February 3, 2023
Thanks to Gov. Murphy and his accommodation of tax-thirsty government unions — who also happen to be his biggest political supporters — New Jersey continues to […]
January 25, 2023
Two news items appeared in Sunlight’s inbox yesterday, and their juxtaposition tells you all you need to know about New Jersey’s special-interest-dominated status quo and the […]
January 12, 2023
State of the State: What About Learning Loss, Public Pensions and Healthcare Costs, Governor Murphy?
Gov. Murphy gave his State of the State speech and there was a lot of talk about New Jersey “leading the nation” in this or that, […]
December 30, 2022
At long last, and only after a great deal of public outcry, Gov. Murphy’s Department of Education finally released the full dataset from last spring’s state […]
December 21, 2022
Despite federal pandemic relief funds, record tax revenues and a lot of happy talk from Gov. Murphy, New Jersey’s long-term financial condition was ranked the worst in […]
November 10, 2022
As New jersey moves on from the midterms, we all need to be reminded that for the 8th year in a row, New Jersey came in […]
October 14, 2022
Seldom does one chart tell you so much about the influence of politically powerful special interests over New Jersey’s political system. In this case, it’s the […]
September 27, 2022
Gov. Murphy has been loudly touting New Jersey’s ratings upgrades from the three major bond-rating agencies. The upgrades are indeed good news – so far as […]
September 20, 2022
Unfortunately, a recent news story by NJ101.5 got it all wrong about an increase in teacher healthcare premiums. We have nothing against NJ101.5, which usually does a […]