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Trump's Proposed Change On Tips Could Cost NJ Workers $120M, Explained
You go out for dinner and drinks on a Saturday night, pay your bill, and leave a generous tip. It makes you feel good and you go home not feeling like a cheapskate. But do you know if it’s really enough for the worker to make ends meet? Or if they were able to keep all of the money you left as tip? Do you care?
State Lawmaker Calls For Nation's First Opioid Warning Labels
Warnings would highlight the significant potential for addiction and overdose associated with these drugs.
State Senate Considering New Tax Deductions For Manufacturing
The New Jersey state Legislature has introduced a bill to allow for companies in the state to create manufacturing reinvestment accounts, which would give them tax reductions, deferrals and deductions on manufacturing equipment and workforce training.
Supporting Community Health Programs Keeps Us All Healthy
One of the fundamental building blocks of a healthy community, where the interests of medicine and democracy intersect, is the ability to provide access to quality health care for everyone. We constantly face the deluge of questions on this subject: Who, what, how and how much should we pay for health care? I’m a firm believer that at the individual level, when we are healthier or have access to the help we need to become healthy, we are better off both personally and as a community.
DOJ Dismisses Case Against Menendez
The U.S. Department of Justice dismissed its corruption case Wednesday against New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez after prosecutors had announced their intention to retry him on corruption charges.
Governor Murphy Signs Order To Harness Wind Energy
Gov. Phil Murphy has signed an executive order directing the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to implement fully the Offshore Wind Economic Development Act and begin the process of moving the state toward a goal of 3,500 megawatts of offshore wind energy generation by the year 2030.
Willingboro Children Get New Coats Through Operation Warm
WILLINGBORO — Over 150 township children will be wearing brand-new winter coats this year courtesy of the third annual Operation Warm coat drive.
Murphy Signs Executive Order For Net Neutrality
Gov. Phil Murphy has signed an executive order directing internet service providers to adhere to net neutrality principles.
Murphy Ponders Modifying 'Gift Ban' For Docs
Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration is working on modifying a rule enacted in the final days of Gov. Chris Christie’s term that limited the dollar value of gifts from pharmaceutical companies to doctors, in an attempt to address the opioid epidemic, ROI-NJ has learned.