Cherry Hill’s OPRA Fight Against a Journalist Has Cost Taxpayers $5,346 in Less Than Two Months – And the Meter Is Still Running
If you’ve been following our updates on the Cherry Hill matter, you already know we’ve been going back and forth...
Summit Taps Reserves to Shield Classrooms from Benefit Cost Spikes
Standard disclaimer – the preliminary budget numbers we’re looking at for Summit can change before it’s adopted and like the...
Scutari’s Law Delivered: NJ County Parties Rake In $22M as Pay-to-Play Thrives
NJ’s 42 county party committees raised ~$22.4M, the strongest county-party fundraising year since 2003 according to the state’s Election Law...
The 2026 NJ Layoff Warning Trend Spotted in March Continues Through May
As a reminder (or a primer if you’re not familiar) WARN notices signal potential job losses before they hit the...
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...