By: Patrice Onwuka and Rosemary Becchi Published By The Daily Caller, August 6th 2025Can labor policy get any worse than destroying flexible jobs and driving self-employed professionals out of work? California did this by cracking down on freelance and gig work, leading to devastating results for its independent workforce and small businesses a few years ago. Now, New Jersey is set to replicate this hardship...

Cesar Grajales and Marcela Crossman: Special to the USA TODAY NetworkLatinos, whether natives or immigrants, believe in the great American promise that hard work is the path to a better life for our families. Runaway inflation makes it a lot more difficult for hardworking families to make ends meet, much less save for a better future for their children. If there’s anything left after paying...

By Jersey Journal Guest Columnist By Elizabeth NaderThe American Dream. It’s a notion deeply woven into the fabric of our nation, each individual’s interpretation as unique as a fingerprint. For my husband and me, it’s been about carving our path as entrepreneurs after stepping away from the confines of corporate America. From that pivotal moment, we embarked on a journey of launching several businesses, each...

By South Jersey Times Letters Like New Jersey’s hard-working families, government officials must prioritize spending and resources. My organization, Jersey 1st was founded with the mission of advocating for working families and taxpayers of the Garden State. We strive to promote economic policies that protect tax dollars and reject wasteful government spending. That’s why we recently conducted a campaign in the City of Vineland to inform...

By Rosemary Becchi With debt ceiling negotiations continuing in Washington, all sources of federal dollars are on the table, including the prospect of clawing back any unspent federal pandemic funds from the states. And that’s bad news for New Jersey, because due to Gov. Phil Murphy’s mismanagement, over $5 billion would be quickly stripped from our state’s coffers. Billions of dollars may not seem like...

JERSEY 1ST TV LAUNCHES SCHOOL CHOICE SERIES Parsippany, NJ, January 24 — In a move to help educate New Jersey residents about the importance of school choice, Jersey 1st TV is launching a compelling 4-part series with special guests, coinciding with National School Choice Week.  The first will launch tomorrow, Wednesday the 25th at 10am, with a new episode to follow each Wednesday at 10...