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Ridgewood NJ, the National Commission on COVID-19 and criminal justice put out a report titled Pandemic, Social Unrest, and Crime in U.S. Cities: March 2021 .
Continue reading New Report Shows Violent Crime Up in Major US Cities Since Covid-19 Pandemic Began
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Trenton NJ, a new study on Taxes from SELF , comes in with the same old conclusion , people in New Jersey pay massively higher taxes than anywhere else, yet state services and quality of life, wealth gap and racial equality all continue to decline.
Continue reading New Study : People in New Jersey pay Massively Higher Taxes than Anywhere Else
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Trenton NJ, the New Jersey CannaBusiness Association (NJCBA) today announced the official formation of their Hemp Working Group, which is comprised of New Jersey’s foremost experts on hemp and hemp-related policies. The Hemp Working Group is already at work looking at ways to create a robust hemp program in New Jersey. Specifically, the Group is focusing on four key priorities in 2021:
Continue reading HEMP WORKING GROUP TO HELP OUTLINE A PATH FORWARD ON NJ HEMP REGULATIONS
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Trenton NJ, Assembly Democrats Gordon Johnson, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson and Linda Carter sponsor a bill that would prohibit certain entities from agreeing to detain immigrants in New Jersey facilities. The legislation was advanced by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee on Wednesday.
Under the bill (A-5207), the State, local government agencies, and private detention facilities in New Jersey would be prohibited from entering into a new agreement or renewing/expanding an existing agreement with federal immigration authorities – such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – to house or detain individuals for civil immigration violations.
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Trenton NJ, Trenton Police Director Sheilah A. Coley today announced that a woman who allegedly stole a police vehicle in downtown Trenton and led law enforcement on a chase through Hopewell Township has been taken into custody.
Continue reading Morris Plains, Woman Arrested After Taking a Police Vehicle For A Joy Ride
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Trenton NJ, in an open letter Sussex County Commissioners Dawn Fantasia & Christopher Carney promise to fully investigate the Murphy Administration’s COVID nursing home policies which led to the death of over 8,000 victims .
Continue reading Sussex County Commissioners Promise to get Justice for COVID Nursing Home Victims
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Holmdel NJ, Former Assistant Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health’s Division of Public Health, Infrastructure, Laboratories and Emergency Preparedness, Christopher Neuwirth, filed a motion today in his pending whistle-blower lawsuit to add claims of defamation against the State, Governor Murphy and Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips.
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Trenton NJ, NJ State PBA President Pat Colligan commented on recent NJ mass shootings and pointed out the obvious , a diminished police means significantly more crime. Colligan said ,
Continue reading NJ State PBA President Pat Colligan Points Out the Obvious
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Trenton NJ, the word is that Governor Phil Murphy plans to lift New Jersey’s indoor mask mandate in public places for vaccinated people prior to Memorial Day weekend, a government source who was briefed on the decision said Friday.
Continue reading New Jersey Planning to Lift State Indoor Mask Mandate in Public Places
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Trenton NJ, Senator Anthony M. Bucco said it’s clear that public pressure to end the public health emergency immediately has helped to stall an ill-advised Democratic bill that would have extended Governor Phil Murphy’s emergency powers until next year.
Continue reading Democrats Attempt to Extend Governor Murphy’s Emergency Powers Until 2022
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Trenton NJ, For the second time in less than two weeks, Senator Declan O’Scanlon’s laser-targeted questioning during Senate budget hearings revealed damning insight into the Murphy Administration.
At April’s rate, a pre-COVID jobs recovery would take 7 years
Leisure & Hospitality sector continues slow recovery, adding 3,000 jobs
NJ unemployment rate remains significantly above US average
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Morristown NJ, on May 20th, New Jersey’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development issued the monthly jobs report for April 2021. Dr. Charles Steindel, former Chief Economist of the State of New Jersey and current Resident Scholar, Anisfield School of Business at Ramapo College, analyzed the report for the Garden State Initiative:
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Harrisburg PA, Pennsylvanians on Tuesday voted to strip Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s emergency powers that he imposed during the COVID-19 outbreak. The vote approves constitutional amendments proposed by Republican lawmakers angry over Wolf’s handling of the outbreak. Republicans see the vote as an overture to the upcoming governor’s race.
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Trenton NJ, A Mercer County, New Jersey, man today admitted attempting to interfere with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder when he attempted to set fire to a police vehicle during a riot in the City of Trenton, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
