SPCNJ Press Releases and Statements
Did You Know That Every New Jersey Property Taxpayer Directly Funds New Jersey’s Most Powerful Special Interest Group?
Posted OnMay 28, 2019 byREAD THIS WEEK’S NEW REPORT FROM THE SUNLIGHT POLICY CENTER OF NEW JERSEY. Did you know that every New Jersey property taxpayer directly funds New Jersey’s most powerful special interest group? …. Yes, you read that correctly…and sadly, it’s a fact. Last week, the Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey issued a report that made…Read More
Star Ledger Op-Ed: The NJEA, a politically connected special interest group, paid for Murphy’s new TV ad, policy group says.
Posted OnMay 24, 2019 byThe NJEA, a politically connected special interest group, paid for Murphy’s new TV ad, policy group says. By Mike Lilley The NJEA-funded, dark-money group New Direction New Jersey (NDNJ) is out with a new $1 million advertising campaign. In its first TV ad, Gov. Phil Murphy is front and center calling for a millionaire’s tax,…Read More
NJEA: New Jersey’s Political Machine
Posted OnMay 18, 2019 byREAD THE FIRST REPORT FROM THE SUNLIGHT POLICY CENTER OF NEW JERSEY. Who is funding New Direction New Jersey, the dark money group supporting Governor Murphy’s agenda? No surprise: it’s New Jersey’s most powerful special interest, the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA). This $2.5 million in surreptitious spending is just one example of how the…Read More