Why professional fishermen support offshore wind power development
As someone who makes a living fishing in the Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey, I’m thrilled by the Biden administration’s sweeping commitments to offshore wind development, which include advancing an inaugural project off of...
N.J. now in lose-lose position with stock exchanges
In New Jersey, we’ve become accustomed to losing. We’re at or near the bottom of every list for business competitiveness, and tops for high taxes and outmigration.
So, when Assemblyman John McKeon (D-Madison) first floated...
Transaction tax will cost U.S. savers, pensioners — and ultimately hurt N.J.
As New Jersey struggles under a large deficit due, in part, to the pandemic, some state legislators believe they have found a path toward fiscal health in a proposed financial transaction tax, or FTT....
Immigration bill would help keep STEM grad students in U.S. — but must include...
In 1958, a young Israeli doctoral student came to Berkeley, California, to study psychology. He  eventually spent most of his career in the U.S. The student’s name was Daniel Kahneman, and he helped to...
Why it is imperative to help 1st-generation students get over hidden hurdles — and...
In 2008, Abenezer Degefu, along with his parents and siblings, immigrated to the U.S. from Ethiopia. Like most immigrants, they moved in hopes of finding a better future. In fact, Degefu’s dad had entered...
Calif.-style gas car ban is wrong answer for N.J.
The road to bad public policy is often paved with good intentions. That's particularly true in the case of New Jersey, where the Department of Environmental Protection wants that road filled with electric vehicles...
Siekerka: Tax relief can only come when there’s increased spending, needless borrowing and higher...
The year 2020 has been like no other. Yet, it seems nothing changes in Trenton.
I was taken aback when Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative leadership presented their agreement on so-called middle-class tax relief —...
Why won’t N.J. capitalize on craft brewery boom?
Only four states are home to fewer breweries per capita than New Jersey — Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Utah.
Why?
Why would a wealthy, densely populated state in the heart of the craft-loving Northeast, one with...
Why impact of Advanced Clean Truck legislation will be huge — especially for people...
New Jersey is the first state on the East Coast to require the phasing-in of electric commercial trucks to reduce air pollution, thanks to new regulations adopted by the state.
ACT, also known as Advanced...
If timing is everything, let’s hit pause button on casino smoking ban
As the state continues to rebound from the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s clear that certain areas — as well as certain industries — have been harder-hit than others over the past two...