Getting to the Bottom of the Race to the Top FiascoSenate oversight committee shows it’s willing to play the subpoena card
Another week, another legislative hearing on New Jersey’s infamous Race to the Top application.
And with it comes another pile of public documents -- and some new revelations concerning what almost certainly is the most scrutinized grant bid in New Jersey history.
Following up on the assembly hearings earlier this month, the Senate’s oversight committee on Thursday morning will dig into what went wrong with the state’s failed application for $400 million in federal funds.
Its chairman, Sen. Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex), on Friday called for the right to subpoena key state officials and documents, after the state provided her office a box of records related to the application. It was apparently not enough, and she said her committee has been “left with no choice
