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Singleton & Schaer Legislation To Conduct Pension System ‘Stress Tests,’ Monitor Investment Management Fees Signed Into Law
Legislation sponsored by Assemblymen Troy Singleton and Gary Schaer to monitor the long-term health of the state's numerous public employee pension systems and track fees paid to outside investment managers was signed into law on Monday.
New Jersey Legislature Kicks Off New Session With New Members, New Leadership
TRENTON — A new legislative session kicked off on Tuesday as lawmakers took the oath of office for new terms and welcomed several new members, along with a change in leadership in the Assembly and a renewed drive to tackle the state’s biggest problems and challenges.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Service And You
On Monday, January 15, we will celebrate a holiday dedicated to one of America’s greatest leaders of the 20th century: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Public remembrances often evoke some emotion in all of us, leaving us with a strong sense of history as we ponder a specific person or event, seemingly frozen in time. The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is different. While it honors the man for his impact, influence and achievements in civil rights for all people, it offers something more.
Nuclear Power's Impact On New Jersey
It would be difficult to volunteer a word that has more potential for raising a reflexive concern than the term nuclear. While we know the benefits that nuclear energy provides — plenty of affordable, reliable energy to the world — we allow, privately at least, to fall into the valley of doubt, skepticism and fear about its continued use.
An Environmentalist's Case For Nuclear Energy
If you believe that climate change is the most significant challenge confronting the world today, then you should also conclude that nuclear energy must remain part of our energy supply.
NJ Lawmakers Press Ahead With Mental Health Service Reform
Some legislators, who initially were uneasy about process to consolidate oversight of behavioral and physical health programs, now look to build on the change.
Gap Between Rich And Poor In NJ Getting Worse, Census Shows
The rich keep getting richer in New Jersey and the poor aren't keeping pace, new data shows.
Injured Veterans Deserve Help To Come Home
Editorial
In this, the first week of 2018, one of our resolutions as a society should be creating a welcome environment for the men and women who served in our military.
My Secret New Year’s Resolution
MAKING SURE THE NEW ADMINISTRATION IS SAVVY ABOUT SMART GROWTH
In its recent report, New Jersey Future argues that smart growth makes the most economic sense
The election of a new governor is a time when organizations of all sorts look to regroup and re-examine their priorities, set new goals, and determine how to best direct their efforts to try to achieve their aims. For some, the new administration’s priorities align with their own and success may be relatively easy. For others, it may be impossible to achieve goals that run counter to the new governor’s.