“The idea was to monitor more closely,” Cantor said. “I don’t recall that we had discussions of imposing penalties, but just to have the state poised to be better positioned to predict when hospitals were getting into trouble.”
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Trump’s Actions to Slash Red Tape Fall Short of Early Promises
“If it holds up in court, it will lead to specific deregulatory actions that will be very significant for the economy and the environment,” said Stuart Shapiro, pointing to the ending of fuel economy standards for cars and emissions rules for power plants…
How Penn Station could be renamed ‘Trump Station’
New York leaders could be making a calculated political decision by not putting up roadblocks to a renaming, said Michael Smart.
‘Frustrated by the extremes,’ lawmaker urges rent control talks
“The same thing is happening with rent control,” Paul said. “When we see states considering it, developers are saying ‘we’re going to leave’ but that really hasn’t played out.”
What’s driving the shrinking of North Jersey’s white collar job market
“Many probably were not at that time yet factoring in the full impact of a longer and broader conflict — so the expectation of moderate improvement over the next six months could prove optimistic,” Will Irving wrote in an email.
N.J.’s highest paid police chief got a $541K retirement payout
It’s “not the first time it’s happened in state laws where the Legislature has an idea, but the follow through execution is not well addressed,” said Marc Pfeiffer
Sherrill keeps her promise to take action against N.J.’s soaring electric rates. But is it enough?
A shortage in capacity has translated into New Jersey utility customers “being hit with these crazy cost spikes,” Andrews said.
School Tax Vote Sparks Affordability Debate in Montclair
“When some property values go up they eventually affect everybody, and that can result in gentrification and the loss of middle income homeowners,” Pfeiffer said.
Bloustein School Associate Director updates property tax guide for NJ residents
“If you are a renter in downtown New Brunswick … somebody is paying property taxes in some way on the property you live,” Pfeiffer said. “Your rent is going to include some portion of the property tax bill so the homeowners can pay it.”
The State of Jersey Politics
Rutgers University professor Julia Sass Rubin said the county line’s demise has led to more candidates, an uptick in voter turnout, and 11% of the 57 Democrats in the Assembly winning their seats despite not getting a county party endorsement. “This feels like small steps, but they’re not. … Ending the county line opens up the possibility for real reform in our state,” Rubin said.