2026 7-Municipality Budget Analysis
2026 Municipal Budget Introductions NJ21st has been reviewing 2026 municipal budget introductions across our coverage area to help residents see...
Summit’s $63 Million Budget: A Massive Price Tag with a Transparency Blind Spot
Summit’s Council is set to introduce its budget on Tuesday (April 7) and unlike Berkeley Heights which put its full...
March 26 Summit BOE Budget Preview: Lower Overall Spending, Decent Priorities
Summit is another District holding a budget meeting this week with a final number coming in at $90,511,845. This number is...
7-District ACFR Budget Comparison: Berkeley Heights, Chatham, Madison, Millburn, New Providence, Summit, and Westfield
We are very happy to present our 2026–2027 7-District Budget Hub, which features budget profiles for each district on our...
Missed Revenue, Rising Costs and School Budget Tension Shape 03/17 Summit Council Meeting
Missed revenue, rising health care costs, rising costs for snow removal and a school budget debate already hitting public comment...
Summit School Budget: What the Top-Level Numbers Reveal (And What’s Still Missing)
SUMMIT -The Agenda for the Summit BOE Special Meeting on 03/18/2026 Meeting mainly consists of the ’26-27 school budget along...
Proposed 2026-27 School Aid: How Berkeley Heights, New Providence and Other Nearby Districts Fared in New Jersey’s Budget
-Written by an Educator in the District On Tuesday, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill delivered her first budget address, which...
7-Agency Dashboard: Municipal Use of Force Trends (2021–2025)
The report takes a look at 401 use of force incidents reported by the following police departments between 2021 through...
What to Expect at the March 3 Summit Council Meeting
SUMMIT, NJ — In our write-up for the 02/17/2026 agenda we framed the meeting as a high stakes sequel with...
The ACFR Dashboard (Part 5): The True Cost of School Security
Up to this point in our series we took a hard look at using the ACFR to determine the trajectory...