New Jersey Policy Perspective produces independent research and analysis on policy solutions to advance social, economic, and racial justice. From data-driven reports to policy briefs and explainers, we work to provide lawmakers, legislative staff, advocates, community leaders, and reporters with the facts and figures behind the most pressing policy issues facing the Garden State.

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Honoring the Legacy of Former Board Chair Kathleen Crotty

August 7, 2016 • Jackie Cornell
The Kathleen Crotty Fellowship continues her commitment to policy and mentorship.
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Universal Broadband is Essential Infrastructure for New Jersey

August 4, 2016 • Brandon McKoy • Economic Justice
Access to affordable high-speed internet is vital to providing economic opportunity.
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The Senate’s Tax Cut Plan, by the Numbers

August 4, 2016 • Jon Whiten • Tax and Budget
Wealthy heirs receive the bulk of the benefits.
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TANF in New Jersey is a Rapidly Disappearing Safety Net

August 2, 2016 • Raymond Castro • Economic Justice
TANF enrollment of families with children has decreased by 37 percent in two years.
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Kansas & Missouri Work Towards Tax Subsidy Ceasefire

August 1, 2016 • Jon Whiten
New Jersey's political and business leaders should take note.
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NJPP Adds Two New Board Members

July 27, 2016 • Carly Rothman Siditsky
Heather Howard and Rory Riggs have joined the Board of Trustees.
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New Jersey’s Jobs Picture Remains a Mixed Bag

July 26, 2016 • Jon Whiten • Economic Justice
June employment data was strong but the post-recession recovery still lags.
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Latest Transportation Funding Plan: Still Reckless & Still Unfair

July 22, 2016 • Gordon MacInnes • Tax and Budget
Like the plans that came before it, this latest proposal has absolutely nothing to do with tax fairness.
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NJPP’s Jon Whiten Talks Tax Breaks & Camden Redevelopment

July 21, 2016 • NJPP Staff
What benefits will these deals have for Camden residents and business owners?
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Access to Financial Aid is Essential To Give Undocumented New Jerseyans a Better Shot at a College Education

July 18, 2016 • Erika J Nava • Economic Justice
It’s time for New Jersey to build on steps taken in 2013 to help undocumented students in the state have a better shot at a college education.
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New Jersey’s Subsidy Surge Tops the $7 Billion Mark

July 14, 2016 • Jon Whiten • Tax and Budget
For a state already so deep in a hole, it’s astonishing how eager policymakers are to keep digging the hole even deeper.
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Sales Tax Cut Would Decimate Essential Services and Investments

July 14, 2016 • Gordon MacInnes • Tax and Budget
A cut of this magnitude would blow a lethal hole in an already sinking ship.
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Christie Vetoes Needlessly Punish New Jersey’s Poorest Children

July 1, 2016 • Raymond Castro • Economic Justice, Tax and Budget
Gov. Christie is looking the crisis of deep child poverty right in the eye, and turning away without action.
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Proposed Tax Package Would Dig New Jersey’s Hole Much Deeper

June 29, 2016 • Jon Whiten • Tax and Budget
Proposal would cost the state about $17 billion over the next 10 years as the price for finally enacting a gas tax increase for essential transportation capital funding over the next 8 years.
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Shorter-Term TTF Plan + Much Larger Tax Cut = Bad News for New Jersey’s Future

June 28, 2016 • Gordon MacInnes • Tax and Budget
This bill will have far-reaching negative effects on the state's ability to pay for essential services, contractual obligations and key investments.
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NJPP’s Gordon MacInnes Weighs in Against So-Called ‘Tax Fairness’ Proposal

June 24, 2016 • NJPP Staff • Tax and Budget
Dueling Senate and Assembly committees worked against the clock to get a complex cluster of tax hikes and tax cuts to Christie’s desk before time runs out.
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Crucial Cash Assistance Improvements for Struggling Families Move Forward

June 23, 2016 • NJPP Staff • Economic Justice
Never in the last three decades have we gotten this close to actually doing something about the alarming problem of deep child poverty in New Jersey.
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Estate Tax Elimination Would Put New Jersey Out of Step with Most of Our Neighbors

June 21, 2016 • Sheila Reynertson • Tax and Budget
Instead of raising the threshold to help relieve “smaller estates,” lawmakers seem determined to give away the farm - making New Jersey an outlier in the most damaging way.
Explainer

Time For Affordability

June 16, 2016 • Raymond Castro • Health
Surprise out-of-network medical bills contribute to New Jersey's health care affordability problem. It's time for reform.
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NJPP’s Sheila Reynertson Busts the ‘Tax Flight’ Myth

June 14, 2016 • NJPP Staff
"People are fleeing the Garden State and they’re taking all their wealth with them. Or, are they?"
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Tying Transportation Funding Fix to Estate Tax Elimination is Reckless

June 10, 2016 • Gordon MacInnes • Tax and Budget
At a time when New Jersey can’t even meet its constitutional and moral obligations, let alone make investments critical to our future, our legislative leaders are choosing to dig our financial hole even deeper.
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The ‘Exodus’ is More Like a Trickle

June 8, 2016 • Sheila Reynertson • Tax and Budget
It’s time to set the record straight about who is moving in and out of New Jersey, why they do and what it means for the state’s wellbeing.
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‘Combined Reporting’ is a Pragmatic Corporate Tax Reform That Will Help New Jersey

June 6, 2016 • Sheila Reynertson • Tax and Budget
Now is the time to update our corporate tax code and get in line with the 25 other “combined reporting” states, which include every single state in the Northeast.
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Reforming New Jersey’s Subsidy Law: Four Fixes Part of New Legislative Proposal

June 2, 2016 • Jon Whiten • Tax and Budget
Legislation would restore financial integrity to the "net benefits test," ensure fair wages, prevent extra rewards for some known federal tax dodgers and ensure comprehensive review and analysis.
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NJPP’s Brandon McKoy Discusses Legalized Marijuana’s Revenue Potential

May 26, 2016 • NJPP Staff • Tax and Budget
When New Jersey United for Marijuana Reform and New Jersey Policy Perspective partnered earlier this week to release a new report on the positive revenue implications of legalizing marijuana in New Jersey, NJTV News was there.

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