MORRISTOWN, NJ – As New Jersey families gather around the Thanksgiving table many will be having a similar conversation – their plans to leave New Jersey. According to a recent survey conducted for the Garden State Initiative (GSI) and Fairleigh…

by William J. Smith, GSI’s Director of Communications & Media RelationsAre New Jersey’s public employee retirees remaining in-state or leaving for a more tax-friendly retirement?That’s the question we asked after a recent news report from Illinois found that 71,000 retired…

Garden State Initiative (GSI) today released Adding It All Up: The Path to Saving $2 Billion on the Cost of New Jersey's Roads and Bridges, which includes recommendations based upon a data-driven analysis of our investments in our state’s roads and bridges.…

Click to access report The Garden State Initiative today released “The Stark Gap Between Public and Private Employee Benefits”, an analysis of the latest employee compensation data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics which illustrates some dramatic differences in compensation costs…

The second in a multi-part series focusing on the true size of New Jersey’s expansive government, how much is being spent in specific categories and, most importantly, identifying opportunities where it can be made more efficient. Click above to download…

YTD revenue (3%) is less than half Treasurer’s projection (7.5%) Without one-time amnesty program, growth would be 1.3% Soft income tax revenue consistent with independent out-migration data New Jersey, along with other high tax states, faces stark budgeting decisions aheadGarden…

The first in a multi-part series focusing on the true size of New Jersey’s expansive government, how much is being spent in specific categories and, most importantly, identifying opportunities where it can be made more efficient. Our first installment is…