Scotch Plains’ New Budget Explained: Taxes, Spending, and Debt
Our last article about the Scotch Plains budget ended up being an article about missing documents and blocked access. Soon...
Cranford Budget Growth: Rising Costs and the Search for Detailed Data
Like Summit, Cranford is introducing it ’26 Budget with little detail provided to its residents prior to the meeting. The...
Statement on the Foster Campaign Petition Challenge
-George DeLuna I read the notification that I have been removed from the Republican primary ballot. This is true. A...
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...
Union County Flood Risk: 724 Repetitive Loss Properties, 9 Mitigated. What’s the Plan?
Union County is holding its final public meeting on the Draft 2026 Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) on Wed. 02/25/26 @...
What the 7-District ACFR Dashboard Shows About Special Education Costs (Part 4)
This is the fourth in a series intended to help families better understand how to hold their School District spending...
What We Covered in 2025 Part 5: Public Safety, Policing, and Institutional Risk
Three articles connected to police bureaucracy and the risks connected to failures of oversight and training, along with a response...
What We Covered in 2025 Part 3: Budgets, State Aid and Making the Numbers Mean Something
Budgets are typically not something that draws big numbers, but we’re working hard to change that. Two of our top articles...
What We Covered in 2025 Part 2: Schools, Rankings, and What the Data Really Says
In 2025, our reporting on education metrics continued to explain school data in a way families and residents could actually...
The Candidates We Could Agree On: Local Endorsements for 2025
Union County Clerk: Peter Kane We don’t know much about Peter Kane, to be honest with you; we just know...