Thanks to NJEdReport for enhancing (with a pithy headline and a great picture) and amplifying Sunlight’s blog on Gov. Murphy’s and the (Democrat) legislature to weaken NJ’s elections watchdog.  Many commentators see this as political payback against ELEC’s chief, Jeff Brindle, who has sought to rein in dark-money Super PACs.  Murphy and his deep-pocketed special interest…Read More

Ben Weingarten of RealClearInvestigations wrote an excellent, balanced piece about so-called “media literacy” laws.  Weingarten asked for and Sunlight provided a comment on the New Jersey law, which on its face looks neutral and was supported by numerous Republicans, including Sen. Mike Testa.  However, Weingarten’s piece makes clear that the impetus behind many of these laws come…Read More

NJEdReport  added a nice Education Truth Project logo to Sunlight’s research, bringing home the idea that this is a well-funded little dark-money group.  From ETP to the NJPEC to Action Together NJ — all are parts of the NJEA’s vast web of allies.  Don’t be fooled New Jersey!Read More

Thank you, NJEdReport, for spreading the word to your large following.  Hopefully, that means more people will know that Murphy’s speech is more talking points for a White House run than a serious effort to address the serious problems New Jersey faces.  Murphy hopes to be long gone when the reckoning comes, but New Jersey…Read More

Thanks to NJEdReport for excerpting and amplifying Sunlight’s latest research report.  We call out Gov. Murphy for claiming that everything is A-OK in New Jersey.  Back in the real world, people and wealth continue to flee New Jersey for other states, and our population actually shrunk over the past two years.Read More

Thanks to NJEdReport for reposting Sunlight’s blog asking Gov. Murphy for an update on his plan to recruit 5,000 tutors to remediate the learning loss that his school closure policies allowed.  Murphy chose to accommodate his teachers union pals and massive learning loss resulted.  Now, Murphy and his union friends would prefer to pretend that learning…Read More

Many thanks to NJEdReport for reposting Sunlight’s blog on the ever-conflicted Sean Spiller.  As we say on our blog, WATCH OUT, New Jersey!  Spiller as governor would be the biggest conflict of interest of all!Read More

Thanks to TAPinto Randolph for publishing Sunlight’s Letter to the Editor concerning Randolph BOE member Amanda Adams’ conflict of interest.  Adams is a full-time NJEA employee and thus has a conflict unlike that of a teacher.  Adams should recuse herself from union negotiations, and we hope that Randolph citizens will demand that she do so.Read More

Thanks to the West Orange Patch for allowing Sunlight to contribute to the Patch.  West Orange citizens should understand that their school board president is also a full-time employee of the NJEA, not simply a teacher, and that this represents a substantial conflict of interest that appears to violate the laws governing school boards.Read More

Thanks to NJEdReport for adding pictures and highlighting to Sunlight’s blog on the three big omissions from Gov. Murphy’s State of the State address.  Murphy needs to be called out for neglecting learning loss, public pensions and healthcare costs.  Murphy wants to ride off into the sunset chasing national office while New Jersey is left to…Read More