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New Jerseyans’ student-loan debt is massive; by some estimates, it’s as much as $33.5 billion. And the state agency that writes those loans has a lot of critics. Lawmakers now seem intent on reforming the agency as part of an effort to help the borrowers. Read moreNJ Spotlight Daily News
April 22, 2018
- Hospital Aid Remains Stable, Following Years of Cuts
- But charity care for mostly urban hospitals would be beefed up by Murphy’s decision not to take money away from the program
- The List: Dems Who’ve Scored Big Using Website for Small Donations
- ActBlue’s digital fundraising tools let voters make mostly small donations to the candidates and causes they support — and has pulled in $3.6 million to date
- Is a Tax Amnesty for Delinquent Filers in the Offing for New Jersey?
- If passed by Legislature, the proposal would eliminate some fines and penalties, but would not reduce the principal owed
- PSE&G Wants BPU to OK $1.9B Plan to Upgrade Gas Pipelines
- Five-year program would enable state’s largest utility to replace hundreds of miles of cast-iron and steel pipes with new gas mains
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April 20, 2018
- Murphy Accuses Texas Gov. Abbott of Trying to Rustle Garden State Companies
- Abbott draws first, bragging about low taxes of the Lone Star State, but Murphy fires back with both barrels, saying schools and healthcare in Texas can’t hold a candle to New Jersey’s
- Safe Sleep for Babies — Rutgers Researchers Now Have an App for That
- Scientists use technology to help parents protect their infants from sudden unexpected death
- FERC Reviews Its Policies for Approving Natural-Gas Pipelines
- Critics say federal agency rubber-stamps projects, without evaluating if a pipeline is truly needed and gauging its environmental impact
- Interactive Map: Where New Jerseyans Are Hungriest
- Federal legislation before Congress could strip thousands of New Jersey’s most vulnerable citizens of their SNAP food-assistance benefits
- Op-Ed: Camden’s Next School Superintendent Must Build on Predecessor’s Success
- The district is smaller, the politics has changed, but we still need to address major education challenges in New Jersey’s poorest city
April 19, 2018
- Does School Security Mean Transforming Facilities into Fortresses?
- Active shooter drills, armed guards, video surveillance, safety training for all personnel, including lunch aides and janitors — is this the new face of education in New Jersey?
- State Diverts $69M from VW Settlement to General Fund
- Clean-air advocates wind up with $72 million, had hoped total amount would go to fighting greenhouse-gas emissions
- Reform Pending for New Jersey’s Medical Examiner System
- Overworked, underfunded agency will be transferred to Department of Health, in line for cash infusion, new chain of command
- Governor Shows Off Another Benefit of His Bigger Budget
- Murphy highlights more money for Educational Opportunity Fund in his spending plan and doesn’t retreat from higher taxes despite lawmakers’ hesitancy
- NJ Supreme Court Rules No Taxpayer Money to Restore Active Churches
- State’s top court decides taxpayer funds cannot be awarded to houses of worship still serving a congregation, even if goal is historic preservation of church structures
- Op-Ed: We Need to Take the Trauma Out of Childhood
- Thousands of children in New Jersey have been through traumatic events that can have profound long-term consequences. It’s our job to help them
April 18, 2018
- Is 2018 the Year When New Jersey, Ever in a Tax Fix, Finds a Fix for its Taxes?
- New Jerseyans kvetch about the state’s high taxes, and nothing seems to change. But, momentum might now be with those who want a radical review of taxes and spending in the Garden State
- Will Murphy Let Company Dump Treated Wastewater into Delaware River?
- Opponents worry that loophole in bill on governor’s desk will allow fracking waste to be discharged into river
- Murphy Administration Keeps Expanding Access to Medical Marijuana
- Proposal would let patients get medical marijuana prescriptions from physicians who treat their underlying disease or symptoms of that disease, like pain and nausea
- Repollet Walks Back Stance on School Aid, Says He’s Open to Compromise
- Administration’s willingness to shift gears may get acting commissioner through the full confirmation process
- Who’s in the Money? NJ’s 2018 Congressional Primaries — And Sole Senate Race
- With the first quarter reports filed, this year’s contests are already shaping up to be expensive
- Op-Ed: Minority Student Program at 50 — Still Centerpiece of Rutgers Law
- At the half-century mark, Rutgers’ MSP has transformed the face of legal education at the school where it began and across the country
- Governor Signs Law Adding New Jersey to List of ‘Motor Voter’ States
- Automatic voter registration at motor vehicle agencies for Garden State, and Republicans lawmakers not too happy about that prospect
April 17, 2018
- Students’ Lives Are Priceless, But School Security Can Break the Budget
- After Sandy Hook and Parkland, schools need military-grade imaging, metal detectors, wands, magnetic locks, ID card scanners, and surveillance cameras with livestream capabilities
- ACUA’s Battery-Storage System, First Financed by NJ's Clean Energy Fund
- Atlantic County Utilities Authority will back up wastewater treatment plant — powered in part by solar and wind — if grid goes down
- Do We Need to Talk? — There’s a Push to Increase End-of-Life Planning in NJ
- Proponents point to higher rate of aggressive medical treatment and higher costs for patients nearing death in Garden State
- Opinion: Saving the ACA, One Step at a Time
- New Jersey lawmakers have passed two bills that would maintain important features of the Affordable Care Act
- Murphy Close to Restoring Enterprise Zones in 5 Cash-Strapped Communities
- Move would reverse former Gov. Christie’s decision to strip UEZs from Bridgeton, Camden, Newark, Plainfield, and Trenton
April 16, 2018
- Whether Undocumented Students Get State Financial Aid Now Down to Murphy
- Immigrants, advocacy groups look to Democratic governor to sign off on financial aid program that would help New Jersey’s undocumented students attend college
- Clean Vehicles Face Long, Bumpy Road to Acceptance in New Jersey
- New Jersey Clean Air Council reviews roadblocks to wider adoption of zero-emission vehicles — cost, charging infrastructure, lack of public awareness
- Horizon Leads Opioid Awareness and Prevention Program Focused on Youth
- Program with Rutgers pharmacy school touched nearly 2,000 kids in past year
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