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New Jersey has the worst business tax climate
Chris Christie means business, that much is clear, but the state he governs isn’t so business-friendly. New Jersey has the worst business tax climate among the states, according to a report released...
View ArticleLinden, NJ lobbies for continuation of red light camera program it needs for...
Local officials from across New Jersey descended on the statehouse earlier this week to encourage lawmakers to renew the state’s red light camera program. The spectacle on Monday was touted by one of...
View ArticleIs New Jersey Considering Raising the Gas Tax?
Due to over-borrowing during the past four years, New Jersey’s Transportation Trust Fund, which provides $1.6 billion a year in state funding for highway, bridge, and mass-transit construction...
View ArticleRed light cameras to go dark in New Jersey
Months of uncertainty are pretty much over: on December 16, all red light cameras in New Jersey will go dark. A three paragraph letter was sent to local governments last week from the state DOT...
View ArticleSome New Jersey Towns Want To Keep Red Light Cameras
New Jersey is ending its five-year red light camera program on Dec. 16, but some towns don’t want to see the revenue (and safety) brought by the cameras to dry up. Officials in Linden, Union, and...
View ArticlePublic policy consensus explains New Jersey’s rise in poverty
A review of reports published over the course of 2014 on New Jersey would suggest that the Garden State take on some serious New Year’s resolutions. The number of poor persons in New Jersey increased...
View ArticleThe policies that preserve New Jersey’s poverty
This is Part 2 of a series about poverty in New Jersey. Read Part 1 and Part 3. While New Jersey had been steadily improving in its Economic Outlook Ranking from 48 in 2008—the last year of the Jon...
View ArticleNew Jersey gas tax bill undermines low prices at the pump
This is Part 3 of a series about poverty in New Jersey. Read Part 1 and Part 2. While plummeting gas prices are leaving more money in the pockets of impoverished Americans across the country, New...
View ArticleSchool choice a solution for ending poverty in New Jersey
This is Part 4 of a series about poverty in New Jersey. Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. There are myriad policy changes that would help New Jersey overcome poverty. Overall, New Jersey’s ability to...
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Red light cameras stopped in New Jersey, for now
After months of uncertainty, all red light cameras in New Jersey have officially stopped ticketing drivers after the state legislature declined to renew a five-year pilot program. But this doesn’t mean...
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