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Facing budget gap, Gov. Murphy seeks reduced spending and a …
5 days ago · The nascent Stay NJ property tax relief program requires New Jersey to maintain a surplus equal to at least 12% of spending to avoid a pause, though lawmakers overrode that provision using budget language in the current fiscal year, when reserves added up to 10.9% of spending.. The program is one source of escalating costs New Jersey faces in the coming years.
Closely divided House means tough choices ahead for House …
2 days ago · On Wednesday afternoon, the Associated Press reported that Democrat Derek Tran flipped a California House seat held by GOP Rep. Michelle Steel.. Why does this matter to New Jersey voters? Well, with another California Democrat leading in a Republican-held district that has yet to be called, Republicans are looking at a House majority in January that could end up being a whopping total of two ...
Outdoor dining rules made permanent with new law
6 days ago · Gov. Phil Murphy signed bipartisan legislation Monday to make the state’s outdoor dining rules permanent, extending a pandemic-era practice that allowed restaurants to operate amid indoor restrictions. New Jersey has allowed outdoor dining on a temporary basis since June 2020, when Murphy issued an executive order meant to ease restaurant operations amid shutdown orders and strict limits on ...
Lawsuit seeks records related to Amazon worker deaths
5 days ago · A workers’ rights group is suing a federal agency to obtain records on the deaths of three Amazon workers who died within three weeks of each other in New Jersey warehouses in 2022. WarehouseLife filed the complaint in federal court Tuesday asking a judge to force the U.S. Department of Labor to fulfill records requests and provide Occupational Health and Safety Administration reports into ...
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A look at how tariffs, deportations and more of Trump’s proposals could affect housing costs BY: Casey Quinlan - November 27, 2024 Policymakers are watching for indications of what President-elect Donald Trump plans to do to ease housing costs next year after an election where voters were laser-focused on the economy.
Nearly 250K turned out on first weekend of early in-person voting …
Nearly a quarter-million New Jerseyans cast machine votes at one of 159 early voting centers statewide this weekend, shattering previous records for early in-person turnout. On Saturday and Sunday, 247,003 residents cast early in-person votes, according to data provided by the Department of State.
Gun coalition targets New Jersey’s one-gun-a-month law in new …
Sep 27, 2024 · Since the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 declared a constitutional right to carry, gun-rights advocates have targeted New Jersey’s famously tough gun laws, challenging one after the other in court, from its assault weapon ban to a prohibition on guns in sensitive places to a law that allows the state to sue gun makers as a public nuisance.. Thursday, they sued again, taking aim this time at a ...
A revamped ballot design jumpstarts democracy in New Jersey
May 31, 2024 · The article is published through a collaboration between Bolts and the New Jersey Monitor.. As New Jersey Democrats vote in Tuesday’s primaries, they’ll encounter a revamped ballot, stripped of a unique design that critics say has given party leaders the ability to hand-select primary winners.
Moody's boosts N.J.'s credit outlook, citing pension payments and ...
Aug 15, 2024 · Ratings firm Moody’s improved New Jersey’s credit outlook on Wednesday but kept ratings static for the state as a whole, praising continued full pension payments but warning that reliance on one-shot revenue items and a drained surplus could lead to credit downgrades.