Friday Facts and Figures is a weekly newsletter with data points, analysis, and commentary on the biggest policy debates in New Jersey and beyond.

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Friday Facts and Figures: December 13, 2019

December 13, 2019
Major legislation, including driver's license expansion and expungement reform, advancing in lame duck.
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Friday Facts and Figures: December 6, 2019

December 6, 2019
Trump administration proposes new rules to limit basic food assistance and strip tipped workers of labor protections.
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Friday Facts and Figures: November 29, 2019

November 29, 2019
New Jersey on track to expand the right to vote to people on probation and parole. Vote scheduled for driver's license expansion bill.
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Friday Facts and Figures: November 22, 2019

November 22, 2019
Legalization up in smoke. Lawmakers seek to protect workers in the gig economy.
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Friday Facts and Figures: November 15, 2019

November 15, 2019
The minimum wage will continue to rise. New bills would expand and strengthen the EITC.
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Friday Facts and Figures: November 8, 2019

November 8, 2019
New proposal would roll back $15 minimum wage.
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Friday Facts and Figures: November 1, 2019

November 1, 2019
Open enrollment starts today. More outreach needed to reach uninsured kids.
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Friday Facts and Figures: October 25, 2019

October 25, 2019
American Dream Mall finally opens—with the help of more than $1 billion in taxpayer funds.
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Friday Facts and Figures: October 18, 2019

October 18, 2019
Track Changes uncover more fraud in the state's corporate subsidy programs.
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Friday Facts and Figures: October 11, 2019

October 11, 2019
Fake wrestling comes at a real cost. The 400 wealthiest families pay a lower tax rate than you do.
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Friday Facts and Figures: October 4, 2019

October 4, 2019
Phantom property taxes used to boost corporate subsidies. Many workers left behind by Trump administration's OT rule.
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Friday Facts and Figures: September 27, 2019

September 27, 2019
FBI investigates New Jersey's corporate tax breaks. Inequality continues to rise.
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Friday Facts and Figures: September 20, 2019

September 20, 2019
New Jersey's corporate subsidies are a national outlier. Some high profile tax breaks still on hold.
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Friday Facts and Figures: September 13, 2019

September 13, 2019
EDA-subsidized jobs not going to Camden residents. Number of uninsured Americans climbs.
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Friday Facts and Figures: September 6, 2019

September 6, 2019
Experts pan corporate subsidies. More must be done to combat poverty and child hunger.
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Friday Facts and Figures: August 30, 2019

August 30, 2019
Gov. Murphy vetoes corporate subsidy extension. Newark to replace lead pipes.
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Friday Facts and Figures: August 23, 2019

August 23, 2019
Immigrants contribute billions to state and local taxes. Student debt is on the rise.
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Friday Facts and Figures: August 16, 2019

August 16, 2019
Kansas and Missouri entered a corporate subsidy ceasefire. Could New Jersey be next?
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Friday Facts and Figures: August 9, 2019

August 9, 2019
Corporate subsidy law may have killed a supermarket in Camden. Wages are rising faster than ever before.
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Friday Facts and Figures: August 2, 2019

August 2, 2019
EDA is holding off corporate subsidy payments. PATH making big investment to improve rail service.
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Friday Facts and Figures: July 26, 2019

July 26, 2019
New Jersey pushes back against wage theft and the gender pay gap.
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Friday Facts and Figures: July 19, 2019

July 19, 2019
House of Representatives passes $15 minimum wage bill. New Jersey's unemployment hits record low.
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Friday Facts and Figures: July 12, 2019

July 12, 2019
Tax abatements are squeezing Camden's budget. Another company failed to disclose info in tax subsidy application.
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Friday Facts and Fireworks: July 5, 2019

July 5, 2019
Four facts on the budget to celebrate the Fourth of July!
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Friday Facts and Figures: June 28, 2019

June 28, 2019
Governor announces no shutdown. Line-item vetoes to the Legislature's budget are expected.