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When he was campaigning for office, Gov. Phil Murphy said he was for “wholesale reform” of New Jersey’s medical examiner’s office which, it’s generally agreed, is run down, underfunded, and understaffed. Finally, there’s a serious bipartisan push to overhaul the beleaguered system. Read moreNJ Spotlight Daily News
June 19, 2018
- Trenton Starts to Sizzle, Governor Duels with Leading Dems Over Budget
- Amid competing press conferences, clashing news releases, and governor’s threat to veto Legislature’s appropriations bill, possibility of government shutdown increases
- Deja Vu All Over Again: NJ Gov. Corzine and the 2006 Government Shutdown
- Former governor’s plan to raise sales tax by 1 cent sparked off a battle of wills between two powerful Democrats. Sound familiar?
- NJ Hospitals Adopt Protocols to Reduce Unnecessary C-Sections
- Cesarean delivery comes with a number of risks for mothers and babies, including blood clots, cardiac complications, asthma and diabetes
- Does ‘Rain Tax’ Have a Chance of Staunching State’s Stormwater Runoff?
- Bill voted out of key Senate committee would let towns and counties assess fees on sources of runoff to cover cost of managing stormwater
- Op-Ed: Let’s See if Lawmakers Stand Up to Unions by Voting to Curb Unused Sick Days
- Legislators need to show courage to ‘bring public-sector workers in line with everyday working people’
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June 18, 2018
- Appropriations Bill from Democratic Lawmakers, First Salvo in Budget Battle
- Despite overall accord, legislators and governor still have issues to hash out, especially when it comes to funding public-employee pensions, K-12 education, and mass transit
- Could Climate Change Erode Real Estate Markets in Coastal New Jersey?
- If chronic flooding inundates New Jersey communities, homes could take a big hit, according to new report, as well as property taxes that fund schools and roads
- State Launches Tax-Free Savings Program to Help Disabled People
- NJ ABLE gives people with disabilities as way to ‘save for vital day-to-day expenses,’ without imperiling Medicaid coverage, similar programs
- NJ Legislature Looks to Throw the Books at High Cost of College Education
- Lawmakers want schools to come up with plans to use ‘open textbooks,’ which do not require students to buy expensive access codes that unlock online assignments and quizzes
- ACE Seeks Rate Increase to Recoup Costs of Modernizing Its Power Grid
- If BPU signs off on $99.7M filing, residential customers of Atlantic City Electric would see average monthly bill climb by about $11
- Op-Ed: A Cascade of Travesties
- PennEast hacks an unconscionable pipeline-review process
- Jersey City Politics, Unraveled
- Nine-hour city council meeting only part of raucous week, that also sees feud between mayor and newspaper publishers
June 15, 2018
- ‘Tax Us,’ Says NJ Millionaire to Legislators Who Resist Murphy Budget Plan
- Garden State’s ‘Patriotic Millionaires’ dismiss concerns the rich will be chased away if they have to pay more in taxes
- Watchdog Group Takes Christie to Court Over OPRA Request for His Emails
- Watchdog wants to to dig into former governor’s electronic correspondence about $33M tax credit to Jared Kushner in Jersey City real estate deal, but Christie digs in his heels
- Burlington County Leads with $20M Initiative for Greater School Security
- Board of Freeholders dedicates half the capital budget to beef up safety at 21 public high schools
- Getting Lead Out of NJ’s Water Means First Finding How It’s Getting In
- Package of bills would require public water systems to compile list of lead service lines, public schools to maintain online database of lead-testing results
- Lawmakers Urge Review of Medicaid Rates for Nursing Home Care in NJ
- Providers say they’re losing more than $400 million a year, struggling to contain costs
- Fine Print: Ruiz-Madden Bill Package Protect Students from Sexual Abuse
- Hidden video catches union leaders saying they’d protect teachers
- Op-Ed: State’s New Law on Absenteeism — Only the Beginning
- Schools that succeed in reducing absenteeism go beyond just complying with state and district rules to encourage and support attendance as a fundamental part of their mission to educate
June 14, 2018
- Is a Natural-Gas Power Plant in the Works for the Musconetcong River?
- Preliminary discussions between project developer and state and local officials explore building the plant on the state’s top trout stream
- Gov. Murphy Signs New Jersey into New Era of Gun Safety
- Thanks to a half-dozen ‘commonsense’ bills, state now has arguably some of the strictest gun laws in the country
- Lawmakers Looking to Find More Dollars for Direct Caregivers
- It’s easy to see why there’s a shortage of direct-support professionals. They’re paid so little they can do better financially working at a fast-food chain
- New Road Map for New Jersey to Reclaim Status as Biotech Leader
- Task force identifies why NJ no longer leads in cutting-edge industry; cites recession, corporate mergers, patent expirations — and decline in key state supports
- As NJ Rents Continue to Climb, Finding an Apartment Becomes Even Tougher
- Hundreds of thousands of residents don’t earn enough to cover the rent on an average two-bedroom, without struggling to pay other bills and meet routine expenses
June 13, 2018
- Floating a $600 Million Bond Issue to Build New Portal Bridge
- Plan could go long way to convincing Trump administration to pony up its contribution to bridge project, a key element for speeding rail traffic along Northeast Corridor
- State Freezes Charity Care for Hospitals — Revenue Crunch, Budget Blamed
- Seventy acute-care facilities are affected but will continue to treat patients. Funding for graduate-medical education also a casualty of New Jersey’s budgetary woes
- Can $51 Billion Upgrade to Region’s Airports Get off the Ground?
- The Regional Plan Association wants to revamp Newark, Kennedy, and LaGuardia to stay ahead of expected growth — and pull plug on Teterboro to stay clear of rising sea level
- NJ’s Medicaid Transportation System in Line for Major Overhaul
- Program that uses private drivers and shuttle for nonemergency rides has been long criticized. Lawmakers want more inspections, better records, bigger fines
- A Change of Name, Not Mission, for ‘Bank’ That Funds Clean Water Across NJ
- Under its new name, the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank will still loan money to stem pollution from sewage treatment, upgrade drinking-water systems
- Op-Ed: Helping New Jerseyans Take Control of Where Their Electricity Comes From
- The way electricity is consumed and produced is changing. We no longer need to rely on large, centralized generation to keep the lights on
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