New Jersey email voting is such a mess that votes won’t be counted until Friday

November 6, 2012 4:32 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

New Jersey’s decision to let citizens displaced by Hurricane Sandy vote by email and fax appears to have backfired, with the state now extending the deadline to return those ballots to 8 p.m. Eastern on Friday.

Who’s watching the watchers? If the ACLU has its way … you!

July 5, 2012 12:35 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

In an age of surveillance, when over 200,000 cameras watch London ceaselessly and unmanned government spy planes patrol U.S. skies, the New Jersey ACLU is providing tools for citizens to engage in “reverse surveillance.”

The tool is a smartphone app, …

Panda Power announces $420 million fund for solar and natural gas projects

November 16, 2011 10:28 AM Chikodi Chima
Chikodi Chima

Dallas-based Panda Power Funds today announced that it has raised a $420 million private equity fund to finance new and existing solar energy and natural gas projects in Texas and other high-growth states. The blockbuster fund will be used for …