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Would New Jersey Benefit From Police Officers Being College Educated?
Should police officers be required to have college credits or a degree? The Wickersham Commission and President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice recommended that higher education is a means to better professional policing. Research studies show police officers who have earned a college degree demonstrate better overall job performance and have greater advancement opportunities than their colleagues without a college degree.
N.J. panel approves fix to protect patients from those surprise medical bills
TRENTON — An Assembly panel approved long-awaited legislation Thursday that would protect consumers from getting surprise medical bills from hospitals and doctors they did not know were outside their insurance network.
Doctors, Hospitals Still Fighting Plan to Curb Out-Of-Network Charges
Reducing out-of-network medical charges would save hundreds of millions of dollars each year for residents, businesses, and taxpayers in New Jersey while slowing the growth of healthcare costs overall, according to those who support a plan to limit the practice.
New Jersey health insurance marketplace down to 2 companies
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey residents will only be able to choose between two companies this year in the federal health insurance marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act.
Backers of Public Question #2 Say It's Only Way to Make Sure Gas Tax Goes to TTF
Over the past three decades New Jersey voters have approved several ballot questions that have protected revenue raised from state fuel taxes from being used for anything other than transportation projects. Now, in the wake of the unpopular 23-cent gas-tax increase that went into effect today, voters are being asked to do so again.
Erin Brockovich teaming with expert on investigation of Moorestown water issues
MOORESTOWN — Erin Brockovich and a water expert who frequently works with the environmentalist have agreed to launch an investigation into the township's water woes.
Wide Achievement Gap Persists Despite New PARCC Exams
For all the changes that the state’s new PARCC testing has wrought for New Jersey’s public schools, one constant has prevailed: a wide and deep achievement gap.
New Jersey Tops Illinois as State With Worst-Off Pension System
New Jersey became the state with the worst-funded public pension system in the U.S. in 2015, followed closely by Kentucky and Illinois.
The Garden State had $135.7 billion less than it needs to cover all the benefits that have been promised, a $22.6 billion increase over the prior year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Illinois’s unfunded pension liabilities rose to $119.1 billion from $111.5 billion.
The NFL Misses the Point: By a Wide Margin
This month is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and given the NFL history about this topic, they have once again let us down. I have talked about this in the past regarding the Ray Rice incident, and it seems that nothing has changed with the NFL's cavalier attitude toward domestic abuse. The recent revelations about New York Giants kicker Josh Brown are enough to make you sick. I have loved football my entire life, but it's clear that the NFL has no respect for its female fans.
Health coverage eats up 9% of NJ household budgets
New Jersey workers paid an average of $4,900 for family health coverage last year, up from about $3,000 in 2006, a new report from the Commonwealth Fund said on Tuesday.
That increase came even though the growth of health premiums slowed in the years after the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare — was enacted in 2010.