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Trenton NJ, With some states pausing their reopening processes due to spikes in COVID-19, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released updated rankings for the States with the Fewest Coronavirus Restrictions, as well as accompanying videos and audio files.
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Trenton NJ, Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation (A4132) which would modify the State’s shared work program and change eligibility for the State’s unemployment insurance program. Earlier this week the bill was returned to the Legislature with recommended changes necessary to facilitate furloughs in lieu of layoffs. The Legislature today concurred with the Governor’s conditional veto.
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Trenton NJ, Governor Phil Murphy today announced an increased outdoor gathering capacity limit as COVID-19 cases in New Jersey continue to decline. Effective at 6 a.m. on Friday, July 3rd, outdoor gatherings are limited to 500 persons, and outdoor religious services and political activities will continue to have no numerical limits. All indoor gatherings continue to be limited to 25% capacity of the rooms in which they will take place, with a maximum of 100 persons.
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Linwood NJ, A conservative in the New Jersey Republican Primary for the U.S. Senate seat has filed an official complaint with the Department of Justice against New Jersey’s Attorney General for attempting to violate his First and Fourth Amendment Rights by intimidating him and his election campaign.
Hirsh Singh, after consulting with county clerks on the state law, had sent out a mailer informing voters that they could request duplicate ballots if they had wrongly marked them. In response, the New Jersey Attorney General’s office sent a cease-and-desist letter to Hirsh Singh’s campaign claiming that Hirsh Singh’s mailer was against the law and voters could not request another ballot.
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Hadon Heights NJ, Upon learning US Senate candidate Hirsh Singh wants an apology from the county chairs calling on him to suspend his campaign Camden County Republican Chairman Rich Ambrosino said, “Singh says he’ll accept our apology, here’s mine. I’m sorry Hirsh Singh takes his political advice from a washed-up, unemployed actor.”
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Trenton NJ, Senator Michael Testa spoke during the July 2nd, 2020 New Jersey State Senate Remote Voting Session in regards to Governor Phil Murphy’s Conditional Veto of A-4132 and the State Legislatures concurrence with the legislation. Below is his statement:
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Trenton NJ, , Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 162. The Order extends the Public Health Emergency that was declared on March 9, 2020 through Executive Order No. 103, which was previously extended on April 7, May 6, and June 4. Under the Emergency Health Powers Act, a declared public health emergency expires after 30 days unless renewed.
Hirsh Singh Will Accept Apology From Never-Trumpers Bill Palatucci and GOP County Heads After Their Failed Attempt to Disenfranchise Conservative Voters and Help a Democrat
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Linwood NJ, Hirsh Singh, who is running in the Republican US Senate Primary, has said he will accept a formal apology from Chris Christie’s lower level aide Bill Palatucci and eight Republican Party county leaders for their dishonest claims which could amount to voter fraud on their part. The county leaders included Union County’s Chair Glenn Mortimer who was part of the group that attempted a coup against Donald Trump in 2016 in order to steal the GOP nomination and hand it over to John Kasich. The county leaders attacked Hirsh Singh and tried to mislead voters by claiming that Singh was wrong in pointing out that voters were permitted to ask for duplicate ballots to correct their vote, and put out messages with the aim of helping Singh’s opponent Rikin Mehta, a lifelong Democrat who voted for Obama and worked for D.C. Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser.
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Trenton NJ, Gov. Phil Murphy announced that restaurants could not reopen on Thursday, July 2, and instead declared that indoor dining is prohibited indefinitely. Assemblyman Brian Bergen is calling out Murphy for being inconsiderate of the costs of running a business.
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Trenton NJ, The NJ General Assembly will have a voting session on Monday, June 29, 2020. Caucus is scheduled for 9:00 AM via teleconference. The General Assembly voting session will begin at 1:00 PM.
“Why is Phil Murphy so beholden to Cuomo? He acts like NJ is a vassal state to NY.
The source of this whole problem in this region was NYC. Murphy should have blocked NYC travel / put in similar checks long back to control the spread in NJ. Instead, NJ is by far the worst state in the nation, be it infections or deaths per capita.
This is just one more political stunt by Cuomo to save his own hide – the deflect from the fact that his reaction has been the worst of all governors in this country. And Murphy just tags along like a junior partner.”
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Camden NJ, Eleven people have been charged for their alleged roles in a large-scale conspiracy to commit bank fraud over in southern New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania over the course of four years, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
The complaints unsealed today charge each of the defendants with bank fraud conspiracy in connection with a scheme that used hundreds of fraudulent accounts to defraud several major banks of $6 million and then launder that money and send it overseas to other conspirators.
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Trenton NJ, The 15 members of the Senate Republican caucus urged to Gov. Murphy to implement a real wage freeze for State employees to address a multi-billion budget shortfall, calling the administration’s limited efforts to achieve payroll savings “too little and too late.”
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Trenton NJ, Senator Steven Oroho is calling for the safe reopening of all businesses throughout the Garden State echoing a plea made by the New Jersey Business and Industry Association, the largest statewide employer association.
