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Families Say Restraining Orders Fail to Protect Domestic Violence Victims
Last December, a Cumberland County mother was murdered in front of her son.
She had a restraining order out against the accused killer.
A National Drug Policy: Focus On The Future, Not The Past
When does a national policy finally reach the point where it is an acknowledged failure, regardless of how well-intentioned it was when we first promulgated it? When does it become necessary to raise the obvious yet fundamental assertion that our efforts to contain and curtail illegal drug use as a major policy approach have been a dismally unsuccessful?
In the medical field, if you test a drug as a possible cure and the results demonstrate its ineffectiveness, a scientist would move on, seeking another solution. We had waged war against drugs for 50 years when the United States glommed onto the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs in 1961. Ten years later, President Nixon followed with the “war on drugs.”
Route 130 In Burlington City Goes From 3 Lanes To 2
BURLINGTON CITY – The memorial made up of American flags, flowers and stuffed animals surrounding the utility pole on the corner of Route 130 and East Federal Street is a constant reminder of the highway’s dangers to pedestrians.
Videos: Singleton Questions State Education Officials About Inadequate School Funding Under Gov. Christie
Assemblyman Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) questions state Department of Education officials during Monday's Assembly Budget Committee hearing on inadequate school funding under Gov. Christie.
Christie Budget Would Strain NJ Schools And Local Governments, Rating Agency Says
TRENTON -- Schools and local governments will feel the pinch in Gov. Chris Christie's final budget, a rating agency said Monday of the $35.5 billion spending plan.
Parents, School Officials Continue Push For Equitable School Funding
TRENTON — Dozens of parents and educators from several of New Jersey's most severely underfunded school districts descended on the Statehouse on Monday to push for a long-awaited fix for the state's controversial school funding formula, arguing that their districts and children are getting shortchanged under the existing system.
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.