, and in poor condition. In 2005 the National Institute of Corrections funded a Physical Plant Assessment which cited numerous deficiencies caused by the physical condition of the main building of the old facility. In…
The Legal Needs of Low-Income Citizens in New Hampshire
Legal aid is the provision of assistance to people otherwise unable to afford legal representation and access to the court system. Forms of legal aid have existed since the early 1900s, primarily through private funding. In 1974, Congress created the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) to…
Measuring Cultural Diversity
<a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870.2011.579136">Ethnic and Racial Studies, 35(2), 2012</a>Author(s): Natalka Patsiurko, John Campbell, and John HallMany claim that national economic success depends upon cultural homogeneity. We collect new time-series data and develop new measures of ethnic, linguistic and religious fractionalization for the OECD countries. We show that…
The State of Homelessness in Vermont
The data used in this report was built upon The Vermont Balance of State Continuum of Care Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) and Annual Point in Time (PIT)Surveys. The Nelson A. Rockefelle r Center at Dartmouth College Center, a catalyst for public policy research has…
Charter Schools in New Hampshire
In recent years, much attention has been paid to the need to innovate and reform public schools. One response to this education reform movement was the creation of charter schools. This report looks at the charter school movement in New Hampshire and the current condition…