by Mark ‘Jay’ Williams, Economics Fellow When New Jersey first authorized charter public schools in the 1990’s, the public was told the charters would operate at 90% of the cost of the host district, saving taxpayer dollars with each family that freely chose this newly-available public education...

President Obama’s Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction contains a provision, known as the “Enterprise Value Tax”, that would increase the federal taxation on a sale of any business structured as a partnership from a capital gains rate of 15% to the ordinary income rates that now reach...

As a follow-up to CSI-NJ’s Misleading the Taxpayer study on the incomplete information New Jerseyans are often presented about per-pupil costs, the Institute offers you the opportunity to see the different estimates for every town in the state. The tables below offer per-pupil expenditure figures...

Every year, New Jerseyans get to vote directly on one and only one spending plan – their local school budget. Research developed by the Common Sense Institute of New Jersey details how voters are confused, overpromised and outright misled before they walk into the voting booth. Years of legislative...

by Kenneth Artz This article is published by the Heartland Institute, and originally appeared on Heartland.org. New Jersey’s Medicaid program is lax when it comes to detecting and recovering fraudulent claims, resulting in higher insurance costs for citizens, according to two recent audits of the...

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,...

Mark “Jay” Williams Economics Fellow Originally published by InTheLobby.net Click image for full chart 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,...