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CHRISTIE MISSES TAX-REVENUE ESTIMATE, BLOWS $600M HOLE IN CURRENT BUDGET
Administration will make across-the-board cuts and tap Clean Energy Fund, but says it will not touch scheduled pension payments
NJ bills aim to catch up with Uber, Lyft
Lawmakers in both houses of the Legislature last week introduced bills aimed at creating a regulatory framework that they say will allow these companies to operate while imposing new licensing requirements.
Uber laws should focus on safety, availability, expert says
As three New Jersey cities attempt to regulate ride-hailing companies, the state legislature is negotiating its own proposals to rein in Uber and its ilk.
Feds: N.J. graduation rates among best in nation
New Jersey high school graduation rates continue to be among the best in the nation, with 88.6 percent of students in the class of 2014 having earned their diplomas in four years, according to a new report released Monday.
“Building a Grad Nation,” shows that New Jersey students graduated at a rate higher than the national average of 82.3 percent, and that only Iowa and Nebraska had higher rates; Wisconsin’s was the same.
The Imperfect Greatness of America
Whether you like him, hate him or are indifferent, Donald’s Trump’s slogan, “Make America Great Again,” is one of those catchy phrases that seems to grow in power if you keep repeating it. Certainly for the Trump campaign, that sound bite has become a successful mantra.
The Trump slogan and the Democratic response to it got me thinking a great deal about the war of words to which we’ve been exposed and, more importantly, what it says about each political party and those who support them.
Muoio, Benson, Singleton, Greenwald, Pinkin, Spencer & Downey Bill to Boost State Response to Elevated Lead Levels in Children Gains Assembly Panel Approval
An Assembly panel on Thursday approved legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Elizabeth Maher Muoio, Daniel Benson, Troy Singleton, Louis Greenwald, Nancy Pinkin, L. Grace Spencer and Joann Downey to strengthen the state's response to elevated blood lead levels in children.
N.J. open-space preservation stalls without launch of voter-approved funding
A referendum New Jersey approved more than a year and a half ago would provide about $80 million a year from corporate tax revenue to acquire and preserve land.
But the funds are stalled because Gov. Chris Christie has not signed legislation to implement it.
N.J. Senate agrees to Christie compromise on food stamps
TRENTON — The state Senate on Monday unanimously accepted a compromise with Gov. Chris Christie over access to food stamps for unemployed people living in economically distressed cities and counties in New Jersey.
The Senate voted 40-0 to agree with the governor's conditional veto that was borne out of a difference between his administration, which wanted to fully restore work requirements as a condition of receiving benefits, and lawmakers who wanted to ask the federal government to waive those requirements in these specific communities.
New jobs headed to Burlington Twp.
BURLINGTON TWP. - More than 400 new jobs will be arriving soon at a new industrial warehouse complex and new retail and food stores opening at opposite ends of a municipality with easy access to major highways.
Among businesses coming to the Burlington Industrial Park complex of four distribution warehouses with nearly 2 million square feet of space are Swedish fashion retailer H&M, American Hostess and a hotel supplier, according to local government officials.
NJ municipalities and state lawmakers scrambling to regulate Uber
ELIZABETH — As more cities like this one try to come up with a policy regarding Uber and other ride share services, many are looking to Newark’s agreement as an example of a good plan.
The Elizabeth City Council voted Tuesday night to ban the services from Newark Liberty International Airport’s Terminal A, which rests on the Union County city’s side of the border, and its train stations.