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Health coverage eats up 9% of NJ household budgets
New Jersey workers paid an average of $4,900 for family health coverage last year, up from about $3,000 in 2006, a new report from the Commonwealth Fund said on Tuesday.
That increase came even though the growth of health premiums slowed in the years after the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare — was enacted in 2010.
Will teacher shortage impact NJ?
A classroom crisis could be on the horizon.
Around the country, schools are having trouble hiring teachers. Experienced professionals are leaving the classroom environment for other fields or choosing to retire early.
To add to the problem, fewer students are interested in pursuing the education profession after college than in years prior.
N.J. takes tough first step in allowing terminally ill right to die
It couldn't have been an easy decision for members of the New Jersey Assembly to pass the state's Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill act Thursday, but it was a compassionate and humane one.
By a vote of 41-28, with five abstentions, the legislators answered the fervent pleas of patients hoping to avoid a death marked by unremitting pain.
Coughlin, Lampitt, Singleton, Benson, Vainieri Huttle & Mosquera Bill to Add Cyber-Harassment to Domestic Violence Statutes Heads to Governor
Coughlin, Lampitt, Singleton, Benson, Vainieri Huttle & Mosquera Bill to Add Cyber-Harassment to Domestic Violence Statutes Heads to Governor
Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Craig Coughlin, Pamela Lampitt, Troy Singleton, Daniel Benson, Valerie Vainieri Huttle and Gabriela Mosquera to bolster protections against cyber-harassment for domestic violence victims in New Jersey gained final legislative approval on Thursday. It now heads to the governor's desk.
Maximum Benefits for Raising the Minimum Wage
It’s about the math, and it’s about the heart, too.
If you are a worker in New Jersey and earn the minimum wage, your pay is $8.38 per hour. Your daily wage is $67.04. If you work 40 hours per week, your gross pay is $335.20. Work 52 weeks, and you’re up to $17,430.40 annually. A tidy sum on which to get by if you’re single and very, very frugal, especially when you consider the federal poverty level is $12,082. Add a family to the mix, and it becomes darn near impossible to survive.
Lagana, Singleton, Moriarty & Vainieri Huttle Bill to Foster Treasury Department Transparency Clears Assembly
Measure Would Create Committee to Develop Public Finance Site, Publicize Central Accounting Data
Legislation Assembly Democrats Joseph Lagana, Troy Singleton, Paul Moriarty and Valerie Vainieri Huttle sponsored to make data regarding public finances in New Jersey more accessible to everyday residents gained approval from the General Assembly on Thursday.
Lagana, Singleton & Wisniewski Bill to Establish Standards for Ride-Hailing Companies Clears Assembly
Legislation is Aimed at Protecting Consumers Via Insurance, Recordkeeping Requirements
Legislation Assemblymen Joseph Lagana, Troy Singleton and John Wisniewski sponsored to protect customers of Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing services was approved 61-11-3 by the full Assembly on Thursday.
Lagana, Singleton, Moriarty & Vainieri Huttle Bill to Foster Treasury Department Transparency Advances
Measure Would Create Committee to Develop Public Finance Site, Publicize Central Accounting Data
Legislation Assembly Democrats Joseph Lagana, Troy Singleton, Paul Moriarty and Valerie Vainieri Huttle sponsored to make data regarding public finances in New Jersey more accessible to everyday residents recently was advanced by an Assembly committee.
Free legal services for county residents Friday in Burlington City
BURLINGTON CITY — Getting legal assistance can be costly and intimidating. Figuring out to whom to ask questions and where to go is difficult for the ordinary citizen.