April 2, 2026
Why the enormous blind spot in NJSpotlight News’s article about New Jersey’s slowing population growth from mid-2024 to mid-2025. It rightly notes that, due to a […]
March 27, 2026
The Pew Charitable Trusts give New Jersey a very low ranking for its “Rainy Day” reserves, indicating that the state is ill-prepared for any unexpected, future […]
March 12, 2026
Gov. Sherrill presented a record $60.7 billion budget to the legislature, touting her “affordability” pitch and claims of no new taxes (as opposed to tax increases) […]
February 13, 2026
Another of Gov. Murphy’s legacies: the tax-hike trifecta. From Murphy’s first budget in 2018 through 2025, New Jersey property taxes increased 20.6%, including 4.7% last year, […]
January 29, 2026
We wanted to add a few more data points before we close the book on Gov. Murphy’s two terms as governor. Put simply, they show that […]
January 22, 2026
United Van Lines (UVL) and U-Haul came out with their 2025 annual surveys, and once again New Jersey ranks as one of the states with the most […]
December 23, 2025
Attorney General Matt Platkin will be leaving office soon, but before he goes, we wanted to highlight one last time his brazen hypocrisy and the two-tiered […]
December 12, 2025
As Gov. Murphy leaves office — no doubt in pursuit of his larger political ambitions — Sunlight is going to highlight what a lousy, status quo […]
November 14, 2025
The Tax Foundation came out with its 2026 State Tax Competitiveness Index and once again New Jersey has one of the least competitive tax structures in […]
October 24, 2025
Two self-serving fallacies have been put to rest: that the New Jersey public school system is #1 in the nation and that southern states like Mississippi […]
October 16, 2025
Desperate to change the subject from wasting $45 million of members’ dues on former-NJEA President Spiller’s vanity run for governor, the NJEA is claiming a “huge” […]
August 27, 2025
Another study, another confirmation of New Jersey’s enormous outmigration of people and wealth. Over the past decade, New Jersey lost a total of -522,288 people and […]