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.
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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...
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...
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...
The state can raise revenues by taxing wealthy corporations that profit off New Jerseyans.
"State governments are going to have to work harder to make sure that wealth ... is being pulled back in to pay for the services that make the state great," said @ptrchn1.bsky.social.
youtu.be/CnVwpzrbQS0?...
Periodic reminder that ICE does not just track and watch immigrants. They are collecting and storing information on us all.
@govmurphy.bsky.social SIGN IMMIGRANT BILLS
If you're in New Jersey, now is the time to call, text, and demand Governor Murphy signs the immigrant protection bills into law.
🎥 Shared from @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
“NJPP calls for a full, independent investigation into Mayor Baraka’s arrest and the legal status of Delaney Hall’s operations. No facility should be allowed to operate without full transparency, oversight, and compliance with public safety and health standards. We also urge federal lawmakers to respect New Jersey’s existing ban on private immigration detention facilities. “As a nonpartisan, research-driven organization, NJPP stands firmly for humane, just, and transparent immigration policies that uphold the dignity and rights of all New Jersey residents.” Nicole Rodriguez, President
NJPP is profoundly alarmed over Mayor Ras Baraka’s arrest. This incident underscores longstanding concerns about the privatization of immigration enforcement and the dangerous lack of accountability that comes with it.
Read the full statement:
www.njpp.org/media/statem...
Yeah, it's not up to them to declare the investigations into their colossal fuckup and the wider lapses in national security are all over.
Don't let this fade away.
Noooo hope you’re feeling better soon!
THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
Hearing this more and more: go birds
My statement via @njpolicy.bsky.social on Trump's brazenly unconstitutional executive orders on K-12 education:
Congestion pricing is active and it won't be long before communities reap the benefits.
"We are going to see cleaner air, a relief of traffic congestion, and therefore better commutes for the people who do have to drive into the city,” said Alex Ambrose.
www.njspotlightnews.org/video/nyc-la...
Last sentence said like how Rizzo says “Tiny Tim, who did NOT die” in Muppets Christmas Carol
Getting in incredible shape, as a bit
Every Friday night we have a family movie night. And every family movie night, the children talk and say “right mommy?” throughout.
Tonight we watched The Grinch (2018).
Run time: 90 minutes
Total number of “Right mommy?”s during the movie: 27
I asked for an ll bean fisherman’s sweater for Christmas so I too can be a dad
Referring to all social media posts like a mom referring to all gaming systems as “Nintendo”
Thinking fondly of how my high school choir director would yell at us for singing “Eaux Heauxly Noight” in the thickest delco accent possible 💖
I think you violated my hipaa rights with this tweet
Helping keep the state affordable must include a focus on reducing high rents.
“The kind of drag that puts on local economies, the kind of pressure that puts on families, especially those children, is substantial,” said NJPP's @ptrchn1.bsky.social.
www.njspotlightnews.org/2024/12/new-...
Like what’s the vibe?? I haven’t really scrolled enough to know for sure
“I do not know what is even hampening” with a frog standing in a pink sweater onesie with a faded close up of the same frog on the left
I don’t know what to post as my first post on here.
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