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The state is going to require much steeper reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions to reach a goal to lower carbon pollution to 1990 levels by 2050, according to a new report by researchers at the Rutgers Climate Institute. A decade after New Jersey enacted the Global Warming Response Act, the report found the state lacks a detailed and comprehensive strategy to achieve its goal and warned its emissions trajectory under current policies is inconsistent with the mid-century target. Read moreNJ Spotlight Daily News
September 25, 2017
- NJEA Flexes Its Muscles, Takes on Sweeney
- The teachers union faults the Senate president for his stand on public-employee pensions and school funding — and they want to make him pay
- Op-Ed: NJ’s Next Gov. Can Make a Real Difference on Climate Change
- As we often hear, addressing climate change is a marathon, not a sprint. Achieving a 75 percent reduction in our emissions by 2050 means we need to get started now
- Murphy Questions Why State Takeovers Target ‘Communities of Color’
- Democratic hopeful for governor also talks about Paterson, another city where state is in control of local schools
- New Jersey’s Solar Sector Is Thriving: Now Let’s Fix It
- BPU to launch industry study, review if current structure has outlived its usefulness, should be replaced
- Christie Pardons Former Heroin Addict with Criminal Past
- Result of seven-year old process, pardon is latest move in his effort to reduce impact of drug use
- New Jersey Nonprofit Helps Small Businesses Get a Jump Start
- For more than a decade, Jersey City’s Rising Tide Capital has helped residents move from idea to going concern
- Montclair’s Cloverhill Place Takes Pride in Its Diversity, Activism
- The quiet, shaded street in Montclair doesn’t just have residents from different parts of the country, they’re from different parts of the world
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September 22, 2017
- New Jersey Not on Target to Reach Greenhouse Gas Goal by 2050
- New report says state lacks coherent, comprehensive strategy to significantly reduce carbon footprint by midcentury
- Fatal Hoboken Train Crash 1 Year On: Questions Remain Despite New NTSB Data
- Train engineer can’t remember last few seconds before crash, was severe sleep apnea the culprit?
- Interactive Map: Charting the Rocky Terrain of Income Inequality in NJ
- Census data for 2016 shows the median household income of blacks was, on average, little more than half that of non-Hispanic whites
- Budget Basics: How Large Is the New Jersey Budget, Really?
- A series that details the fundamentals of New Jersey's budget, as well as its current budget woes
- Primary-Care Advocates Seek to Steer Clear of ‘Fiscal Cliff’
- Garden State callers dominated Congressional hotline to support FQHCs
- For These New Jersey Voters, Washington Trumps the Governor’s Race
- Although they seem unable to agree on anything else, these West Orange neighbors all say they’ll cast a ballot this November
September 21, 2017
- State Drafts Settlements in Three Longstanding Pollution Lawsuits
- Critics contend state is pushing to settle decade-old cases now, before possible constitutional amendment blocks funds from being diverted
- New Obamacare Overhaul Could Cost NJ Billions, Leave More Patients Uninsured
- Cassidy-Graham proposal called ‘harshest’ GOP plan yet to reform national healthcare
- Long Valley Neighbors Find Accord and Affinity Across Party Lines
- It’s more than just agreeing to disagree, this group of residents has thought through the candidate’s promises and proposals to find some surprising common ground
- Poll: Tuition-Free Community College — Smart Move or Dumb Mistake?
- Under the ‘Murphy plan,’ students get a free ride at NJ’s two-year schools. Guadagno says the middle class will wind up footing the bill
- Are Democrats Dragging Their Feet on Arbitration Cap for Cops, Firefighters?
- Republicans argue if interest arbitration cap is allowed to expire, salary increases won by public-safety employees could mushroom
- At Menendez Trial, Attention Turns to What Senator Didn’t Do
- According to prosecution, Sen. Menendez failed to file financial disclosure forms for almost $60,000
September 20, 2017
- Retooling and Reviving New Jersey’s Manufacturing Heritage
- Manufacturing is a $40 billion industry sector, but a bipartisan ‘manufacturing caucus’ wants to take it higher
- Just Say ‘No Subsidies for Nukes,’ New Jersey Voters Affirm
- Regardless of party, voters strongly oppose paying to keep nuclear plants up and running, despite tough competition from natural gas
- Opinion: Doing the Murphy Math — Taxing Millionaires Won’t Cut It
- Dragging the Christie anchor behind her, Guadagno can’t get any traction when it comes to warning voters what her rival’s programs could cost
- Governor Commits Extra $200M to Anti-Addiction Programs
- ‘Lapsed dollars’ in state coffers will fund new programs and expand existing ones in an effort to reduce drug addiction in New Jersey
- More than Skin Deep: Structural Racism and Poverty in New Jersey
- Ingrained policies and structures keep blacks and Hispanics from succeeding economically, politically, and personally, new report argues
- The NYPD Will Neither Confirm, Nor Deny, the Stories Behind This Story
- A group of activists is lobbying for details of possible NYPD surveillance of them, including at the Newark campus of Rutgers University
- Colleges, Universities in NJ Urged to Make Strategic Plan
- Higher education in Garden State is bedeviled by duplication, over-capacity, and ‘there’s really too much competition,’ professor says
September 19, 2017
- Murphy Calls for Free Tuition at Community College, but at What Price?
- Guadagno dings rival for panoply of expensive proposals, saying they’ll hit the middle class, not just millionaires and hedge-fund managers
- Christie Outlines Federal Partnership with Pharma to Combat U.S. Opioid Epidemic
- White House panel led by governor wants to curb addiction crisis with sweeping effort that will include expedited development of nonaddictive pain treatments
- Appellate Court’s Reversal of Public Utility Tax Policy Could Mean Lower Bills
- Court rules on BPU’s failure to follow rulemaking process, remains silent on merits of consolidated income tax returns
- The List: The 10 Longest Commutes for NJ’s Largest Municipalities
- Getting to work takes more time than ever before. Is the Garden State in danger of becoming the gridlock state?
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