October 13, 2011 at 5:42 PM
The Common Sense Institute of New Jersey announced the launch of www.NJOpenGov.org, a state government transparency website that will bring more data and greater analytical capability to New Jersey citizens.
While Institute scholars will use the data to study historical trends, the openness of the information is meant to encourage individual citizens to verify political statements, compare where the state stands...
To improve clinical outcomes, increase quality of life and reduce healthcare costs, New Jersey must address critical issues that will result in transforming our current episodic and acute healthcare delivery model into a continuum of ongoing care delivery.
Aug 31, 2011 11:43
The return of 45,000 unionized workers to Verizon is welcome news to the customers, company and families of the striking employees. However, this reprieve, with or without a bargaining agreement, leaves all parties where they were before: trapped in a system better suited for the 19th century than the modern economy.
Sep 29, 2011 9:57
The Common Sense Institute of New Jersey announced the launch of www.NJOpenGov.org, a state government transparency website that will bring more data and greater analytical capability to New Jersey citizens.
Oct 13, 2011 17:42
Jerry Cantrell spoke with My9′s New Jersey Now to explain why that is proper, and why the so-called “Super Committee” must continue to focus on excessive spending and the proper role of government before going to the American taxpayers for even more revenues.
Aug 8, 2011 13:57
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The Common Sense Institute of New Jersey announced the launch of www.NJOpenGov.org, a state government transparency website that will bring more data and greater analytical capability to New Jersey citizens.
While Institute scholars will use the data to study historical trends, the openness of the information...
October 13th, 2011 | Featured, Transparency | Read More
by Jerry Cantrell
President
The return of 45,000 unionized workers to Verizon is welcome news to the customers, company and families of the striking employees. However, this reprieve, with or without a bargaining agreement, leaves all parties where they were before: trapped in a system better suited...
September 29th, 2011 | Commentary | Read More
Poonam Alaigh, MD, MSHCPM, FACP
Former Commissioner, NJ Health and Senior Services
Board of Directors, Common Sense Institute of New Jersey
Originally published on NJSpotlight
New Jersey’s healthcare system touches all our lives and has a profound effect on the state’s economy. Unfortunately,...
August 31st, 2011 | Health & Welfare, Policy | Read More
Paul V. Tyahla
Executive Director
Summer is the peak moving season in the United States, and families across the nation are spending this month cleaning up, packing up, and setting up in their new homes. People move for reasons as varied as job opportunities, housing availability, love interests and...
August 29th, 2011 | Commentary | Read More
Mark “Jay” Williams
Economics Fellow
Originally published by InTheLobby.net
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In an attempt to connect higher crime rates to budget cuts, some organizations and elected officials have used all-encompassing crime index figures as the bedrock of their argument. However,...
August 19th, 2011 | Fiscal Reform, Policy | Read More
The debt deal recently approved by Congress and the White House includes spending cuts without tax increases. CSI-NJ President Jerry Cantrell spoke with My9′s New Jersey Now to explain why that is proper, and why the so-called “Super Committee” must continue to focus on excessive spending...
August 8th, 2011 | In The News, Media Center | Read More
By Kenneth Artz
The Heartland Institute
New Jersey residents near the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station are unhappy with plans to close the nation’s oldest nuclear power plant in 2019, some 10 years earlier than planned.
The plant is located in the Forked River section of Lacey Township in Ocean...
August 4th, 2011 | Environment, Featured, Policy | Read More
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