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Will Hedge Fund Millionaires Flee South If They Face Higher Taxes? Wall Street Fights Move To Close Loophole
During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump pledged to eliminate tax provisions that allow Wall Street money managers to pay a lower tax rate on their compensation than most middle-class people pay on their income. Financial executives taking advantage of the tax maneuver “are getting away with murder,” he said. Yet since taking office — and subsequently populating his administration with finance industry moguls — Trump has gone silent on the issue.
NJ Schools Need New Dollars Or A New Solution, State Commissioner Says
School aid dominated Monday’s three-hour Assembly Budget Committee hearing on the state Department of Education – not surprising given its high profile in Trenton in recent months, then assured by an overflow crowd of activists in the audience.
Trump Tax Plan Would Sock NJ By Killing Property Tax Deduction
WASHINGTON -- A tax cut plan proposed by President Donald Trump's administration Wednesday would eliminate the federal deduction for state and local taxes, a blow to New Jersey residents who pay the highest property taxes in the nation.
NJ Property Tax Relief Data Is Now Available Online
TRENTON — Data about how many residents get help and how much aid they receive on average from New Jersey's property tax relief programs is now online.
Threats To Funding For Family Planning Leave Local Women's Centers Divided
The fight to restore family planning funding to the state budget has resumed for the seventh year in a row, but support for such programs is far from unanimous among local women’s organizations.
With Spectrum Auction A Wrap, How Should NJ Spend Its $300M Proceeds?
One proposal: funnel some funds into journalism and media-related endeavors to compensate for deep cuts to New Jersey’s journalism community in recent years.
New Traffic Pattern on Route 130 In Burlington City Creates Congestion To Slow Drivers
BURLINGTON CITY — The new traffic pattern on Route 130 — which looks to create congestion to slow vehicles down near city schools — is causing more confusion than traffic calming in its first few days.
There's Nothing Micro About NJ's Small Businesses
You've got the talent and the drive to open a small business - a neighborhood pizza place, maybe, or a laundromat - and now New Jersey is offering the incentive.
Gov. Chris Christie signed a law early this year offering help to anyone interested in launching a microbusiness, an enterprise with five or fewer employees.
Lift Veil On Pharmacy Benefit Managers, Reduce Prescription Costs
As two owners of independent pharmacies in New Jersey, we often look at the health care cost landscape and ask each other, “How in the world did we get here?”
NJ Election Watchdog: State Needs Pay-To-Play Reform
Political contributions made by New Jersey’s public contractors declined in 2016 for the third year in a row, but the state’s election watchdog remains concerned about the role of groups that can skirt pay-to-play laws.