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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
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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
- Small New Jersey Town Takes On School-Funding Fight
- The comfortable community of Chesterfield sits squarely at the center of the battle over how New Jersey funds public education
June 12, 2018
- More Scrutiny of Deals that Municipalities Make with Developers?
- State lawmakers want increased regulation of local tax agreements that can adversely affect funding for school districts
- NJ Policy Group Releases Blueprint for Improving End-of-Life Care
- New Jersey residents, like most Americans, would like to die at home or in hospice, but many spend their last days in the hospital
- Lawmakers Look to Create Standard Penalties for Polluters
- By developing a sliding scale for damage to natural resources, state would have a better chance to compel ‘bad actors’ to clean up pollution
- Federal District Judge Says ‘No Deal’ to NJ Pulling Out of Waterfront Commission
- Temporary injunction keeps New Jersey from withdrawing from Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor — at least for now
- Opinion: The New Jersey Budget Strategy Must Be Better
- Either we move the budget discussion to a multiyear approach or we will fail to address our tax and spending issues and be right back at it again next year with no permanent solutions
June 11, 2018
- Despite High-Profile Deaths, State Figures Show Decline in Suicides
- Four in 10 deaths nationwide were attributed, at least in part, to relationship problems, while nearly two out of three involved trouble with drug or alcohol abuse, or a recent crisis
- PSE&G’s Next Big Ask: $2.5B to Upgrade Electric and Gas Distribution Networks
- Utility claims residential customers would see only small bumps in their monthly bills; money would go to boost resiliency, reliability, redundancy
- The List: How Much More Do New Jersey’s CEOs Earn Than Their Employees?
- Hold onto your metaphoric hat: In 2017, the total compensation package for the CEO at the Children’s Place was 1,813 times more than the median wage for one of its workers
- Former State Sen. Allen Starts PAC to Help Women Get Started in Politics
- New political action committee — runWOMENserve — to offer funding to female candidates regardless of their party
- Op-Ed: Staffing Ratios — The Wrong Formula for Patients and Nurses
- Treating nurses as numbers rather than as the trained professionals they are, devalues them
June 8, 2018
- NJ Lawmakers Go All In on Sports Betting, Law Awaits Governor’s Signature
- After Supreme Court threw out federal law that prohibited legalized sports gambling in New Jersey, state lawmakers fast-tracked a bill to allow it. Not everybody’s happy
- Six Months into Murphy’s Term, Senate Confirms Six Cabinet Members
- One reason process lasted as long as it did: disagreements over school funding between Sweeney and Repollet, new commissioner of education
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