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Posted on March 20, 2021March 20, 2021 by James — Leave a comment

New Jersey income tax filing and payment due date for individuals will be automatically extended from April 15, 2021 to May 17, 2021

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Trenton NJ, following the Federal lead, Governor Phil Murphy, Treasurer Elizabeth Muoio, Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee Chairman Paul Sarlo, and Assembly Budget Committee Chairwoman Eliana Pintor Marin today announced that the state income tax filing and payment due date for individuals for the 2020 tax year will be automatically extended from April 15, 2021 to May 17, 2021 to mirror actions taken by the IRS. The extension was made under the authority of the Department of Treasury’s Director of the Division of Taxation. Formal guidance will be provided in the coming days.

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Posted on March 19, 2021March 18, 2021 by James — 4 Comments

Four More Correctional Officers Charged in Inmate Assault Probe at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility

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TRENTON NJ, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today announced charges against four senior correctional police officers related to an incident in which inmates were assaulted and seriously injured at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in the early morning of Jan. 12, 2021.

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Posted on March 18, 2021March 17, 2021 by James — 6 Comments

Senior NJ Correctional Officer Charged Official Misconduct for Concealing his Membership in an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang

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Trenton NJ, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that a suspended senior correctional police officer at Northern State Prison was indicted today on charges including official misconduct for falsifying a New Jersey Department of Corrections record to conceal his membership in an outlaw motorcycle gang.

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Posted on March 18, 2021March 17, 2021 by James — 3 Comments

New Jersey Ranks Near Last for Return on Taxes Paid to the Federal Government

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New Jersey Is 2021’s 2nd Least Federally Dependent State

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Ridgewood NJ, with states having received hundreds of billions of dollars in federal aid during the COVID-19 pandemic, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released updated rankings for 2021’s Most & Least Federally Dependent States, as well as accompanying videos.

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Posted on March 18, 2021March 17, 2021 by James — 5 Comments

Governor Phil Murphy Extends the Public Health Emergency Again !

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Trenton NJ, Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 231. The Order extends the Public Health Emergency that was declared on March 9, 2020 through Executive Order No. 103, which was previously extended in 2020 on April 7, May 6, June 4, July 2, August 1, August 27, September 25, October 24, November 22, and December 21, and again in 2021 on January 19 and February 17. Under the Emergency Health Powers Act, a declared public health emergency expires after 30 days unless renewed.

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Posted on March 17, 2021March 16, 2021 by James — 2 Comments

Man Indicted for Allegedly Throwing Explosive Device at New Jersey State Troopers During “Mostly Peaceful” Protests

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Trenton NJ, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that a man was indicted for allegedly throwing an explosive device at members of the New Jersey State Police on May 31, 2020 during the mostly peaceful protests in New Jersey’s capital city Trenton over the death of George Floyd .

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Posted on March 15, 2021March 14, 2021 by James — 1 Comment

Murphy Administration Was Warned “Nursing Home Order” Would Result in the Deaths of Nursing Home Patients

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Trenton NJ, in conference call on March 31 with hundreds of long-term care facility operators the Murphy Administration was told patients would die , “You understand that by asking us to take COVID patients, by demanding we take COVID patients, that patients will die in nursing homes that wouldn’t have otherwise died had we screened them out.”

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Posted on March 13, 2021March 12, 2021 by James — 1 Comment

New Jersey leads the nation in COVID-19 deaths per capita, time for a serious investigation of Governor Murphy

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Trenton NJ, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy like to say his decisions are based on science and data. New Jersey leads the nation in COVID-19 deaths per capita. It leads the world. If New Jersey were a country, its death rate of 249 deaths per 100,000 residents would rank it ahead of every nation on Earth.

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Posted on March 10, 2021March 9, 2021 by James — Leave a comment

WalletHub Study : New Jersey Has the 10th Highest Tax Rates in the Country

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With Tax Day looming and 74% of people disapproving of how the government has used tax dollars during the COVID-19 pandemic, WalletHub today released its 2021 Taxpayer Survey, as well as its yearly report on the States with the Highest & Lowest Tax Rates (accompanying videos included) in order to help people better understand this confusing time of year. You can find highlights from both below, followed by the full list of WalletHub’s 2021 taxpayer resources.

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Posted on March 10, 2021March 9, 2021 by James — 3 Comments

Assemblywoman Goes Undercover to Investigate ‘broken’ Unemployment System

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Trenton NJ, it is not just that New Jersey’s unemployment offices have been closed for almost a full year, it is that the system had been hobbling along long before the crisis hit. That is what Assemblywoman Aura Dunn discovered Thursday when she was let inside the shuttered one-stop career center in Randolph.
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Posted on March 9, 2021March 9, 2021 by James — 2 Comments

Democrats Cave , look to Reverse Course on Parental Notification

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Trenton NJ, two weeks ago, the Democrat majority passed a bill prohibiting police to notify parents when their underage children are caught using marijuana or alcohol.

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Posted on March 8, 2021March 7, 2021 by James — Leave a comment

Cuomo Backs tracks ,Murphy Brags about Nursing Home Covid Death Data

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Trenton NJ, Amid reported investigations into New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) office handling statistics around coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes, neighboring New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) said Sunday he was “confident” in his state’s data.

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Posted on March 6, 2021March 5, 2021 by James — 3 Comments

Republican frontrunner Jack Ciattarelli Demands Governor Murphy Release Details of His ‘partnership’ and ‘teamwork’ with Governor Cuomo on Nursing Homes

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Somerville NJ, Today, Republican frontrunner Jack Ciattarelli released the following statement on new reports exposing the detailed efforts of Governor Cuomo to conceal the true number of deaths caused by his nursing home directive, a directive that was identical to the one issued by Governor Murphy:

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Posted on March 5, 2021March 4, 2021 by James — 1 Comment

Governor Murphy Again Puts Politics Over Quality of Life at NJ’s Veterans Homes

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Trenton NJ, Senator Joe Pennacchio and Senator Kristin Corrado today questioned Murphy’s selections of new leadership at the veterans home in Menlo Park.

“The Governor’s bold idea for new leadership to fix our veterans homes is to bring back those who failed the first time around,” said Pennacchio (R-26). “I can’t believe that’s the best he could do.”

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Posted on March 5, 2021March 4, 2021 by James — Leave a comment

Majority of CPA’s Polled Considered Governor Murphy’s Budget Worse for the Economy over the Long Term

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Roseland NJ, Nearly 65 percent of the 315 certified public accountants (CPAs) surveyed by the New Jersey Society of CPAs (NJCPA) after Governor Murphy presented his proposed 2022 budget for New Jersey on Feb. 22 said they considered the $44.83 billion budget worse for the economy over the long term. Nearly 40 percent of those respondents said it would leave the economy “significantly worse” and 24 percent said it would leave the economy “marginally worse.”

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