New Jersey quietly gives away billions in tax breaks — and nobody is watching
By James J. Devine Nearly a decade after a Stockton University watchdog report warned that New Jersey’s tax expenditure reporting was a fiscal black hole, a new NJTODAY.NEWS analysis finds the state is still handing out billions in tax breaks while keeping the public in the dark about who benefits and whether the giveaways work.…
Republicans defend Tom Kean Jr. as a liberal after Democrats call him ‘Trump rubber stamp’
Hunterdon County leaders offered sharply divergent views Friday on the 7th Congressional District race, with local Republicans defending U.S. Rep. Tom Kean Jr. as an independent-minded liberal after Democrats supporting moderate challenger Rebecca Bennett described him as a rubber-stamp vote for the Trump administration. Republicans pointed to a Heritage Action scorecard showing Kean with a…
Trump slump weighs on Republicans as GOP retreats in key battlegrounds
The president’s war, inflation & political weakness are becoming a serious liability for Republicans President Donald Trump’s deteriorating approval ratings and voter anger over rising prices and the war with Iran are creating increasingly difficult terrain for Republican congressional candidates, prompting GOP groups to retreat from one major Senate battleground as Democrats expand their offensive…
The Price of Fear: “Daniel’s Law” is a weapon against the public that may get worse
By James J Devine In 2020, a monstrous crime shook New Jersey. A gunman, seeking to assassinate U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas, killed her 20-year-old son Daniel Anderl and grievously wounded her husband. The response—Daniel’s Law—was born of grief and a genuine desire to prevent such horror from recurring. But grief is a poor…
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