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Learn more about the hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars within the NJ state budget awarded to local governments and nonprofit organizations without any public process or merit-based criteria.
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Resiliency Lost: The Energy and Leadership Costs of Canceling NJ Transit’s Grid Infrastructure
As New Jersey confronts rising electricity costs, growing demand for power, and concerns about grid reliability, a new report from the Garden State Initiative (GSI)…
New GSI Report: NJ TRANSIT’s 2020 Cancellation of Transit Microgrid Project Offers Timely Lessons for New Jersey’s Current Electricity Challenges
Report revisits a decade-long infrastructure initiative that could have strengthened electricity supply, transportation reliability, and New Jersey’s leadership in energy resilience. MORRISTOWN, NJ — As…
New Jersey’s Spending Problem: How New Jersey’s Budget Process Undermines Fiscal Accountability and Sustainability
New GSI Report: New Jersey Budget Growth Outpaces Inflation and Revenues as Billions in Legislative Add-Ons Lack Public Oversight Report finds state spending grew 64%…
The Governor Thomas Kean Leadership Award
The Governor Thomas Kean Leadership Award recognizes individuals who have best displayed the principled, inclusive, and collaborative characteristics which Governor Kean displayed throughout his life and work.
