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...
Union County Bans E-Bikes in Parks
After the death of a 13 year old in Scotch Plains due to a collision involving an e-bike, the County...
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...
Somerset County’s 2025 Budget – Aid Dropped, Debt Popped
Somerset County’s budget tells a similar story to the Union County budget we wrote about a couple of days ago...
Scutari, OPRA, and the Missing Answers in Union County’s Budgets
After we published questions on the Union County Budget last week (Executive Summary), a resident reached out with more detailed...
No Response Yet: NJ21st’s Questions on Union County’s 2025 Budget
Two weeks ago (09/07/2025) we emailed the Union County Board of Commissioners questions on the executive budget. I know –...
Three-Year Trends: GLHS Gains, Madison and Chatham Slip and Millburn Holds in 2025 Rankings
2025 U.S. News and World Report High School Rankings Released –Written by an Educator in our District U.S. News and...