This Week at NJ21st: School Budgets, School Budgets, Layoffs and School Budgets
This week, we launched our School Budget Hub just as Districts begin their public budget process. It includes a series we completed...
This Week at NJ21st: Missing Records, Local Pushback, and Public Money Questions
Our biggest story of this week connects to our ongoing efforts to figure out key questions connected to the NJ...
This Week at NJ21st: Big Votes, Big Agendas, and “Affordable” Housing on the March
This was a busy week at the 21st and as usual, we’re going to start at the top… One of...
This week at NJ21st: Running for Office, Referendum Claims and “Virtual Cities”
As election deadlines draw nearer, we’ll start with a new addition to our “Understanding Your NJ Government” series with a...
This Week at NJ21st: Flood Plans, $50M Referendums, ACFR Accountability and a Density Plan Resurfaces
Our week in review arrives a day later than usual given the quantity of what we needed to write about...
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...