What We Covered in 2025 Part 2: Schools, Rankings, and What the Data Really Says
In 2025, our reporting on education metrics continued to explain school data in a way families and residents could actually...
This Week at NJ21st: Policy Pile-Ups, Transit Gaps, and Our Top Stories of the Year
We hope you are having a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, or at least a few days off work. We’ll start...
What We Covered in 2025 Part 1: When the Storm Hit
The first installment of our Top 30 Articles this year… Between now and New Year’s, we will be presenting our...
Correction to 2025 Municipal Salary Range Increase Reporting
NJ21st incorrectly implied that there was an intra-year municipal salary increase within 2025. In fact, the salary increases occurred between...
The 35-Year Wait: A Local Look at NJ Transit’s ADA Compliance Challenges
Image Credit: Adam E. Moreira We received an email from a reader asking that we put a lens on ADA...
Trenton’s Year-End Logjam: 4 Critical Bills on Today’s Agenda
There are a TON of bills on the legislative agenda today, a fact that is by itself something to be...
This Week at NJ21st: Budgets, NJSBA Edu-Slop, and the ‘Scutari’ Sports Complex
This week’s newsletter starts with two budget focused articles intended to better equip New Jersey residents as we approach the...
Budgets, Audits and Financial Reports
The tenth article in an ongoing series intended to help NJ residents, especially students, understand their local and state government....
What the 7-District ACFR Dashboard Shows About School Costs (Part 2)
How Much of Each Per Pupil Dollar Goes to Instruction This is the second in a series intended to help...
Berkeley Heights Town Council Looks to Award Another $111,000 No-Bid Contract to Harbor Consultants …
In Amended Agenda…During the Lamest Duck and Last Meeting of the Year What was a Turf Field, then not a...