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Singleton, Corrado Bill To Permit Health Care Professionals To Waive Copayments For Military Members Advances

TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senate Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chair Troy Singleton and Senator Kristin M. Corrado that would permit certain healthcare professionals to waive copayments advanced from the Senate Military and Veteran’ Affairs Committee today.

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Decrying It As 'Policing For Profit,' Critics Want Reform Of NJ's Civil Asset Forfeiture

Cash, cars, boats, guns, big stuff, small stuff: Detractors say it’s all fair game for law enforcement in New Jersey even if the owners are never charged with a crime.

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Fighting The Flu With Prevention

tt-fighting-the-flu.jpgWhile most of us will anticipate the fun of the holiday season, a dark cloud becomes prevalent around the same time: flu season. It begins in October and lingers into early spring, with January and February being the peak time. 

Occasionally, I worry that some people confuse the flu with the common cold. Please don’t say, “it’s only the flu, he or she will be OK.” It’s not all right, particularly because it is so preventable.

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Singleton Bill To Help Strengthen Prevailing Wage Clears Committee

TRENTON – Legislation sponsored by Senator Troy Singleton which would allow the issuing of stop-work orders for failure to pay the prevailing wage cleared the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee.

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Sarlo, Singleton, Oroho, Bucco Bill Would Help Small Businesses & Partnerships Preserve Tax Deductibility

Plan is ‘IRS-proof’ because it returns tax law to entity-level payment system

TRENTON – Legislation authored by Senators Paul Sarlo (D-Bergen), Troy Singleton (D-Burlington), Steve Oroho (R-Sussex), and Anthony Bucco Sr. (R-Morris) that will preserve the federal deductibility of an estimated $23 billion in state income taxes for small businesses and partnerships was approved by a Senate committee today.

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Singleton, Corrado Bill To Assist Homeless Veterans Clears Budget Committee

TRENTON – Legislation sponsored by Senator Troy Singleton and Senator Kristin M. Corrado that would expand the current pilot program to authorize grants to purchase and rehabilitate abandoned homes for homeless veterans cleared the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee today.

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Singleton Bill To Deny Financial Aid To Those Convicted For Hazing Passes Committee

TRENTON – Legislation sponsored by Senator Troy Singleton that would make a student ineligible for state financial aid upon a conviction for hazing passed the Senate Higher Education Committee today.

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No 401(K)? NJ Lawmakers Try To Give Private-Sector Workers Another Way To Save

For people working in companies that don’t offer retirement accounts, legislators want to set up a pathway to building a nest egg.

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Singleton Bill To Deny Student Financial Aid To Those Convicted For Hazing Passes Committee

TRENTON – Legislation sponsored by Senator Troy Singleton that would make a student ineligible for state financial aid upon a conviction for hazing passed the Senate Higher Education Committee today.

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A Call To Serve

tt-a-call-to-serve.jpgOn Dec. 8, some of my neighbors and, yes, even those of you who do not live in the areas I represent will have an opportunity to help spread some holiday cheer. All of us, from time to time, could use a reminder of how fortunate we are and the blessings we’ve received. These fortunate circumstances, I hope, will at least prompt some to offer a helping hand to those who are less fortunate.

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