This Week At NJ21st: PILOT Payments, Density Fights, and Data Centers
Starting with schools, we publish two ordinances that seek to codify CONSISTENT payments from PILOTs to Berkeley Heights schools and requires vendors who...
This Week At NJ21st: Referendums, Property Taxes and Demystifying Special Needs Spending
Man, this week was interesting. The 50 Million Berkeley Heights Public School Referendum shows up first on the radar. ...
This Week At NJ21st: School Budgets, Uncomfortable Questions, and Fact Checking Fliers
Over the past year, we have created a substantial and coherent collection of articles intended to prepare residents across NJ...
This Week At NJ21st: Transparency Wins, Pension Problems and a Referendum Reality Check
This week starts with a significant ruling by Superior Court Judge John M. Deitch in a case brought against Berkeley...
This Week At NJ21st: Police Pensions, 11th Hour Agendas and No-Bid Contracts
This week’s newsletter starts with a look at how the non-partisan veneer of BOE elections continue to deteriorate with impacts on...
This Week at NJ21st: Rights, Budgets, and Accountability
This week’s newsletter starts with three educational pieces as we add to our Understanding Your NJ Government series with a walkthrough on municipal...
This Week at NJ21st: Testing, Ethics and the Mechanics of Local Government
This week’s newsletter is heavy on education and we begin with an overview of the NJGPA Elimination Bill from an...
2025 Year End Newsletter
A look back at our most-read reporting, editors’ picks, financial report and audience growth. In 2025, NJ21st covered floods, school...
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...
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...