Summer Reading Series 2018
NJ Spotlight Daily News
August 17, 2018
- Sweeney Says It’s Time to Get Serious About Consolidating Schools in New Jersey
- It’s not just about saving money, Senate President maintains, but delivering better education at a lower cost
- Lawmakers Discuss Easing Residency Requirement for NJ Transit Workers
- Shortage of engineers has added to agency’s troubles this summer. Governor supports hiring workers from neighboring states
- Wind Power in New Jersey: How Big and How Soon?
- New report suggests Garden State is uniquely placed to make hay with wind, but critics have doubts and developers say state must push the process
- Explainer: Platinum Versus Gold Health-Insurance Plans for NJ Public Workers
- Bipartisan panel suggests going to less expensive health insurance could save taxpayers $1.4 billion within a few years
- State GOP Leader Not Worried About Key Congressional Races
- While New Jersey Democrats think they can flip five critical seats in November election, GOP party chairman disputes the possibility
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August 16, 2018
- NJ Gas Tax Likely to Increase Because Revenue Is Coming Up Short of Target
- Final decision a couple of weeks away, but tax is likely to be raised by a few pennies to maintain the Transportation Trust Fund
- Move in Congress to Weaken Clean Water Act Could Have Big Impact in New Jersey
- Opponents of PennEast pipeline say if law is revamped, it would make it ‘extremely difficult’ to fight such projects
- Gearing Up for the Future: New Jersey Gets its First Innovation Chief
- Veteran of Obama administration, tech and academic worlds, is given job of harnessing tech to update government in New Jersey
- Explainer: How New Jersey’s Court-Approved Plans for Affordable Housing Work
- NJ’s plans for affordable housing are blueprints that do not require municipalities to build a single home
- Incidence of Driving While Drugged Has Risen Sharply on NJ Roads
- Report says more drivers who were killed on New Jersey’s roads in 2015 and 2016 tested positive for drugs than for alcohol
- Op-Ed: Shifting Services for Seniors, Disabled People in NJ Away from Nursing Homes
- How New Jersey has gradually moved the focus of Medicaid care for seniors and people with disabilities from nursing homes to their own homes and communities
- We Are Not America’s Enemy
- NJ Spotlight stands with the hundreds of other news organizations across the country that today are contesting the accusation that they are an ‘enemy of the people’
August 15, 2018
- Trump Tariffs Squeeze New Jersey Manufacturers, Disrupt Supply Chain
- The tariffs ‘have been pretty much a nightmare,’ one executive tells lawmakers, who want to help but are not able to do much to protect local industry
- Owner Guilty of ‘Extreme’ Violation of Law that Preserves NJ Farmland
- Supreme Court rules that alterations to field destroyed it for other agricultural uses, criticizes state for failing to give clear guidelines on what’s allowed on preserved agricultural land
- The List: Taking the Measure of New Jersey’s Ten Tallest Lighthouses
- The lonely job of lighthouse keeper has been eliminated by automation, but visiting one of the state’s historic lighthouses — and in some cases climbing to the top — is a great summer outing
- Op-Ed: Ban Cars from Lincoln Tunnel at Rush Hour to Make It through Route 495 Repairs
- The logical way to ease congestion is to reduce the number of vehicles entering the tunnel
- Three Friends and the Rise of Sikh Political Power
- From a tent pitched on a patch of dirt in Bergen County to a beautiful temple in Glen Rock, Sikhs are coming into their own
- Murphy Signs Legislation to Expand Range of Public-Private Partnerships
- Senate President Sweeney concurs that bipartisan bill could help NJ lead the nation in infrastructure investments
- DOT’s Prescription for Route 495 Repair Headaches: Patience
- We’re facing two-and-a-half years of major disruption into and out of the Lincoln Tunnel as repair work on the Route 495 Viaduct goes into high gear this week
- Medical Care for NJ’s Poor, No Insurance Needed
- The federally qualified health center in Jersey City, like the 133 other satellite locations across the state, delivers care to the uninsured and the underinsured
August 14, 2018
- New Jersey Expands Stigma-Free Healthcare for LGBTQ Residents
- Clinics, support groups, hospitals are adopting policies designed to promote equitable and inclusive care
- FERC Rebuffs Requests to Reconsider Approval of PennEast Pipeline
- Opponents to take their case to federal courts, where they believe they have still a chance to stop the natural-gas project
- Tougher Ethics Rules for Council that Guides Public Pension Investments
- Questions raised about some previous decisions have led to new restrictions on panel that determines broad strategies and asset allocation for public-worker pension system
- Op-Ed: Learn from Europe, Keep Wind Generation and Transmission Separate
- Building an offshore grid for New Jersey separately from wind farms is the key to creating fair competition
- Immigrant Advocates Tell Pols, Don’t Ignore Detainees in County Jails
- Elizabeth Detention Center gets the most press, but the majority of undocumented immigrants rounded up by the Trump administration are in county facilities
August 13, 2018
- State Actions Help Keep Lid on Health Insurance Rate Hikes in NJ
- Prices will increase but by far less than for consumers in most other states, as New Jersey is ‘working aggressively’ to counter federal changes to Affordable Care Act
- Making More of — and from — NJ’s Revolutionary Heritage
- State urged to do more to promote New Jersey’s central role in American Revolution as 250th anniversary approaches. Future economic benefits are emphasized
- Map Zeroes in on Pollution in Delaware River Watershed
- A new interactive map shows threats, old and new, to vital water source. It underlines challenges that remain for river that ‘has come back from the brink’
- Opinion: Few Municipalities in NJ Will Create Stormwater Utilities, But Some Should
- The need to improve stormwater management is increasing every year. Costs will rise, putting pressure on local government budgets
August 10, 2018
- Cut Public-Worker Benefits, Merge School Districts — Sweeney Panel Recommends
- Commission assembled by Senate President proposes aggressive measures to address New Jersey’s fiscal problems. Teachers union responds in the negative, governor noncommital
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