1909: New Jersey Governor-Elect Mikie Sherrill

<p>New Jersey Governor-Elect <strong>Mikie Sherrill</strong> joins Farnoosh for a candid conversation about the rising cost of living, the future of public schools, health care, taxes, and why politics and personal finance are inseparable.</p><br><p>Sherrill, a former Navy helicopter pilot, federal prosecutor, and three-term congresswoman, recently won the governor’s race in a decisive victory that coincided with significant Democratic gains nationwide. In this episode, she breaks down what state leaders <em>can actually do</em> to make life more affordable for families, from freezing utility rates to improving school funding to modernizing energy infrastructure.</p><br><p>Farnoosh also gives listeners a heads-up: the first part of this interview touches on a <strong>hyper-local school budget crisis</strong> in her hometown of Montclair, NJ. But this story isn’t unique. Across America, school districts are confronting rising costs, shrinking state support, and — in some cases — financial mismanagement. The questions Montclair is wrestling with (“Raise taxes or accept restrictive state aid?”) are the same questions communities everywhere are facing.</p><br><p>In this wide-ranging conversation, Sherrill discusses:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Why public-school funding is cracking nationwide</li><li>The real barriers to affordable health care at the state level</li><li>How utility-rate freezes would work — and what critics get wrong</li><li>The affordability crisis squeezing middle-class families</li><li>What her election signals about the national political landsca</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Originally recorded for Farnoosh’s local podcast <a href="http://montclairpod.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>The Montclair Pod</strong></a>, this expanded So Money release provides a rare look at how a new governor thinks about money, power, and the policies that shape our financial lives.</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>