May 7, 2013 - Review the archived copy of our recent CHP webinar, download participants' slide presentations.

March 7, 2013 - Expanding Medicaid eligibility in New Jersey could add 225,000 or more residents to the state's healthcare rolls. The increased coverage will clearly benefit low-income children, individuals, and families, but it also raises a number of challenges for a broad spectrum of healthcare providers and experts. Those critical concerns were identified and assessed at the NJ Spotlight Roundtable: The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on New Jersey's Healthcare System.

January 25, 2013 - In order to meet its ambitious goals for clean energy, New Jersey must rely increasingly on cleaner and greener sources of electricity, especially solar and wind power. Achieving that goal is expected to create a wealth of green jobs, ranging from engineers and developers to construction workers and system installer. It's also expected to be a very pricey proposition for all ratepayers -- consumers, businesses, and manufacturers.

November 17, 2012 - New Jersey's overhaul of teacher tenure is now law, changing how educators are measured and evaluated -- as well as how they are rewarded and disciplined. This NJ Spotlight Roundtable Series brings together educators and key players to discuss progress so far, including the chief architect of the law, state Sen. Teresa Ruiz, and the director of education evaluation for the Christie administration, Timothy Matheney.

October 26, 2012 - A high school diploma is supposed to ensure that a graduate is ready for college or a job. At this NJ Spotlight Roundtable, we explored whether New Jersey public schools are delivering on that promise, with state Education Commissioner Chris Cerf and a panel of educators and business leaders.

August 13, 2012 - The Affordable Care Act holds the possibility of transforming healthcare in New Jersey -- ultimately insuring 500,000 New Jerseyans who are currently without coverage. But it's not going to happen automatically -- far from it. Gov. Chris Christie has already vetoed a bill establishing the first New Jersey health insurance exchange. That means everything is still to be determined ...

May 12, 2012 - The second in a series of NJ Spotlight Roundtables with educators participating in the state's teacher evaluation pilot, the controversial framework for measuring the performance of teachers and principals in public schools. Teachers and administrators, discussed what they've learned so far, what issues they've encountered, what works, and what doesn't.

April 13, 2012 - If New Jersey is ever going to embrace smart growth, advocates and stakeholders are first going to have to agree as to what it is.The Christie administration isn't waiting. It's overhauling the State Plan and is about to adopt a new investment strategy that it claims will spur economic growth while preserving New Jersey's remaining open spaces.

March 10, 2012 - This NJ Spotlight roundtable gave attendees the chance to hear first-hand from the people who are working with New Jersey's pilot teacher evaluation program. Administration officials and participants in this Department of Education pilot -- which will make student performance a key measure of teacher effectiveness -- discussed what they've learned, what issues they've encountered, what works, and what doesn't.

February 22, 2012 - Governor's proposed income tax cut 'won't fill the tank of a middle-class family's minivan.'

February 3, 2012 - Among the many questions explored in this roundtable: How can customers and small businesses make the best choices when it comes to signing with an alternative power supplier? What can policymakers do to make it a level playing field, ensuring third-party power suppliers can offer cheaper deals to ratepayers than those offered by the incumbent utilities?

December 16, 2011 - Is natural gas the bridge that helps lower sky-high energy costs and provides an alternative fuel that begins to wean New Jersey off its reliance on oil? That's a complex question, with numerous ramifications. To explore possible answers NJ Spotlight assembled consumer advocates, environmentalists, businesspeople, and other stakeholders at a wide-ranging roundtable, The Role of Natural Gas in New Jersey's Energy Future.

November 28, 2011 - It could cost as much as $20 billion to overhaul New Jersey's aging water infrastructure. Meanwhile, water purveyors face increasingly tough mandates to remove pollutants from drinking water. What does New Jersey need to do to tackle these problems before supplying residents with safe drinking water becomes a crisis?

November 21, 2011 - If granted, New Jersey's application for a federal Comprehensive Medicaid Waiver will enable the state to better meet the needs of older adults and people with disabilities. But numerous implementation issues remain to be worked through. To investigate these complex issues, NJ Spotlight brought together state leaders, long-term care providers, and community advocates to discuss problems and possible solutions.

November 14, 2011 - Exploring the opportunities and challenges associated with New Jersey's shift to privately operated public media networks.

July 22, 2011 - What the budget cuts will mean to some New Jerseyans.

July 12, 2011 - The Democratic-controlled legislature fails in 15 budget override attempts.

July 8, 2011 - New Jersey has some of the highest electricity prices in the country, which some argue have become a drag on the economy and a reason for manufacturers and other large employers to leave the state. To investigate these complex issues, NJ Spotlight brought together policy makers and industry leaders to discuss problems and potential solutions.

June 29, 2011 - NJ Spotlight asks mayors to speak for themselves about what brought them to the pension and healthcare reform bill signing

June 24, 2011 - NJ Spotlight captures the faces and voices of some of the Trenton protestors.

June 2, 2011 - Time and money, two decidedly low-tech challenges, could well be the biggest obstacles facing technology-enabled education in New Jersey.

May 12, 2011 - Within two years, New Jersey is expected to be home to more than 100 charter schools. That makes this an ideal time to wrestle with the questions that have surrounded charters from their inception, including authorization, funding and enrollment.

February 17, 2011 - The New Jersey coastline is being positioned as the future capital of offshore wind development on the Eastern Seaboard. Both the state and the federal governments have come up with programs to encourage offshore wind development, with the state creating economic incentives that it hopes will create a new manufacturing base in the Garden State.

February 11, 2011 - Newark mother shares her problems with Gov. Christie at his Union City town hall meeting.

December 21, 2010 - Five former education commissioners discuss the past, present and future of education in the Garden State.

December 2, 2010 - Governor addresses superintendent salaries -- and conspiracy.

November 4, 2010 - New Jersey is one of the country's leaders in solar energy, with some of the most aggressive deployment goals of any state. But the program that has fostered this growth is changing, from rebate-driven to market-driven. Meanwhile, a new governor has called into question how much state funding will actually be available for solar projects.

October 28, 2010 - Gov. Christie refuses to revise his ARC decision, maintaining that NJ taxpayers are on the hook for any cost overruns

August 4, 2010 - More and more politicos are discovering the power of video press releases, and they're using them to get out more and more of their messages.