Friday Facts and Figures

New report details the benefits of the Child Tax Credit. Lawmakers try to dismantle bail reform. Foundations propose a new public health institute.

Budget season is back, featuring a full pension payment, more funding for schools, a healthy surplus, and a new property tax relief program.

Governor Murphy unveils a new property tax relief program. New Jersey gets its first credit upgrade since 2005!

Excluded New Jerseyans Fund set to expire next week. State-level Child Tax Credit would make New Jersey a more affordable place to raise a family.

Child poverty soared after the expanded Child Tax Credit expired. More teachers are retiring and fewer students are studying to become teachers.

New legislation would make New Jersey more affordable for renters. New report outlines need for updating the schooling funding formula.

Murphy administration restores funding for the Excluded New Jerseyans Fund. New report finds more funding is needed, however, to reach all excluded residents.

Lawmakers rally around affordability. The Excluded New Jerseyans Fund was cut by $34 million.

Updates on the lame duck session. The NJPP team reacts to the State of the State. The Legislature grows slightly more diverse.

New year rings in a new minimum wage. Comptroller report reveals lack of accountability in corporate tax break programs.

Lawmakers are fast-tracking a big tax break for casinos. The state moratorium on utility shut-offs expires at the end of the month.

Expanded unemployment benefits to expire this month. Child care centers require special attention for lead remediation.

Child care tax credit bill passes through Legislature. New Jersey set to break record for most overdose deaths in a year.

House passes historic Build Back Better legislation. American Rescue Plan (ARP) presents an opportunity to invest in programs that will increase public health and safety.

NJPP has a new interim director, infrastructure week is finally here, and far too many New Jerseyans remain uninsured.

After a long week where votes slowly trickled in, Governor Phil Murphy was declared the winner of New Jersey’s 2021 gubernatorial election.

New Jersey is the best-run state in the nation. Open enrollment begins November 1. Election Day is November 2.

Most counties have fewer early voting sites than the state budgeted for. Child Tax Credit payments are helping families in poverty make ends meet.

New Jersey is one step closer to a more inclusive pandemic recovery. New NJPP report makes a strong case for reimagining public safety.

Bergen County ends its contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Scaling back the Build Back Better bill would hurt children and the economy.

NJPP President Brandon McKoy stepping down. Senior Policy Analyst Sheila Reynertson discusses the state's finances with NJ Spotlight News.

New homelessness figures point to big racial disparities in housing. Build Back Better bill endorsed by Nobel Prize-winning economists.

Marijuana cases automatically expunged. Poverty remains far too high. The Build Back Better agenda will create millions of jobs.

New Jersey is one step closer to expanding housing rights for people with criminal records. President Joe Biden visits Somerset County.

Hurricane Ida was one of the deadliest storms in state history. New Jersey is on pace for record-breaking overdose deaths in 2021.