Approved NJ Senate bills call for agencies to buy American products (via NJ.com)
TRENTON — The New Jersey Senate today approved a package of bills that calls for state agencies and bi-state commissions, including the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, to buy products made in America. If approved by the Assembly as well…
Assembly Panel Could Help Put Tesla Back on the Road in Garden State (via NJSpotlight)
Tesla Motors Inc. may get an opportunity to sell its high-priced electric vehicles in New Jersey after all. Legislation that would overturn a decision by the state Motor Vehicles Commission preventing the electric car manufacturer from directly selling…
Bill Gives NJ Adoptees Much More Access to Info on Birth Parents, Medical History (via NJSpotlight)
People who were adopted in New Jersey would get access to their birth records – or, if their birth parents object, to their birth family’s medical history — under a bill heading to Gov. Chris Christie’s desk after a 34-year effort to enact such…
NJ Property Owners Filed Tax Appeals Last Year at Near-Record Pace (via NJSpotlight)
As New Jersey’s economy and housing market struggled to recover from the recession in 2013, property owners filed a near-record of more than 100,000 tax appeals, winning an average reduction of $40,093 in assessed valuation and a proportionate tax cut…
National group gives NJ contractors a new way to influence elections (via NJ.com)
TRENTON — New Jersey government contractors banned from making major campaign contributions to state and local politicians are now donating big to a national Republican group that is showering the Garden State GOP with money, a Star-Ledger review…
Interactive Map: Per-Pupil Costs Vary Widely in New Jersey’s Schools (via NJSpotlight)
Hover over a district to see its total spent, click for more information. The map does not include charter schools and the county districts and some elementary districts may be obscured by the regional high school districts to which they send students…
NJ debt downgraded for fifth time under Christie (via NJ.com)
TRENTON — A major Wall Street credit-rating agency downgraded New Jersey’s debt again Thursday, unnerved by “both the scale and belatedness” of an $807 million budget gap disclosed this week by Gov. Chris Christie’s administration. The action…
Profile: The Woman Who Wants to End NJ’s ‘Multiple Municipal Madness’ (via NJSpotlight)
Who she is: Gina Genovese What she does: Executive Director, Courage to Connect NJ Why you need to know about her: Genovese is the leading proponent of consolidating municipalities, school districts, and other local governments — a topic that Gov.…
Jobless rate rises in NJ as state lost 1,300 jobs in March (via NJ.com)
Unemployment rose slightly in New Jersey last month as the state lost about 1,300 jobs, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The private sector shed 700 jobs, according to the report, and the public sector lost 600…
New Jerseyans Find It Hard to Find Doctors Who Accept Their Insurance (via NJSpotlight)
New Jersey residents are more than four times as likely as the national average to have difficulty finding a doctor who accepts their health insurance, according to a new Rutgers University report. Of state residents between the ages of 18 and 64, 14…
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