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New Jerseyans’ student-loan debt is massive; by some estimates, it’s as much as $33.5 billion. And the state agency that writes those loans has a lot of critics. Lawmakers now seem intent on reforming the agency as part of an effort to help the borrowers. Read moreNJ Spotlight Daily News
April 19, 2018
- Does School Security Mean Transforming Facilities into Fortresses?
- Active shooter drills, armed guards, video surveillance, safety training for all personnel, including lunch aides and janitors — is this the new face of education in New Jersey?
- State Diverts $69M from VW Settlement to General Fund
- Clean-air advocates wind up with $72 million, had hoped total amount would go to fighting greenhouse-gas emissions
- Reform Pending for New Jersey’s Medical Examiner System
- Overworked, underfunded agency will be transferred to Department of Health, in line for cash infusion, new chain of command
- Governor Shows Off Another Benefit of His Bigger Budget
- Murphy highlights more money for Educational Opportunity Fund in his spending plan and doesn’t retreat from higher taxes despite lawmakers’ hesitancy
- NJ Supreme Court Rules No Taxpayer Money to Restore Active Churches
- State’s top court decides taxpayer funds cannot be awarded to houses of worship still serving a congregation, even if goal is historic preservation of church structures
- Op-Ed: We Need to Take the Trauma Out of Childhood
- Thousands of children in New Jersey have been through traumatic events that can have profound long-term consequences. It’s our job to help them
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April 18, 2018
- Is 2018 the Year When New Jersey, Ever in a Tax Fix, Finds a Fix for its Taxes?
- New Jerseyans kvetch about the state’s high taxes, and nothing seems to change. But, momentum might now be with those who want a radical review of taxes and spending in the Garden State
- Will Murphy Let Company Dump Treated Wastewater into Delaware River?
- Opponents worry that loophole in bill on governor’s desk will allow fracking waste to be discharged into river
- Murphy Administration Keeps Expanding Access to Medical Marijuana
- Proposal would let patients get medical marijuana prescriptions from physicians who treat their underlying disease or symptoms of that disease, like pain and nausea
- Repollet Walks Back Stance on School Aid, Says He’s Open to Compromise
- Administration’s willingness to shift gears may get acting commissioner through the full confirmation process
- Who’s in the Money? NJ’s 2018 Congressional Primaries — And Sole Senate Race
- With the first quarter reports filed, this year’s contests are already shaping up to be expensive
- Op-Ed: Minority Student Program at 50 — Still Centerpiece of Rutgers Law
- At the half-century mark, Rutgers’ MSP has transformed the face of legal education at the school where it began and across the country
- Governor Signs Law Adding New Jersey to List of ‘Motor Voter’ States
- Automatic voter registration at motor vehicle agencies for Garden State, and Republicans lawmakers not too happy about that prospect
April 17, 2018
- Students’ Lives Are Priceless, But School Security Can Break the Budget
- After Sandy Hook and Parkland, schools need military-grade imaging, metal detectors, wands, magnetic locks, ID card scanners, and surveillance cameras with livestream capabilities
- ACUA’s Battery-Storage System, First Financed by NJ's Clean Energy Fund
- Atlantic County Utilities Authority will back up wastewater treatment plant — powered in part by solar and wind — if grid goes down
- Do We Need to Talk? — There’s a Push to Increase End-of-Life Planning in NJ
- Proponents point to higher rate of aggressive medical treatment and higher costs for patients nearing death in Garden State
- Opinion: Saving the ACA, One Step at a Time
- New Jersey lawmakers have passed two bills that would maintain important features of the Affordable Care Act
- Murphy Close to Restoring Enterprise Zones in 5 Cash-Strapped Communities
- Move would reverse former Gov. Christie’s decision to strip UEZs from Bridgeton, Camden, Newark, Plainfield, and Trenton
April 16, 2018
- Whether Undocumented Students Get State Financial Aid Now Down to Murphy
- Immigrants, advocacy groups look to Democratic governor to sign off on financial aid program that would help New Jersey’s undocumented students attend college
- Clean Vehicles Face Long, Bumpy Road to Acceptance in New Jersey
- New Jersey Clean Air Council reviews roadblocks to wider adoption of zero-emission vehicles — cost, charging infrastructure, lack of public awareness
- Horizon Leads Opioid Awareness and Prevention Program Focused on Youth
- Program with Rutgers pharmacy school touched nearly 2,000 kids in past year
- One on One with Paymon Rouhanifard, Camden’s Departing Superintendent
- Rouhanifard fields questions about progress in Camden, rise of charters, carrying his work forward, statewide exams, and coaching b-ball at Camden High
- The Goal Is Economic Growth, the Question Is How Best to Get There
- For Gov. Murphy, investments and tax hikes would deliver the revenue to fuel expansion, but members of his own party are adamantly opposed to higher taxes
- Op-Ed: For New Jersey State Aid, Let Money ‘Follow the Child’
- The School Funding Reform Act directs that the money it awards should ‘follow the child,’ but its own requirements make it impossible to do so
- ICE Moves to Deport Egyptian Dissident Who Says He Faces Hanging Back Home
- Ahmed Abdelbasit, who teaches physics in an Islamic school, applied for asylum but was picked up by ICE because he was not a legal resident
April 13, 2018
- Lawmakers Want Voters to Approve $1B Bond Issue for School Safety and Vo-Techs
- Original bond was for $500M to upgrade NJ’s vocational-technical and community colleges, but legislators want to double it to improve school security
- With Little Fuss or Fanfare, Legislature Passes Clean-Energy Bills
- Murphy and Sweeney both get what they want, but how will consumers feel about shouldering the burden of more subsidies?
- NJ Set to Enact Insurance Law, So Is this the End of ‘Surprise’ Medical Bills?
- Most interest groups support controversial measure to control out-of-network insurance costs, but many physicians unhappy
- Beyond Signs and Slogans: What Does Rutgers’ Adjunct Faculty Want?
- Part-time lecturers are asking for pay equity, affordable healthcare, and job security. Rutgers says it can’t afford to fund those requests
- Opinion: Despite Potential Savings, New Jersey Has No Urge to Merge
- Consolidation has been a tough sell in the Garden State, as Sen. Sweeney has found. Residents want their ‘own’ police, fire departments, and elected officials
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