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Burlington County holding information sessions on energy savings program

Ten municipalities in Burlington County will be moving forward with the Energy Aggregation Program, but before the changes kick in, the county is giving residents opportunities to get more information about the utility-savings initiative.

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South Jersey lawmakers oppose Christie scrapping tax deal with Pa.

Gov. Chris Christie's decision to take a look at ending a 38-year-old agreement with Pennsylvania that allows New Jersey and Pennsylvania residents who work across the river to pay income taxes where they live has been met with outrage from South Jersey lawmakers who say New Jerseyans would end up paying more in taxes.

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Big Ballot Measures Mean Big Spending

This year will likely surpass all others in terms of independent, outside group spending in New Jersey elections.

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DRINKING WATER PANEL DELAYS RECOMMENDING SAFE LIMIT ON TOXIC CHEMICAL

Just the latest in a series of delays on urgent matters of public health, environmental advocates say

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Conaway, Singleton, Greenwald, Taliaferro & Quijano Bill to Boost Survivor Benefits for Children of Law Enforcement & Firefighters Heads to Governor

The full Assembly on Monday unanimously granted final legislative approval to a bill sponsored by Assembly Democrats Herb Conaway, Jr., MD, Troy Singleton, Majority Leader Louis Greenwald, Adam Taliaferro and Annette Quijano that would significantly boost survivor benefits for children of State Police Officers and police and firefighters who die in the line of duty.

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Eleventh-Hour Compromise Could Free Up Open-Space Funds

Deal could end ongoing argument between lawmakers and Christie that has stalled projects to preserve farmland, historic structures, undeveloped land

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Budget Bill Sails Through, but Christie Brokers New Plan to Revive TTF

Christie gets up close and personal with Assembly lawmakers, hammers out scheme that swaps gas-tax hike for 1% sales-tax cut -- and jettisons most of bipartisan TTF plan

 

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Singleton, Lampitt, Quijano, Pintor Marin, Wimberly & Downey Bill Requiring State to Reveal Complete Property Tax Data Approved by Assembly

 Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Troy Singleton, Pamela Lampitt, Annette Quijano, Eliana Pintor Marin, Benjie Wimberly and Joann Downey to require the state to annually post complete property tax data was released Thursday by the Assembly.

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Remember red-light cams? NJ eyes cams to catch cars passing school buses

Flanked by state education officials and bus drivers, Assemblyman Troy Singleton, D-Burlington, on Thursday urged fellow lawmakers to consider a proposal that would authorize school districts to install external cameras on school buses in order to catch drivers who illegally pass the buses.

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N.J. lost thousands of jobs in May

The state unemployment rate continued to creep upward to 4.9 percent in May as New Jersey shed 6,800 jobs. 

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