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New Jersey has never achieved the federal health-quality standard for ozone in the nearly four-decade history of the Clean Air Act. The EPA’s recent decision to freeze a rule that curbs ozone-forming pollution from cars, trucks, and businesses means the state can’t crack down on those sources of ozone in the atmosphere. Read moreNJ Spotlight Daily News
June 22, 2017
- Christie Keeps Pushing to Siphon Cash from Horizon to Fund Drug Treatments
- State’s largest health insurer claims $15 million DHS sanction is ‘retaliation’ for refusing to go along with governor’s demand for $300 million from its reserves
- U.S. Appellate Court Upholds PJM Rules to Meet Peak Demand for Power
- Environmentalists, others fear new regulations from operator of the power grid will cause prices to spike when demand is highest
- Increasing Fiscal Transparency by Tracking, Reporting on Unspent Funds
- Bipartisan effort would keep tabs on money allocated to programs and endeavors that is sometimes left to languish in various state accounts
- Profile: Former Corporate Employee Whose New Job Is Turning Around Kids’ Lives
- Retha Onitiri doesn’t believe in setting her goals too low; she just wants to remake the state’s system of juvenile incarceration
- Poll: School Aid, School Aid — Is there a Way out of the Funding Maze?
- The Democrats have unveiled their new plan. Should Christie go for it or walk away?
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June 21, 2017
- Sweeney, NJEA Square off in Ugly Brawl About School Funding
- Never good friends, the Senate president and the state teachers union punch and counterpunch over $125 million school-aid plan
- NJ Representatives Lead Bipartisan Push to Preserve Income-Tax Deduction
- In letter to Trump administration, Lance, Pascrell, and other members of Congress lobby in favor of policy that lets taxpayers deduct state and local taxes from federal returns
- Garden State Seeks to Regulate Hospital Protocols for Sepsis
- Despite sharing of diagnostic data and best practices, sepsis mortality rates are on the rise in New Jersey
- Supreme Court Rules OPRA Applies to Email, Other Electronic Data
- In strongly worded reversal of lower court decision, top court says information stored electronically by state agencies qualifies as ‘government records’
- Op-Ed: Fixing NJ’s Behavioral Health Issues Isn’t as Easy as Extra Beds
- Just adding more beds — while a step in the right direction — won’t solve the problem: patients need improved access to behavioral health and providers need payment reform
- Christie Says ‘We’ll Have to See’ About Sweeney-Prieto School-Funding Deal
- Governor says aspects of Democrats’ deal are ‘encouraging’ while others are ‘discouraging and unfair’
- Westwood Voters Want Real Help, Not Quick Fixes
- The party affiliation of New Jersey’s next governor does not much matter to many voters in Westwood. What matters is whether the officerholder has real solutions for the state’s problems
June 20, 2017
- Sweeney, Prieto to Christie: School Funding First, then We’ll Do the Budget
- Legislative leaders want governor to agree to school-aid formula independent of budget, so Christie can’t line-item veto changes he doesn’t like in the spending plan
- From Tragic Death, a Law to Safeguard People with Developmental Disabilities
- ‘Komninos Law’ protects individuals at residential facilities and day programs, requires families and guardians to be notified within an hour of any problems
- State Takes Steps to Tap into $72.2M Volkswagen Settlement
- Money would be used to deploy charging infrastructure for electric cars, relieve air pollution from transportation sector
- Opinion: Sweeney-Prieto School Aid Plan Could Defuse Campaign Issue
- Compromise could be seen as settling the matter for at least a year, but right now it’s still up to Christie to say ‘yea’ or ‘nay’
- Trump's FBI Pick Billed Taxpayers $2.1M, as Christie's Bridgegate Lawyer
- Tab included airfare and legal expenses after the Bridgegate trial ended
- A Small Town that Wants More Attention from Trenton
- Mayor says his town, like other small towns in New Jersey, is ‘out of sight, out of mind’ while the focus of State House politicians is on big cities
June 19, 2017
- NJ’s Top Two Utilities Could Do More to Help Customers Cut Energy Use, Costs
- National scorecard of 51 largest utilities ranks PSE&G, JCP&L near bottom when it comes to saving consumers money with energy efficiency
- NJ Lawmakers, Advocates Push to Spend More to Curb Smoking
- State officials indicate they’re already investing in anti-smoking efforts, as smoking rates decline
- Mission Impossible? Bramnick, Prieto Want to Make NJ Politics More Polite
- Assembly leaders shake hands on a proposal to take some of the anger and insults out of the Garden State’s brand of hardball politics
- Voting Block: New Jersey Neighbors Dare to Talk Politics
- Conversations across the political divide are increasingly difficult, which makes them all-the-more essential
- Female Boxing Champion Empowers Young Women to Talk About Fears
- Mia St. John opens up about her struggles with drugs, alcoholism, and mental illness to demonstrate that problems are not weaknesses
June 16, 2017
- Interactive Map: Charting the Ups and Downs of Dems’ School-Aid Plan
- For critics it’s not just a matter of winners and losers; NJEA dismisses strategy as ‘sick scheme’ for proposing school budget cuts so late in the day
- NJ Treasurer Pitches Plan to Use Lottery to Help Prop Up Public-Worker Pensions
- Some lawmakers appear receptive to idea; others want Wall Street to vet the scheme, while union skepticism makes itself heard
- DHS Official Defends Medicaid Payment Reform; Mental Health Providers Worried
- Meeting at Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital is told transition to new system going well, but providers remain concerned
- $500 Million Slotted for Sewage-Treatment, Drinking-Water Systems
- Funds to be distributed by Environmental Infrastructure Trust, well-regarded financier for clean-water projects for several decades
- Poll: Have You Got a Favorite Candidate for Governor?
- Common wisdom holds that it’s a long way to November, but that doesn’t stop people from starting to sort out the candidates
- Majority in NJ Support State Funds for Family Planning Clinics
- Protesters rallied in Trenton yesterday to show their support for Planned Parenthood and against governor’s latest expected denial of funds to clinics
June 15, 2017
- Sweeney, Prieto Agreement Adds $125M to School-Funding Formula
- Embattled Democratic leaders shake hands on a deal, but will Christie and the rest of the Legislature buy into their vision?
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