The Common Sense Institute of New Jersey announced today that Victor M. Richel has been elected to its board. Mr. Richel is the Chairman, President, and CEO of the Richel Family Foundation. Additionally, he is Chairman, President & CEO of Dominion Partners, a financial investment, real estate...

On February 5, 2013, CSINJ held a Breakfast Briefing on New Jersey’s economic picture with Richard Bagger, Governor Chris Christie’s former chief of staff (2010-2012) and current Executive Vice President of Celgene Corporation. Approximately 50 business, policy and community leaders gathered at the...

Stephen Moore presented a Breakfast Briefing to 30 CSI-NJ supporters on October 23, 2012 at the Park Avenue Club in Florham Park. The Wall Street Journal’s Senior Economics Writer and Editorial Board Member shared his predictions on economics and the election and what either outcome would mean for...

By Sven Larson, PhD. Governor Christie is relentless in his fight for spending restraint. An early example of his fiscal fortitude was his famous response to threats from the legislature to shut down state government over a budget fight. The governor promised he would go back to the governor’s mansion,...

By Sven R. Larson, Ph.D. There are some signs here and there that the New Jersey economy is recovering. One of them is a slow uptick in private-sector employment. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in June 2012 there were 3,346,000 private-sector employees in the state, up from 3,275,000 two...

The historic Supreme Court decision on June 28, 2012 upheld the individual mandate, a key provision of the Affordable Care Act. It also ruled that the states had the right to choose their participation in the Medicaid expansion without any penalty or loss of federal match for the state Medicaid program...

Trenton, NJ – Taking steps to ensure a common sense approach to New Jersey’s system of education funding and to root out abuse and fraud, Acting Governor Kim Guadagno today named seven representatives from the public and private sectors as members of the New Jersey Education Funding Task Force. Created...