State News

NJ DCA Reports On Popular Charities

May 25, 2011

NEWARK – During its most recent reported fiscal year, only 10 percent of the money spent by the Garden State Law Enforcement Officers Foundation, a New Jersey registered charity based in Tennent, funded charitable programs. The remaining 90 percent was spent on fundraising, management, and general costs, according to information the charity reported to the…

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State Must Find $500 Million More For School Funding

May 24, 2011

TRENTON – The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that Gov. Chris Christie’s administration must find more money for schools in the state’s poorest districts. The decision will cost approximately $500 million, according to an estimate based on Office of Legislative Services figures.

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Voters May Get Chance To Increase Property Tax Relief For Veterans

May 24, 2011

TRENTON – Legislation to ask voters in November to increase the veterans’ property tax deduction from the current $250 to $500 by 2016 was released Monday by an Assembly panel.

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Candidate Cautions Of Cost Catastrophe

May 24, 2011
Candidate Cautions Of Cost Catastrophe

NORTH PLAINFIELD—New Jersey residents could see their out-of-pocket expenses double under a Republican budget proposal that would end Medicare as we know it and turn it into a voucher program, according to an analysis by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee.

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State Officials Advise NJ Residents To Prepare For Hurricane Season

May 24, 2011

TRENTON – State officials are advising New Jersey residents and businesses to prepare for the Atlantic hurricane season, which begins on June 1 and continues through Nov. 30.

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New Jersey Receives $59 Million In Homeland Security Funds

May 20, 2011

TRENTON –New Jersey has been awarded more than $59.2 million in federal homeland security dollars for federal fiscal year 2011, state officials announced today.

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Future Public Employees Will Have To Live In NJ

May 20, 2011

TRENTON – Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill into law yesterday that requires all future public employees to live in New Jersey.

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NJ Adds 14,000 Jobs In April; Unemployment Remains At 9.3%

May 20, 2011

TRENTON – For the third consecutive month, New Jersey’s economy added jobs. However, unemployment remained at 9.3 percent in April as the overall workforce continued to grow with previously discouraged workers reentering the labor market.

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Assembly Committee Clears Bill That Would Allow Gasoline Retailers To Offer Promotions

May 20, 2011

TRENTON – Legislation to allow retailers to offer rebates, and promotions for purchasing gasoline was advanced Thursday by an Assembly committee.

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Assembly Panel Advances Bill To Expand NJ’s DNA Database

May 20, 2011

TRENTON – An Assembly committee advanced a bill to expand New Jersey’s DNA database on Thursday.

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