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Trenton NJ, the return to the roadways in 2021 after the 2020 COVID-19 shutdowns has brought with it a significant increase in traffic deaths in New Jersey, with the state recording the highest numbers it has seen in nearly 15 years.
Continue reading Traffic Deaths in New Jersey Hit Highest mark Since 2007
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Trenton NJ, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck today announced criminal charges against Department of Corrections Associate Administrator Sean St. Paul and four correctional police officers—a major and three senior officers—related to an incident in which inmates were assaulted and seriously injured at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women on Jan. 12, 2021.
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Trenton NJ, after unemployment woes slammed residents during COVID crisis, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) announced today it has been chosen by its federal partners at U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) and U.S. Digital Service (USDS), housed in the Office of the President, as a pilot state for modernization and improvement of the federal unemployment insurance system.
Continue reading Feds Target New Jersey as Pilot State for Federal Unemployment Improvement Project
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Trenton NJ, Approximately 80,000 New Jersey workers receiving extended unemployment Insurance (UI) are due to exhaust these state benefits in coming weeks, as they reach the 13-week maximum.
Continue reading Murphy Administration Christmas Gift : Ends Unemployment Benefits to NJ Jobless
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Trenton NJ, Governor Phil Murphy and New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti today announced an Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) for the Trenton Mobility & Opportunity: Vehicles Equity System (MOVES) Project. Trenton MOVES will act to provide safe, equitable, affordable, and sustainable high-quality mobility through the deployment of 100 Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) throughout the state capital. This on-demand automated transit system will serve 90,000 residents of Trenton.
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Ridgewood NJ, Drivers in New Jersey may soon be able to purchase license plates featuring a throwback design from the 1980s thanks to legislation sponsored by Senator Kristin Corrado and advanced today by the Senate Transportation Committee.
Continue reading Bill Would Revive the New Jersey License Plate Design from the ‘80s
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Trenton NJ, State Senator-Elect Ed Durr today said that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) picked a convenient time to start caring about basic public safety measures.
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Trenton NJ, Matt Friedman of Politico NJ observed , “Speaker ordered a security sweep of the chamber but most of the GOP lawmakers on the floor wouldn’t leave. After a bunch of GOP assembly members spent several minutes arguing with state police at the entrance to the chamber without showing vax proof, they eventually just walked by. …Brian Bergen said ‘they’re not going to physically restrain us. We can just walk right in.'”
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Trenton NJ, Senate and Assembly Republicans have filed an action in New Jersey Superior Court (click here for PDF) to block enforcement of a policy imposed by the Murphy administration and Democrats in the Legislature that restricts access to the Statehouse for both the public and legislators.
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Trenton NJ, Legislators in Trenton are scheduled to vote on dozens of bills in the chambers of both houses on Thursday, but Senator Joe Pennacchio voiced concerns about a decision by the unelected members of the State Capital Joint Management Commission that could stand in the way.
Continue reading Locking Legislators and the Public Out of the People’s House is Wrong
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Trenton NJ, Senator Steven Oroho (R-24) said the State must do more to support New Jersey’s small businesses after a new survey found that 60% of business owners were planning on or considering shutting down their businesses due to the continuing challenges of the pandemic. Continue reading We should be extremely concerned when nearly 60% of business owners tell us they are ready or willing to shut their doors for good due to government mandates and restrictions
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Trenton NJ, a little-known New Jersey commission that gained a lot of notoriety for its recent decision to implement a controversial Covid policy would see a shakeup under a bill that will be introduced by Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips on Thursday.
Continue reading New Democrat Policy Limits Public and Legislative Access to New Jersey Statehouse
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Trenton NJ, as Democrats in Trenton defend rigid COVID rules at the State House that could block some elected officials from participating in Thursday’s voting sessions, Senator Joe Pennacchio questioned why the same rigor wasn’t used to protect senior residents in nursing facilities from the virus.
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Trenton NJ, Senator Steven Oroho (R-24) responded to the Murphy Administration’s release of a long-overdue proposal for the allocation of billions in federal pandemic relief funds that were delivered to New Jersey in May through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
