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Singleton, Quijano, Caputo, Taliaferro, Green, Caride & Houghtaling Bill to Protect Sandy Victims Still Rebuilding from Costly Bureaucratic Setbacks Clears Assembly

Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Troy Singleton, Annette Quijano, Ralph Caputo and Adam Taliaferro to ensure the fairness of project deadlines, enhance transparency, and create foreclosure protections for Superstorm Sandy victims was approved Thursday by the Assembly. 

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TASK FORCE TO GET ITS HANDS WET ASSESSING NJ’S AGING WATER SYSTEM

Outdated infrastructure, water-quality issues to be addressed in six-month period given to recommending short- and long-term solutions. 

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Uber, Lyft resist plan to fingerprint

New Jersey already legally mandates fingerprint background checks for Little League coaches, charter school trustees, mortgage brokers, school bus drivers, blackjack dealers and private eyes.

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Christie eyes scrapping tax deal with Pa., which could cost some N.J. residents more

Gov. Chris Christie will contemplate ending a 38-year-old agreement with Pennsylvania that allows New Jersey and Pennsylvania residents who work across the river to pay income taxes where they live.

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Burlington County holding information sessions on energy savings program

Ten municipalities in Burlington County will be moving forward with the Energy Aggregation Program, but before the changes kick in, the county is giving residents opportunities to get more information about the utility-savings initiative.

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South Jersey lawmakers oppose Christie scrapping tax deal with Pa.

Gov. Chris Christie's decision to take a look at ending a 38-year-old agreement with Pennsylvania that allows New Jersey and Pennsylvania residents who work across the river to pay income taxes where they live has been met with outrage from South Jersey lawmakers who say New Jerseyans would end up paying more in taxes.

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Big Ballot Measures Mean Big Spending

This year will likely surpass all others in terms of independent, outside group spending in New Jersey elections.

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Singleton, Quijano, Caputo, Taliaferro, Green, Caride & Houghtaling Bill to Protect Sandy Victims Still Rebuilding from Costly Bureaucratic Setbacks Clears Assembly

 Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Troy Singleton, Annette Quijano, Ralph Caputo and Adam Taliaferro to ensure the fairness of project deadlines, enhance transparency, and create foreclosure protections for Superstorm Sandy victims was approved Thursday by the Assembly. 

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DRINKING WATER PANEL DELAYS RECOMMENDING SAFE LIMIT ON TOXIC CHEMICAL

Just the latest in a series of delays on urgent matters of public health, environmental advocates say

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The Enemy of One-Person, One-Vote Democracy

tt0628-v1.jpgIf you examine the boundaries of election districts, you cannot help but notice that somehow they seem rather oddly shaped, and their configuration is not necessarily a coincidence.

The practice of creating election districts to benefit a specific candidate or party goes back to the founding days of our country. (Indeed, the term, gerrymander, appeared for the first time in 1812 when a Boston newspaper applied the word to then-Gov. Gerry and the salamander-shaped district he created in an attempt to give his party an electoral advantage.)

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