Trenton NJ, NJBIA President and CEO Michele Siekerka issued the following statement regarding today’s announcement of an agreement between Governor Murphy and legislative leadership to expand the base of those will pay the state’s gross income tax rate from 8.97% to 10.75%.
“This tax increase in exchange for suggested middle class relief is a gimmick that further verifies what we have said all along – increased taxes were always completely unnecessary as part of the FY2021 budget that already includes billions in bonding.
Trenton NJ, Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick panned the reported deal between Governor Phil Murphy and legislative Democrats that would raise income taxes on millionaires, costing them thousands of dollars.
TRENTON — The Department of the Treasury reported that August revenue collections for the major taxes totaled $1.958 billion, down $117.4 million, or 5.7 percent below last August. For the first two months of traditional Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 2021), total collections of $2.140 billion are down $374.7 million, or 14.9 percent below the same two months last year.
Ridgewood NJ, the AmericanLungAssociation released “The Road to Clean Air” – a new report that outlines the broad benefits of a transition to an electric transportation sector increasingly powered by clean, non-combustion renewable energy over the coming decades. The report finds a transition to electric cars, buses and trucks by mid-century would both improve air quality and address climate change, benefiting the lives and health of Americans and New Jersey residents, and would result in significant local benefits.
Trenton NJ, A recent tweet on Governor Murphy’s official Twitter account promoted in-person voter registration available inside hospital emergency rooms. An attempt to get them to register voters before they die?
“with amazing bandwidth found everywhere, why stay? staff are fleeing NYC and NJ in mass numbers. The 12billion in debt will make NJ unattractive for 12 years. parkway taxes up. cigarette taxes. gas taxes, real estate tax. no incentives to move to nj. murphy is murdering NJ one tax at a time. wall street companies are very clear they are there to be profitable. so if its not attractive economically, and good staff are fine moving, why stay? its just a building and a bunch of dedicated T3s and other connectivity. easy move.”
Flemington NJ, Senator Michael Doherty (R-23) delivered the following remarks at the Hunterdon County 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony in Flemington this morning:
On September 11, 2001, 2,977 men and women were killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Sen. Michael Doherty spoke at the Hunterdon County 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony in Flemington on the morning of September 11, 2020.
NEW PROVIDENCE NJ, The New Jersey Youth Symphony, a program of the Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts, announced today that it will host the U.S. Youth Orchestras eFestival “We Never Stopped Making Music” on September 20, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. EST via Zoom and YouTube Live. Celebrating American youth orchestras across the country during the global pandemic, the eFestival is free and open to the public. For more information, visitNJYS.org.
Newton NJ , The members of the Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders voted unanimously at their Wednesday night meeting on resolutions urging Governor Phil Murphy to fully reopen Sussex
County businesses in the near future; and a resolution against the increase in taxes and fees on firearms and ammunitions.
“I am very concerned that we will have a poor survival rate of many of our businesses,” said Freeholder Herbert Yardley. “I find it very unfortunate there was not an opportunity to say, ‘Let’s
see if it (a regional reopening) works.’”
TRENTON NJ, Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation (S19), which designates the third Friday in June as a State and public holiday, known as Juneteenth Day. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas to inform enslaved people of the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation and their freedom.
Trenton NJ, New Jersey Right to Life, the state’s largest pro-life advocacy organization, issued the following Press Release after learning that the NJ Board of Medical Examiners (NJBME) voted unanimously yesterday to change the rules governing abortion.
River Vale NJ, Assemblywomen Holly Schepisi ,”Only in New Jersey could we increase spending by BILLIONS, borrow BILLIONS in dollars because we allegedly can’t pay our increased spending, increase the gas tax during a pandemic to the fourth highest gas tax in the nation, cut programs like mental health services for at risk youth (a program that has been in place since the 1980s and has assisted children with mental health, employment, pregnancy prevention, drug abuse education and more) and then announce a program to give free cash starting next year to anyone who gives birth.
It is the equivalent of paying for your neighbor’s HULU account so they can watch Handmaid’s Tale while your own home is in foreclosure. The State of NJ is proposing to borrow money at a cost of $80 million in interest payments to the tax payers in this State in order to issue free “Baby Bonds” that will yield only a 1.35% return over 18 years or an approximate total of $21.6 million in interest. How does this make any sense whatsoever?” Continue reading Governor Murphy’s “Crazy Eddie” Borrowing Scheme
Trenton NJ, NJBIA Vice President of Government Affairs Christopher Emigholz issued the following statement regarding the nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services’ (OLS) state revenue projections of $37.8 billion next year, $1.4 billion more than the approximately $36.4 billion in revenues estimated by the Murphy administration.
The American Hindu Coalition endorses Dr. Rik Mehta for the US Senate from New Jersey State in the November 3ʳᵈ, 2020 elections
Dr. Rik Mehta is a true American, supports Hindu values and protecting religious freedoms for all, and a family man, who will take a firm stand to fix New Jersey and protect our “American Way of
Life” for our children. In making history, Dr. Mehta became the first American of Indian origin to win a major party’s nomination for a statewide race in New Jersey. Rik firmly believes:
Trenton NJ, Senator Michael Testa (R-1), a member of the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on Governor Murphy’s unspoken, but obvious, reelection budget strategy:
“While Governor Murphy claims he needs to borrow billions of dollars to prevent layoffs and fund property tax relief programs, consider the following things in this year’s budget that the borrowing will really support:
