Berkeley Heights Final School Budget Rises Slightly as Health Benefits Drive Last-Minute Changes
Berkeley Heights’ final adopted ’26-’27 is a little higher than the preliminary we reviewed and has some narrow changes that...
The $400 Cushion: What Changed in Berkeley Heights’ Budget Right Before the Meeting
We’re going to stay on the Berkeley Heights 04/07 budget meeting a little longer because a lot happened that was important....
Special Ed Audits, Bridge Infrastructure, Farm to School and Local Impact
New Jersey’s legislative week isn’t really about new spending -more about who’s actually keeping track of what the State already...
What Summit Residents Can Know Before the May 5 Common Council Meeting
Summit’s May 5 Common Council agenda is partly a continuation of the April 21 meeting and partly a new set...
This Week at NJ21st: Local Governments Scramble as State Revenue Warning Lights Flicker
This week’s briefing stayed on track with the ongoing budget discussions in Trenton and how the decisions that follow could...
May 5 Berkeley Heights Council Agenda- Budget Caps, $2.3M Bond, Lower Columbia and New E-Bike Rules
The ordinances we covered for the last meeting’s agenda are back again for final adoption. Ordinance 2026-05 which allows the...
Berkeley Heights BOE Budget Update: Debt Relief Offsets Rising Health Costs, Final Budget Down 2.85%
We received an update from BHPSNJ Business Administrator Jennifer Nicholson prior to tonight’s BOE meeting. The body of her email...
New Jersey’s Transportation Tab Is Local, Total, and Coming Due
NJ’s 04/28/26 announcement connected to transportation might seem like another big price tag connected to a narrow issue. This specific...
New Providence 2026-27 School Budget: Tax Levy Outpaces Spending as Fixed Costs Surge
Well we finally got the rest of the Budgets from the DOE just as NP posted it’s agenda one day...
NJ Revenue: The Warning Lights are Starting to Glow
The latest revenue update from the NJ Dept. of Treasury shows an increase in total collections for March compared to...