It used to be that a family could pay for groceries and their power bill with some leftover with their TANF money.
Now, TANF doesn’t even come close to providing the same relief. In fact, TANF falls about $100+ short of covering the same amount of groceries and electricity as it did in 1998.
This has been an issue for soooo long - despite being one the most effective ways to support families! Seriously one of the most studied programs....
Can we do better now? Please?
🚨 NEW 🚨
New Jersey’s main cash assistance program for families hasn’t kept pace with the cost of living for decades — and with federal cuts now on the table, the stakes for families are getting higher.
Read more from NJPP's @tonanziht.bsky.social: www.njpp.org/publications...
Workers, students, and families are uniting for May Day under one banner: Workers Over Billionaires.
The system is rigged for the ultra-rich—let’s fight for a future that protects all working people. Join us in Jersey City.
Tax the rich. No ICE. No war.
www.mobilize.us/njea/event/9...
Yesterday millions of hard-working families paid more in taxes than 88 of America's largest corporations. The money those rich coporations pocketed from Trump's tax breaks last year were enough to eliminate hunger in America.
See the latest from @itep.org 👇
#TaxTheRich
Public defenders are a critical part of our justice system. And this article highlights just how important they are - but there is a catch, and you might have missed it. The Office of the Public Defender, which is amazing, only handles Superior Court Cases. (1/2)
www.northjersey.com/story/news/n...
🚨 New Analysis 🚨
A fee tied to individual employees’ health coverage will encourage employers to find loopholes and harm workers.
Revenue raisers should focus on ensuring that the ultra-wealthy and corporations pay for health care, while protecting Medicaid enrollees.
www.njpp.org/publications...
State residents benefit when policymakers raise new revenues to fund schools, housing, and other services, and evidence shows fears of tax-driven migration are overstated, with only about 1.5% of people moving between states each year. www.cbpp.org/blog/states-...
Recent protections for New Jersey's immigrant communities are a good first step, but don't go far enough to defend the state's residents.
"There’s more to do to protect the people of New Jersey,” said @marleinau.bsky.social.
njurbannews.com/2026/03/30/w...
Temporary revenue raisers help offset costs of hosting an event that attracts visitors from all over the world.
"It’s not like FIFA is cutting us a check — it makes sense to offset some of those costs with temporary revenue raisers,” said @ptrchn1.bsky.social.
newjerseymonitor.com/2026/04/01/t...
Families are getting hit twofold with consequences from data centers.
“They’re paying more each month to subsidize data center expansion, and they’re breathing dirtier air because these facilities are keeping polluting power plants running," said @alexfromnj.bsky.social.
www.nj.com/business/202...
The incredible @alexfromnj.bsky.social was lead author on this landmark report. It is so so so timely. The world is burning and New Jersey should not be pouring gasoline on the fire.
“New Jersey families are getting hit twice,” said @alexfromnj.bsky.social.
“They’re paying more each month to subsidize data center expansion, and they’re breathing dirtier air because these facilities are keeping polluting power plants running.”
Read the full report:
www.njpp.org/publications...
The report recommends that lawmakers
💡 Create a standard definition of a data center for state regulation,
💡 Build strong guardrails for data center companies around transparency and energy resource requirements,
💡 Standardize energy load forecasting,
💡 Remove or restrict data center subsidies
The report finds that a typical large AI data center uses as much energy as 100,000 households. Some facilities under construction will use 20 times that amount.
Large AI data centers used about 14 billion gallons of water in 2024, a number that could double by 2028.
www.njpp.org/publications...
🚨 New Report 🚨
AI data centers were the main driver of the 20% electric bill increase New Jerseyans saw last June. By 2030, these facilities will use 10% of our state's entire electricity supply.
Read the full report:
www.njpp.org/publications...
Advocates, community leaders, and residents from across New Jersey gathered on Monday, March 30, at New Jersey Institute of Technology ahead of the final Senate Budget Committee public hearing to demand a state budget that prioritizes working families over corporate profits.
One important piece of data from this piece: PSE&G made $1.7 billion in profits last year. ONE POINT SEVEN BILLION
Utilities' focus should be bringing down costs for consumers — not influencing elections.
“These utility companies are raking in record profits while small businesses and families are struggling to pay their electricity bills,” said @alexfromnj.bsky.social.
gothamist.com/news/utility...
A win! This is no doubt a win!
But - ALPR (license plate reader data) was carved out of the privacy bill. This is a big part of how ICE tracks people. There are also loopholes in the Immigrant Trust Directive.
We must keep pushing our lawmakers to protect our constitutional rights.
Corporations can afford to pay their fair share to help raise sustainable revenue for the state — and they should!
"We’re talking about an environment where corporate profits reached a record level," said @ptrchn1.bsky.social.
newjerseymonitor.com/2026/03/24/l...
This is truly worth celebrating!! It was a long and frought battle.
The work, however, continues. ALPR (license plate reader data) was carved out of the privacy bill. This is a big part of how ICE tracks people. We must keep pushing our lawmakers to protect our constitutional rights.
Almost a decade ago, Trump slashed the corporate income tax rate by nearly a third.
But corporations are paying far below that 21% rate thanks to enormous tax breaks and loopholes.
That's how these four big tech companies paid a collective tax rate of just 4.9% last year.
New legislation protecting New Jersey's immigrant communities marks an important step forward in a long and complex effort to uphold the rights and dignity of all New Jerseyans.
Read the full statement from NJPP's @marleinau.bsky.social:
www.njpp.org/media/statem...
"...this year’s Affordable Care Act anniversary should not only be a moment of reflection, but also a moment of action. Medicaid cuts can be repealed and the enhanced premium tax credits can be reinstated... but only with bipartisan leadership."
newjerseymonitor.com/2026/03/23/w...
This legislation has been kicked around in a variety of forms and even watered down since 2017 - despite how urgently we need these protections.
Anything other than passage would be unfathomable at this point.
One weird thing about the business lobby response to @mikiesherrill.bsky.social's proposal to rein in Alternative Business Calculation deductions is their insistence that it's "not a loophole."
I don't care what you call it but it's tax code that the wealthy have exploited to reduce their taxes
TODAY! @njpolicy.bsky.social is in the room as the state kicks off FY27 budget hearings!
stop.
no.
do not do this.
broad-based taxation is the foundation of every progressive policy.
if no tax, then no schools, no trains, no buses, no health insurance, no child care.
what are you doing?
Cutting public programs that help families with low incomes won't help affordability.
"We can't really advance affordability if we're not also increasing revenues, particularly through taxation on wealthy individuals and corporations," said @ptrchn1.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Abib...