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1. To New Jerseyans: Affordable Health Care Act will help fix N.J.’s health care problems
(Health/Healthquest)

... bankrupt to pay for medical bills,” said Raymond Castro, senior policy analyst for New Jersey Policy Perspective. “Many New Jerseyans who don’t have health insurance will now be able to get it, while people ...

2. How restoring the Earned Income Tax Credit would stimulate the economy
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY RAYMOND J. CASTRO NEW JERSEY POLICY PERSPECTIVE COMMENTARY Hard-working low-income families have been the only group of New Jerseyans to be penalized with a tax increase during the economic ...

3. Want a real Jersey comeback? Support N.J.'s working families
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY RAYMOND J. CASTRO NEW JERSEY POLICY PERSPECTIVE COMMENTARY In his first budget, Gov. Christie raised taxes on struggling working families by reducing the state share of the Earned Income Tax Credit ...

4. Christie’s veto of Health Insurance Exchange: Insurance Industry 1, Consumers 0
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY RAYMOND J. CASTRO NEW JERSEY POLICY PERSPECTIVE COMMENTARY Gov. Christie’s veto of the New Jersey Health Benefit Exchange Act is a major setback for the 1.3 million New Jerseyans who are uninsured ...

5. Christie vetoes legislation to create a health care exchange in New Jersey
(Health/Healthquest)

... New Jersey exchange would have paid the board members $50,000 a year each. She said the only other state paying board members, Oregon, was offering $30 per work day. Raymond Castro, senior policy analyst ...

6. Marlins Manager Ozzie Guillen: Fidel Castro bromance gets him suspended
(Sports/Professional)

BY DAVE RAGAZZO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Around this country, it would be hard to find many people who think fondly of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. If the picking pool is cut down to say just Miami ...

7. N.J. Health Benefit Exchange Act would help address uninsurance crisis
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY RAYMOND J. CASTRO COMMENTARY Uninsurance is no longer just a problem in New Jersey. It is a crisis. The number of uninsured in the state has been increasing almost every year since 2000. In 2010, ...

8. Nico Kitchen + Bar: Chef Ryan DePersio's hard work pays off with NJPAC's new restaurant
(Life/Style)

BY MARY ANN CASTRONOVO FUSCO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Hard work and the talent to satisfy a demanding, often fickle public are as essential to success in the kitchen as they are on stage. How fitting ...

9. Restore EITC and reverse NJ FamilyCare cuts in this year's budget
(Money/Economy)

BY JON WHITEN NEW JERSEY POLICY PERSPECTIVE COMMENTARY At the first public budget hearing this morning in Trenton, New Jersey Policy Perspective senior policy analyst Raymond Castro is testifying ...

10. Medicaid crisis leads to finger-pointing
(Opinion/Commentary)

... been less than forthcoming regarding Medicaid funding for children. Ray Castro, senior analyst for the Trenton-based think tank, The New Jersey Policy Perspective has suggested that the federal government ...

11. East Orange Health Inspector Enock Moochi indicted for allegedly accepting $1K bribe
(N.J./State)

... Castro of the State Police Official Corruption Bureau North Unit, and Queen. —TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM  ...

12. Elizabeth school board president, two others accused of stealing more than $7K from free lunch program
(N.J./State)

... General Mark Ondris of the Division of Criminal Justice Corruption Bureau conducted and coordinated the investigation. They were assisted by Det. Pablo Castro. —TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM ...

13. Emmy Awards 2011: Preview and nominations list
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Show - Scotty's Home Story • FOX • FremantleMedia North America, Inc. and 19 TV Limited Oren Castro, Editor The 2010 ESPY Awards • Images Piece • ESPN • BTW Productions Matt O'Connor, Editor Anthony ...

14. 1 in 6 New Jerseyans affected by Governor Christie's vetoes
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY RAYMOND J. CASTRO COMMENTARY One in six New Jerseyans will be adversely affected by line-item vetoes of two critical programs in the budget Governor Christie signed last week. Today (Monday), ...

15. East Orange health inspector Enock Moochi charged with soliciting $1,000 bribe
(N.J./State)

... Lt. Glenn Lubertazzi, Acting Det. Sgt. First Class Geoffrey Forker, Acting Det. Sgt. Lisa King, Acting Det. Sgt. Mario DiRienzo, Det. Brian Murphy, Det. Oliver Sissman and Det. Pablo Castro of the State ...

16. N.J. Democrats' budget restored funding to residents in need
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY RAYMOND J. CASTRO COMMENTARY The budget introduced Monday by the Democratic leadership of the Legislature would have restored funding for critical programs that support working poor families, the ...

17. America, land of the free – Who are we kidding?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Neverland. Cuba is taking its first steps to dismantling a state that employs all and makes nothing even with Fidel Castro still alive. You’d think they would have the common courtesy of letting him die ...

18. Democrat says Christie’s budget philosophy ‘born out of a moral vacuum’
(N.J./State)

... income level of Medicaid from $24,645 to $5,317 a year for a family of three. Ray Castro, senior analyst for New Jersey Policy Perspective, a liberal Trenton-based think tank, told The Star-ledger of Newark ...

19. Bruce Springsteen writes letter to the editor
(Entertainment/Movies)

... the article, Governor Christie vetoed legislation that would have temporarily raised taxes on income exceeding $1 million. Senior policy analyst Raymond Castro of New Jersey Policy Perspective was also ...

20. Culinary cues from Canada
(Life/Style)

BY MARY ANN CASTRONOVO FUSCO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM “Winter is our reality. It’s the most Canadian of seasons,” says Anita Stewart of Elora, Ontario, where there’s still a foot of snow outside her home. ...