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Board of Public Utilities approves natural gas pipeline through the Pines
State regulators voted Wednesday to approve permitting a controversial natural gas pipeline to cross through a portion of the protected Pinelands in Cumberland and Cape May counties, a move that some environmental groups fear will be repeated by another utility company pursuing approval for a pipeline through northern Burlington County.
N.J. revenues fell further behind Christie projection in November
New Jersey tax collections so far this year were set back further in November by increasingly sluggish corporation business tax collections.
Singleton Introduces Legislation to Train Police on Mental Illnesses
Singleton Introduces Legislation to Train Police on Mental Illnesses, Revise Standards for Involuntary Commitment
Bill Responds to Concerns Raised in Task Force Report on Mental Health
LEGISLATION WOULD PUNISH COMPANIES DODGING U.S. TAXES WITH OVERSEAS MERGERS
American firms with operations in New Jersey would lose state contracts and business-tax incentives
The Record: Medical costs
THE RECORD earlier this year reported on a number of cases in which patients received unexpected medical bills after undergoing procedures they thought were covered by their insurance policy. A bill in Trenton was designed to fix the problem, but roadblocks soon emerged. There were a number of delays, and last week, the bill lacked the votes to get out of commit-tee, virtually killing it for this legislative session. For now, the road is closed.
Singleton, Conaway, Andrzejczak, Mazzeo, Garcia & Mosquera Bill to Require Annual Report on State Workforce Continues Advancing
Assembly approved legislation Assembly Democrats Troy Singleton, Herb Conaway, Bob Andrzejczak, Vincent Mazzeo, Carmelo Garcia, and Gabriela Mosquera sponsored to require the state Employment and Training Commission to prepare an annual report on the state's workforce was advanced Thursday by the Senate Labor Committee.
New Jersey Committee Passes Ban on Leghold Trapping
Resolution calls for reinstatement of the recently lifted 30-year-old statewide ban on leghold traps
Remembering Rowan: Industrialist's legacy one of 'innovation, humanitarianism and courage'
Henry Rowan, the multimillionaire industrialist from Westampton and the namesake of Rowan University, died Wednesday night. He was 92.
Giving Credit, Where Credit Is Due
I was recently asked to speak at a community gathering about some of the challenges facing families today. This engaging conversation was punctuated by many in the audience who commented about the growing cost of child care and how it was placing a significant burden on their families. While this particular dialogue played out at this one gathering, I am sure it could be replicated in communities all across New Jersey. Access to affordable and high quality child care is proving to be a stumbling block as working families try to climb the ladder of success.
How will No Child Left Behind rewrite affect N.J. schools?
New Jersey could more easily make changes to student testing, academic standards and teacher evaluations under a proposed new federal education law that passed the U.S. Senate on Wednesday.
But that doesn't mean that it will, the top state education official said.