poor planning and over development strike again
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Trenton NJ, The Murphy Administration today asked residents and businesses to conserve water as the state continues to experience a persistent period of hot and dry weather.
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Trenton NJ, Republican leadership in the New Jersey Senate and General Assembly called for the formation of a special legislative committee to investigate massive health care premium increases that will be paid by active and retired public employees and taxpayers.
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Trenton NJ, The Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) released a report finding the overwhelming majority of the New Jersey towns it sampled are wasting taxpayer funds by making and agreeing to make excessive sick leave payments to public employees.
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Continue reading New Jersey State Police Cold Case Unit Identifies Victim of a 1982 Homicide
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Trenton NJ, Senator Sam Thompson said the new state debt report issued today by the Treasury Department directly contradicts claims by Governor Phil Murphy and Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio that they have reduced state debt.
Continue reading Rapidly Rising State Debt, Contradicts Murphy Administration Claims to the Contrary
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Trenton NJ, within the lines of the Democrats’ $50.6 billion budget, state support for Planned Parenthood was doubled to more than $40 million, an increase Senator Ed Durr called “disgraceful.”
Continue reading Democrats’ $50.6 billion budget : NJ Taxpayer-Funded Abortions for Everyone
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Trenton NJ, NJBIA Vice President of Government Affairs Ray Cantor will testify today that a new environmental justice rule proposed by the state Department of Environmental Protection runs the risk of negatively impacting residents economically in communities designated as overburdened.
Continue reading New Environmental Justice Rule Could Sink New Jersey’s Economy Once and For All
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Ridgewood NJ, Focus NJ has finalized its 2021 Economic Review, chronicling the unique challenges New Jersey faced in the latter stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continue reading Focus NJ’s 2021 Economic Review Shows NJ Challenges Exiting Pandemic
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Trenton NJ, Senator Michael Testa said Governor Phil Murphy could have prevented school aid cuts and resulting property tax increases with money that was earmarked for $500 checks and free health care for illegal aliens in the new state budget.
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Trenton NJ, Senator Declan O’Scanlon highlighted the delayed and failed tax relief in the FY 2023 State Budget that Governor Phil Murphy signed, including a payroll tax increase that takes effect tomorrow, ANCHOR rebates that won’t be delivered until 2023, and child tax credits that won’t help parents until 2024, and tax bracket creep that remains unaddressed.
Continue reading ANCHOR Property Tax Rebates Delayed Until 2023
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Morristown NJ, on June 30th, the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis issued its report on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by State for the 1st Quarter of 2021, which covers the months of January through March. Dr. Charles Steindel, former Chief Economist of the State of New Jersey, analyzed the report for the Garden State Initiative:
Continue reading New Jersey’s Real GDP fell at an Annual Rate of 2.2% in the First Quarter of 2022
Trenton NJ, With all the economic problems facing our state and our citizens, Governor Murphy and the Democratic legislature are instead shamefully laser-focused on ending the life of more babies and causing more misery and harm to women facing crisis pregnancies.
Continue reading New Jersey Becomes Abortion Sanctuary State
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Trenton NJ, on March 21st, 2020 NJ Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order 107 , denying New Jersey residents their constitutional rights . Governor Murphy justified his decision , “To mitigate the impact of COVID-19 and protect the capacity of New Jersey’s health care system for the state’s most vulnerable, Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 107, directing all residents to stay at home until further notice. The order provides for certain exceptions, such as obtaining essential goods or services, seeking medical attention, visiting family or close friends, reporting to work, or engaging in outdoor activities.”
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Trenton NJ, a bill that makes permanent new working hours for minors and greatly improves the process for teens to obtain working papers is scheduled for a vote in the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee today.
