
With many areas of state government looking for savings to help bridge a mammoth deficit in next year’s budget, the General Assembly is asking for an increase on the amount it spends on itself: currently more than $42 million a year. This week Jim Hummel takes a closer look at the numbers, talks with House Speaker Mattiello about what taxpayers are getting for their money – and travels north to see how much New Hampshire spends on its own legislature.






