Review and analysis of Policy Studies, Newspaper Reports and Journal Articles About New Jersey Issues. Assessments of New Jersey Homes Favor Wealthy BY MIKE DIAMOND and JOHN FROONJIAN The Press of Atlantic City December 27, 1998, p. 1 and jump Public Resists Sharing Services BY MATTHEW MOSK The Record of Hackensack December 23, 1998, pp. 1 and 14 An Analysis of North Jersey Municipal Budgets BY ROBERT GEBELOFF The Record of Hackensack December 23, 1998, pp. 15-17 The True Size of Government BY PAUL C. LIGHT Government Executive January 1999 Don't Lower the Boom On the Working Poor -- Lower Their Taxes; Let's Share the Boom BY JON SHURE New Jersey Policy Perspective January 1999 Pension and Benefit Abuses State of New Jersey Commission of Investigation December 1998, 53 pages plus appendices 1998 State of the State Address 1998 Budget Address Governor Christine Todd Whitman January 1999 The State vs. Sprawl: Will Maryland’s Experiment Work? BY ROB GURWITT Governing Magazine January 1999, pages 18-23 No Accident: Adolescent Pregnancy in New Jersey Since 1988 BY ANN M. SCHURMANN Network for Family Life Education Rutgers University January 1999 The School District Achievement Index: 1996-97M BY ERNEST C. REOCK, JR. Center for Government Services Rutgers University December 1998, 32 pages Grading the States: A Management Report Card BY KATHERINE BARRETT and RICHARD GREENE Governing Magazine February 1999, pages 57-90 New Jersey Legislative Data Book JACQUELYN R. ZELINKA and CAROLYN GOLOJUCH, eds. Center for Government Services Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Rutgers University February 1999, 223 pages Dirty Money BY THOMAS ZAMBITO and JIM HANER The Record of Hackensack May 31-June 14, 1998 Growing or Growing Apart? BY DR. JUDITH M. FIELDS New Jersey Policy Perspective March 1999, 24 pages Employed But Not Insured BY JOCELYN GUYER and CINDY MANN Center on Budget and Policy Priorities March 1, 1999, 40 pages Mergers A Tough Sell BY DAVID GLOVIN and JOHN MOONEY The Record of Hackensack December 6, 1998 p.1 and jumps A Geography of New Jersey: The City in the Garden BY CHARLES A. STANSFIELD JR. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, N.J. October 1998, 313 pages Untangling Albany BY JONATHAN WALTERS Governing Magazine December 1998, pages 18-22 The Children's Budget Report: A Detailed Analysis of Spending On Low-Income Children's Programs in 13 States BY KIMURA FLORES, TOBY DOUGLAS and DEBORAH A. ELLWOOD The Urban Institute November 12, 1998, 60 pages Juries, Jails and Justice: The Sheriff's Office in New Jersey Since the Seventeenth Century BY HARRIS I. EFFROSS Upland Press, Metuchen, N.J. 1998, 367 pages A Final Report on the Impact of New Jersey's Family Development Program BY MICHAEL J. CAMASSO, CAROL HARVEY, RADHA JAGANNATHAN and MARK KILLINGSWORTH Submitted to the N.J. Department of Human Services October 1998, 278 pages Young Child Poverty in the States: Wide Variation and Significant Change National Center for Children in Poverty Columbia University July 9, 1998 Property Tax Commission: Report of Recommendations to Governor Christine Todd Whitman BARBARA CANNON, CHAIRWOMAN September 1998, 136 pages A Summary of Findings from the League's Property Tax Forums LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES September 1998, 4 pages 'Zero Tolerance' Beyond 65 MPH Looks to Be an Empty Promise BY MICHAEL DIAMOND AND JOHN FROONJIAN The Press of Atlantic City September 27, 1998 The Price of Protection BY MATTHEW MOSK The Record of Hackensack September 20 and 21, 1998, p.1 and jumps The Great Carjacking: Auto Insurance and Market Failure BY RICHARD C. LEONE and JOHN KOLESAR The American Prospect September-October 1998, pp. 70-74 The Senior Property Tax Freeze: Piecemeal Property Tax Reform Comes at a Price BY DAVID C. MATTEK New Jersey Policy Persepctive August 1998 Redistricting New Jersey after the Census of 2000 BY ERNEST C. REOCK JR. Center for Local Government Services Rutgers University August 1998, 15 pages Terminal-Leave Payouts Cost New Jersey Taxpayers Millions Annually BY MIKE DIAMOND and JOHN FROONJIAN The Press of Atlantic City August 2, 1998, p. 1.