TRENTON — New Jersey’s highest court is weighing whether police departments should be given broad discretion over which documents to release under the state’s public records laws. News organizations and civil liberties advocates say a decision in the case, which involves records from a police shooting requested by a media company, will have broad implications for… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 6th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, News, NJ Courts, NJ Judiciary, NJ Supreme Court | Tags: news, NJ Supreme Court, Open Public Records, Police Records | Comments Off on What police records should be public? Supreme Court to decide
NEWARK, N.J. — Officials representing New Jersey Transit and rail workers unions have concluded meetings in Washington to try and avert a system-wide rail strike. The two sides met Friday in front of the National Mediation Board to try and settle differences. A union official says the sides are scheduled to meet again on Monday in… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 6th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, News | Tags: National Mediation Board, New Jersey, NJ Transit, NJ Transit strike | Comments Off on No deal yet between NJ Transit, unions to avoid strike; talks to continue Monday
When NJ Transit and rail union officials sit down Friday with federal mediators in Washington D.C., the two sides will talk about a new offer on the table from the agency that could avert a March 13 strike or lockout. A counter proposal is on the table from NJ Transit, said Dennis Martin, the agency’s interim… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 4th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, NJ Transit | Tags: New Jersey, NJ Transit, NJ Transit strike | Comments Off on NJ Transit says new offer on table to avert rail strike
TRENTON — Donald Trump is probably the main reason Gov. Chris Christie didn’t win the Republican nomination for president, his campaign manager told NJ Advance Media. But even though Trump dashed Christie’s White House dreams, Ken McKay says the governor’s controversial endorsement of the real estate mogul should be taken as nothing more than an act… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 3rd, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: 2016 Presidential Politics, Chris Christie, Donald Trump, New Jersey | Tags: 2016 Presidential politics, Chris Christie, Donald Trump, New Jersey | Comments Off on Christie campaign manager reveals why Gov. backed Trump
By Michele Siekerka, President and CEO, New Jersey Business and Industry Association
I can’t go to a family gathering, out with friends, to a meeting with NJBIA members, or even to my local diner without hearing people talking about the cost of living in New Jersey and how they are planning their exit strategy. Marry these real-life discussions with the findings of our recent Business Outlook… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 1st, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey | Tags: Michele Siekerka, New Jersey Business and Industry Association, New Jersey Economy, Outmigration | Comments Off on Op-Ed: We Must Take Steps to Reverse the Economic Impact of Outmigration
Saturday night’s Powerball drawing once again failed to produce a jackpot winner, but one person who bought a ticket in New Jersey still figure to be very happy. A ticket sold in the Garden State was one of three across the country to match five numbers, but not the Powerball. Tickets sold in New Jersey, Texas… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: February 29th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, News | Tags: New Jersey, Powerball, Powerball Lottery | Comments Off on Powerball ticket sold in N.J. worth $1M
ABOARD THE CHAMBER TRAIN — Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Union) said Thursday he’d like to restore aid to New Jersey’s municipalities to lower property taxes, but the state simply can’t afford it. Lawmakers have introduced a bill ( A302) to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in energy tax receipts and Consolidated Municipal Property Tax… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: February 26th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, New Jersey State Budget, News, NJ GOP, Property Taxes | Tags: Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick, Assembly Republcians, Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick, energy tax receipts, NJ State Budget, Property Taxes | Comments Off on Bramnick: N.J. can’t afford to restore aid to towns to cut property taxes
LAWRENCE — Former state treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff who resigned last July will be talking at Rider University next week about the budgetary challenges facing the state. “Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff has been a leading player inside the Christie administration for several years,” said Benjamin Dworkin, director of the school’s Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics, which is sponsoring… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: February 25th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, New Jersey State Budget, News | Tags: Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff, Ben Dworkin, Former State Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff, Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics, Rider University | Comments Off on Ex-state treasurer to talk about N.J.’s budgetary challenges
TRENTON — With the cost of college rising and graduates swimming in student debt, New Jersey lawmakers are calling for a cap on in-state tuition hikes at the state’s public college and universities. The Assembly Higher Education Committee on Monday approved a bill ( A552) that would place an annual 4 percent cap on in-state tuition… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: February 22nd, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, NJ State Legislature | Tags: Assembly Higher Education Committee, Assemblyman Jay Webber, NJ College Tuition, NJ Legislature, Tuition Caps | 2 Comments »
A former Miss New Jersey winner critically injured in a crash last week died this morning at Cooper University Hospital in Camden. Cara McCollum, 24, of Margate, died at 4:31 a.m. Monday, according to a Facebook group, “Prayers for Cara,” which has provided periodic updates about her condition. McCollum was driving a 2014 Ford Mustang convertible… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: February 22nd, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey | Tags: Cara McCollum, Cooper University Hospital, Miss New Jersey, New Jersey | Comments Off on Former Miss New Jersey dies 1 week after crash