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What the new federal housing law means for South Jersey and the Bayshore
The new federal housing bill became law at midnight last night (July 10, 2026) over the President’s protest, after he refused to sign it and the 10-day constitutional window expired. The new law passed the Senate 85-5 and the House 358-32 in June so it does not need the President’s support to become law. What…
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Last Minute NJ budget Update Includes South Jersey Projects
Yesterday, on Sunday, the New Jersey Legislature unveiled a small $358.8 million supplemental spending bill with aid for hospitals, towns and World Cup. It is expected to pass into law by tomorrow. Two things jump out: 1) the secretive, murky, rushed budget process for spending items sometimes labeled as ‘pork projects’, and 2) the small…
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Texas v New Jersey Property Taxes
Texas is the state where the political will to abolish the property tax actually exists, and over the next decade it’s the most likely the first place to test replacing some of that revenue with increased consumption taxes. New Jersey is the opposite. We are deeply locked into a high-property-tax, high-aid hybrid system, and nothing…