Trenton NJ, The New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police (NJFOP) announced endorsements of 2020 Presidential, U. S. Senate and New Jersey Congressional candidates at its September Board meeting.
NJFOP President Robert J. Fox says, “NJFOP, along with all of the other state FOP Lodges in the Nation, unanimously endorsed President Donald J. Trump for re-election in this year’s Presidential race. I encourage all of our members to vote on November 3 and support President Trump and our US Senate and Congressional candidates listed below.
Trenton NJ, The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) received 24,663* initial unemployment claims last week, a 25 percent increase over the previous week, as the number of workers seeking jobless benefits now tops 1.6 million since COVID-19 forced many businesses to close six months ago.
Parsippany NJ. Rosemary Becchi, Republican candidate for New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District, releases her economic plan promising to put local families and their businesses first.
“While New Jersey families continue to struggle and many of our favorite small businesses are forced to close their doors, Mikie Sherrill and Nancy Pelosi refuse to take action,” said Becchi. “The dysfunction in Washington is destroying New Jersey and it must be stopped.”
Morris Plains NJ, Six months after Governor Phil Murphy issued numerous Executive Orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, Sept. 23 in the Sussex County Superior Court, Law Division, is seeking a declaratory judgment against the Governor.
By Dennis Hart
TRENTON NJ, Businesses in New Jersey are struggling to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic and take-out food containers have never been more important to businesses trying to manage their costs, while adhering to safety protocols. It is for these reasons, that I cannot understand why the New Jersey Legislature would take up this issue during this emergency and ban the one type of food container that is better for the environment, more cost effective and preserves the quality and safety of its food contents over and above the alternative products. In addition, A1978/S864 will ban all products within supermarkets that have any degree of polystyrene packaging, including some of your favorite items that you will have to shop for out of state or on-line to purchase.
“Today we have a voting session. One of the bills being voted on is a bill that is the nation’s MOST RESTRICTIVE BAG BAN and it will ban PAPER and PLASTIC BAGS and most take out containers while imposing new costs on those who can least afford it during a global pandemic and economic downturn.
Trenton NJ, Several bills up for committee votes today will make the proposed FY2021 budget revision go from bad to worse, the New Jersey Business & Industry Association testified today.
NJBIA Vice President of Government Affairs Christopher Emigholz told the Assembly and Senate Budget committees today that adding another $500 million in borrowing to the already unnecessary $4 billion in borrowing submitted by Gov. Phil Murphy is wholly irresponsible.
Trenton NJ, Senate Republicans launched an online petition to enlist the public’s support to convince legislative leaders to allow a special bipartisan committee with subpoena power to investigate the massive loss of life in New Jersey’s nursing homes, veterans homes, and long-term care (LTC) facilities due to COVID-19.
Basking Ridge NJ, A Basking Ridge (Somerset County) resident faces up to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty on September 15 to concealing attempts to provide material support to HAMAS. Court documents indicated Jonathan Xie, 21, hid details about his efforts to offer support and resources to the foreign terrorist organization, admitting he believed he was aiding the group in committing violence. In December 2018, Xie sent $100 to an individual in Gaza he believed was part of a HAMAS faction that has conducted attacks, posting about it on social media. About four months later, a man wearing a black ski mask later identified as Xie claimed in a video online that “he was against Zionism and the neo-liberal establishment,” according to prosecutors. He said he would join HAMAS if he could find a way, displayed the group’s flag and a handgun, and expressed he would shoot everybody at a pro-Israel march. Also in April 2019, Xie sent an undercover FBI employee a link to a website of the HAMAS faction he previously donated money to. He provided screenshots of the website and demonstrated how to send bitcoin through it. Xie could also be fined $250,000 when sentenced on January 27.
CHESTER NJ, With a critical Presidential election that has been marred by Constitutionally questionable State procedural changes in voting due to a pandemic it is now more important than ever for the U.S. Senate to swiftly confirm a Supreme Court nominee. As we learned in 2001, in the landmark case Bush v. Gore, the Supreme Court decision ruled that the recount challenges in Florida violated the Equal Protection Clause as unconstitutional and was instrumental in upholding the law of democracy. The ruling on whether an alternative means of counting could be established within the time limit set by Title 3 of the United States Code came down to a close 5-4 decision. Without a full bench, a split decision could create a Constitutional crisis.
Mahwah NJ, On September 26th, next Saturday, all U.S.-based stock exchanges will simulate a day’s worth of trading using their backup sites in the Midwest. The test is a dry run for relocating the data processing permanently should New Jersey go through with its new financial transactions tax, which targets New York-based stock exchanges that currently rely on electronic infrastructure located across the river in New Jersey.
Totawa NJ, Senator Kristin Corrado penned multiple letters to New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way to request that the election process be made fully transparent while ensuring both County Clerks and the Board of Elections can deliver fair and accurate election results.
Ridgewood NJ, Statements from Senate Republican Budget Committee Members on Democrats’ Tax Deal . The four Republican members of the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee issued the following statements in response to a tax deal announced by Governor Phil Murphy and Democratic legislative leaders today.
Trenton NJ, With the U.S. gaining 1.4 million jobs in August and the national unemployment rate at 8.4% compared to the nearly historic high of 14.7% at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, WalletHub today released updated rankings for the States Whose August Unemployment Rates Are Bouncing Back Most, along with accompanying videos and audio files, to illustrate which areas of the country have had the best recovery so far.
Camden NJ, NJ COPSHOT is offering an additional $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of suspect(s) involved in a shooting of police officers in the City of Camden.
