New Jersey Senate Preview – Education, Pensions, and PILOTs this Week
This week, six NJ Senate committees will tackle bills that cover education, redevelopment, pensions and more. All of these have...
Endorsement: Time for Change in New Jersey
Vote Column A for Jack Ciattarelli – a governor who will put families, taxpayers, and small businesses first. By Edmund...
Endorsement: Assemblywoman Matsikoudis Has Earned Another Term
Assemblywoman Matsikoudis has many good reasons to remain in office. She continues to be a representative who appears to earn...
Candidate Endorsement: Fixing New Jersey: A Vote for Ideas, Not Purchased, Partisan Candidates
In Berkeley Heights, we see firsthand how outside dollars influence local government decisions. Neither local party has a coherent approach...
Understanding Your NJ Government: Boards of Education and School Funding
The fourth article in an ongoing series intended to help NJ residents, especially students, understand their local and state government. ...
Legislative Panel: O’Scanlon and Ruiz Warn of Health Benefit “Death Spiral”
At a recent Legislative Panel, co-hosted by the Garden State Coalition of Schools and the New Jersey School Boards Association...
Three Important Changes: State DOE increases Transparency, Accountability and Clarity
On 10/08/2025, the NJ State BOE made some important changes to its Standards and Assessment rules. The three most impactful...
NJDOE Assessment Shift: The Public’s Right to Know on Accountability and Comparability
Over the weekend we sent another email to NJ DOE Commissioner Dehmer on NJ’s new testing model. Federal law requires...
New Jersey Adds 4,900 Jobs and….. Unemployment Rises to 5.0%
According to the NJDOL the state added 4,900 jobs in August but the recovery trend remains slow and still lags...
Election Survey On Statewide Candidates and Issues Affecting NJ’s 21st District
As a follow up to our Election Surveys for New Providence and Berkeley Heights, we are launching one for the...