A new paper authored by director of Economic Policy Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy Valerie Wilson and Rutgers University economist William M. Rodgers III, finds that racial wage gaps in 2015 were larger than they were in…
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“Indifferent to Yemen’s Misery,” Senate Approves Massive Saudi Arms Deal
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Booker & Menendez split on bipartisan resolution to block the $1.15 billion weapons sale that failed 71-27 by Nika Knight, Common Dreams staff writer The U.S. Senate on voted overwhelmingly to dismiss a bipartisan bill that would have blocked a massive…
A Kennedy claims George H.W. Bush will vote for Hillary Clinton
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Former President George H.W. Bush is so disappointed in his party’s presidential nominee that he plans to vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton in November, according to Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend, the former Maryland lieutenant governor and daughter of the late Robert F.…
Lesniak calls for chromium water quality standards
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Senator Raymond Lesniak today called on the state board responsible for making the expert recommendations to environmental regulators on water quality standards to act on new evidence that more than 150 New Jersey water systems contain potentially-dangerous levels of a…
COPS OR ROBBERS? Double-dippers dominate NJ sheriff elections
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by Mark Lagerkvist Jim McDonald is weeks away from hitting a jackpot in New Jersey’s election sweepstakes as a new double-dipping county sheriff. In January, he retired as Washington Township police chief at age 54 to draw a $94,000 a…
Presbyterian picnic at LaGrande Park in Fanwood
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Willow Grove Presbyterian Church is hosting an outdoor worship service followed by a picnic on Sunday, September 25, starting at 10:00 am at LaGrande Park in Fanwood. For this come-as-you-are service, the community is invited to worship under the…
Welcome the spirit of Shabbat
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Welcome the spirit of Shabbat this summer at Congregation Neve Shalom in Metuchen. On Friday September 23rd at 7:30, Congregation Neve Shalom in Metuchen will be hosting “Shabbat Under the Stars”. Join the congregation as we we sing and pray together…
Trump has lead in Georgia
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Donald Trump has a 3 point lead in the contest for Georgia’s electoral votes while Johnny Isakson is comfortably ahead in his bid for re-election to the U.S. Senate, according to the Monmouth University Poll. Among Georgia voters likely to…
Hudson County man sent to prison for child pornography
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A Hudson County man was sentenced to 264 months in prison for posing as a teenage boy, and at times a teenage girl, to solicit underage females online to produce images of themselves engaged in sexually explicit conduct, possessing, and…
Report identifies decisions that sent NJ into financial and economic tailspin
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From betting big on the false economic promise of drastic tax cuts to plugging budget gaps with gimmicky short-term fixes to raiding public employee pensions and health benefits, New Jersey’s finances have taken a beating from bad decision after bad…