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Singleton, Green, Mukherji & Lampitt Bill to Help Create more Affordable Housing in NJ Approved by Assembly Panel

(TRENTON) - An Assembly panel on Monday approved legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Troy Singleton (D-Burlington), Jerry Green (D-Middlesex/Somerset/Union), Raj Mukherji (D-Hudson) and Pamela Lampitt (D-Camden/Burlington) to help create more affordable housing.

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Singleton & Lampitt Bill to Help First-Time Home Buyers Realize Dream of Home Ownership Clears Assembly Committee

(TRENTON) - Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) and Pamela Lampitt (D-Camden/Burlington) to help first-time home buyers better prepare for the financial obligations that come with purchasing a home was released Monday by an Assembly panel.

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Building Financial Literacy in High School So Kids Don't Rack Up Huge College Loans

As costs of public and private colleges continue to climb, NJ students are sinking deeper into debt, but learning to be smarter about money can be a huge help. 

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No New Taxes, Spending In Christie's $35.5B Budget, But He Floats Some Novel Plans

Governor’s final budget has no dramatic innovations but he proposes new options for dealing with pensions, school funding, healthcare.

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Christie Delivers Final Budget Address With Record-High Pension-Payment, No School Fix

TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie's final state budget includes a record-high pension payment, some increased funding for drug treatment and medical schools, but it doesn't call for any drastic changes in school funding.

At least not yet.

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Christie's Last Budget Offers Few Surprises, But May Seek Final Compromise

TRENTON — Weeks ago, Gov. Chris Christie hinted on his monthly radio show that his eighth and final state budget proposal likely would contain no surprises.

He wasn’t fibbing.

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The Best Investment Return You’ll Ever Earn

tt153-feb-22-2017.jpgOne of the greatest and most significant investments that we as a society can make toward the future success of our nation is in early childhood education. Research shows that the best time to shape future productivity is from birth to age five (5). This is because the brain is most apt for development. Stimulating educational influences during this time period lays the foundation for the cognitive and character skills necessary to achieve success in school, personal health, professional development for the rest of one’s overall life. 

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A Declaw Law? Veterinarians Divided Over N.J. Cat Claw Bill

Veterinarians are sharply divided over a New Jersey bill that would make it a crime to declaw cats. New Jersey would be the first state to ban a practice that critics call painful and barbaric.

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Remembering Jamie Fox, Respected By All In NJ Politics

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Let me start by confessing that I am hopelessly biased on this one. But I am not the only one, not by a long shot.

Jamie Fox just died. He was 62. He was a friend of mine, and throw-back of the sort that seems to be passing from this earth, marching to extinction in the path of the dinosaurs.

After a lifetime in politics, fighting one tough campaign after another, serving in the cabinet of two governors, he somehow won the unreserved affection and respect of people on both sides of the aisle.

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Christie's Public Pension Legacy: Broken Promises, No Effective Fixes

As he nears end of second term, governor still struggling with state’s deeply troubled public-worker pension system, while some stakeholders look to a new administration for relief.

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