May 10, 2022
The Tax Foundation shared its property tax rankings today, and Sunlight thought it made sense to reconfirm what kind of property-tax burden New Jersey taxpayers are […]
April 29, 2022
A couple of weeks ago, Sunlight pushed back on the Star-Ledger’s Tom Moran’s claim that New Jersey’s outmigration problem was a “fantasy. We pointed out that, […]
April 26, 2022
Sunlight recently published a research report entitled “Before You Go, Governor Murphy … There is Some Unfinished Business in the Garden State” where we remind our […]
April 7, 2022
The Star-Ledger’s Tom Moran recently wrote an op-ed entitled “Are Folks Leaving Jersey? Nah!” Moran dismisses the idea that New Jersey has an outmigration problem as […]
March 29, 2022
The Tax Foundation came out with its annual “Facts and Figures” report, and it has a very helpful on-line tool to look at New Jersey’s tax […]
March 17, 2022
Another migration study, another last-place finish for New Jersey. This time it’s a 2022 study by Hire A Helper that used data from moves, company surveys and […]
January 28, 2022
WalletHub’s 2022 Study: NJ Is THE WORST State for Retirement. Will Gov. Murphy Do Anything About It?
WalletHub came out with its “2022’s Best States to Retire” study, and New Jersey ranked dead last. This has real-world negative consequences for NJ: NJ also came […]
January 19, 2022
In his inaugural address, Gov. Murphy emphasized reducing NJ’s sky-high property taxes. This is an improvement over his previous posture of “if taxes are your issue […]
January 14, 2022
With his happy-talk in his State of the State speech, Gov. Murphy ignored the woeful reality of NJ’s economy under his watch. While it’s typical for […]
January 10, 2022
Last week, we noted that the Tax Foundation ranked New Jersey’s tax climate for businesses as dead last – for the seventh straight year! We mentioned […]
January 4, 2022
It’s a new year, but sadly for New Jersey some things never change. The Tax Foundation came out with its “2022 State Business Tax Climate Index,” […]
December 9, 2021
That’s what the IRS data shows: people and wealth continue to flee NJ. According to a study by the National Taxpayers Union Foundation, in 2019, 16,947 […]