The biggest issue right now for most granite staters is affordability. This includes housing/property taxes, energy, healthcare and childcare. The challenge to improvement lies with a number of specific policy choices. For the last several years the state house has been held hostage by Republican politicians who have not been legislating for the majority of their constituents but rather in the best interests of their donors, special interest groups and radical right-wing extremists funded by out of state groups. Click on the images below to learn more about what has cause the current problems and about proposed solutions.