New Jersey is widely considered one of the most diverse states in the nation — but even after an election last year that brought big changes, most of the county leaders who make decisions are white men, notes Julia Sass Rubin.
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NJ employee payout limits lack legal enforcement
When the Legislature passed laws in 2007 and 2010 designed to save taxpayers money by limiting sick leave cash-outs for local public employees, it did not explicitly add an enforcement mechanism. And that may be one of the reasons why the Office of...
Pet projects, public cash: NJ lawmakers direct millions at last minute to favored causes
Editor’s Note: Pet Projects, Public Cash from NJ Spotlight News details how New Jersey lawmakers direct millions to projects, often with little public scrutiny over how that money is spent. Today’s stories focus on how much lawmakers themselves tuck into state budget...
South Brunswick man helps to make sense of all the legislative numbers
Ernest Reock is a professor emeritus at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and Rutgers University’s Center for Government Services *************************** Somebody had to make some sense of it all. Between 1966 and 1973, the state’s...
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