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Right treatment, right time
Both chambers in the state legislature passed a bill last month to increase access to essential biomarker testing that will now go to Gov. Phil Murphy for signing.
Reading fan
Longtime reader and Charles Street School fan, state Sen. Troy Singleton, recently visited the second-grade class during Read Across America.
Burlington County and NJDEP Holding Three Public Workshops For Climate Change Resiliency Planning
Burlington County is partnering with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and 11 county municipalities to assess climate change-related hazards in towns within the Route 130 Corridor and make plans to improve resiliency to future floods, severe storms and other hazards.
Singleton, Zwicker Legislation to Preserve Family Wealth and Protect Inheritors of Property Passes
TRENTON – Aiming to better preserve family wealth passed on in the form of real property, the Senate advanced legislation sponsored by Senators Troy Singleton and Andrew Zwicker known as the “Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act” that would establish new requirements concerning partition actions to more strongly protect the interests of cotenant property owners who may object to the action of another owner.
Burlington County Farmers Market Becomes Finalist To Be Crowned Best in the U.S.
MOORESTOWN – New Jersey’s favorite farmers market is now vying to be named the best in the nation.
Singleton Bill Would Establish Enhanced Transit Village Program
Trenton – In an effort to support mixed-use, transit-oriented development (TOD) and build upon the success of New Jersey’s Transit Village Initiative, the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee advanced legislation sponsored by Senator Troy Singleton that would establish an Enhanced Transit Village Program to better support and incentivize mixed-use development in close proximity to public transportation.
Singleton Bill to Repurpose Vacant Commercial Property Advances
Trenton – Seeking an innovative way to repurpose abandoned commercial properties, the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee advanced legislation sponsored by Senator Troy Singleton that would authorize the conversion of certain office parks and retail centers into mixed-use developments.
Payback Time? NJ Lawmaker's Proposal Before Utility Bills Skyrocket
With massive electric rate hikes less than three months away, a New Jersey senator is pushing his idea to help people pay their bills.
Need affordable housing? Here's how the laws work in New Jersey
After decades of slow progress in building up New Jersey's inventory of affordable housing following the landmark 1975 Mount Laurel decision, a year-old law designed to speed the process along is leading to lawsuits from both towns and builders.
NJ legislation that preempts local zoning for shopping malls, office parks moves out of Senate committee
State legislation that would override municipal zoning law to encourage redevelopment of "stranded" office parks and shopping malls was unanimously advanced Monday by the state Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee.