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Friday Facts and Figures: September 2, 2022

Friday Facts and Figures is a weekly newsletter with data points, analysis, and commentary on the biggest policy debates in New Jersey and beyond. Sign up here. Join us at our 25th anniversary celebration this September in New Brunswick! [NJPP / Register Now] 30 This week marks the one-year [...]

Friday Facts and Figures: July 15, 2022

Friday Facts and Figures is a weekly newsletter with data points, analysis, and commentary on the biggest policy debates in New Jersey and beyond. Sign up here. Vaccine Doses: 14,612,595 Fully Vaccinated People: 6,964,791 [New Jersey Department of Health / COVID-19 Dashboard] Nobody Knows Remember when the Legislature [...]

Friday Facts and Figures: June 3, 2022

Friday Facts and Figures is a weekly newsletter with data points, analysis, and commentary on the biggest policy debates in New Jersey and beyond. Sign up here. Vaccine Doses: 14,525,555 Fully Vaccinated People: 6,918,289 [New Jersey Department of Health / COVID-19 Dashboard] Plane It’s a bird … it’s a plane [...]

State of the State 2022: Rapid Reaction

Welcome to NJPP’s State of the State 2022: Rapid Reaction, your source for commentary and data analysis on Governor Murphy’s recent address. The transcript below was taken from NJPP’s Zoom room and has been lightly edited. Lou (Louis Di Paolo, Communications Director): On Tuesday, Governor Phil Murphy delivered [...]

Lame Duck Session Lacked Transparency, Disregarded Standard Legislative Practice

In the post-election Legislative session, New Jersey lawmakers’ activities included introducing and voting on a flurry of bills meant to benefit corporate interests and boost pension benefits for a select few politically-connected individuals — often without the text of legislation or an opportunity to testify at hearings being [...]

Friday Facts and Figures: December 17, 2021

Friday Facts and Figures is a weekly newsletter with data points, analysis, and commentary on the biggest policy debates in New Jersey and beyond​.Sign up here. Vaccine Doses: 13,256,438Fully Vaccinated People: 6,339,084[New Jersey Department of Health / COVID-19 Dashboard] $4 Billion Here’s a lame duck special: Atlantic City [...]

Friday Facts and Figures: January 11, 2019

Friday Facts and Figures is a brief digital newsletter focusing on data points from NJPP reports, research, and policy debates in New Jersey and beyond. Sign up here. $11 Billion Earlier this week the Office of the State Comptroller released its long-awaited audit of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority [...]

Signing of Amazon Tax Subsidy Bill a Fitting End to the Christie Era

This afternoon Governor Christie signed A-5340, which clears the way for the state to authorize at least $3 billion in corporate tax breaks for a company that comes to New Jersey with at least 30,000 jobs and meets certain other requirements. The bill, designed with Amazon’s HQ2 in mind, [...]

Fixing New Jersey’s Broken Corporate Tax Code Will Help Small Businesses, Boost the Economy

To read a PDF version of this report, click here. New Jersey’s corporate tax code is littered with loopholes, special breaks and preferential treatment for large and well-connected corporations. This broken system caused the state to lose billions of dollars over the past decade – billions that could [...]

2016 Ballot Questions: Vote ‘No’ on 1, ‘Yes’ on 2

In the midst of the closely-watched presidential election, it is important to remember that New Jersey’s two ballot measures deserve close attention. Question 1 would authorize casino expansion to North Jersey, while Question 2 would constitutionally dedicate all fuel taxes to capital improvements to transportation networks. The first should [...]