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Trenton NJ, Senator Steven Oroho said Governor Phil Murphy should have more faith in the tens of thousands of businesses across New Jersey that already have detailed plans that would allow them to reopen safely.
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Trenton NJ, Governor Phil Murphy and Superintendent of the State Police Colonel Patrick Callahan today announced an Administrative Order clarifying which businesses are permitted to operate and ways in which certain businesses may operate in accordance with Executive Order 107. The Administrative Order states the following:
Continue reading Governor Murphy Continues to Defy US Constitution
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Ridgewood NJ, according to Assemblyman Kevin J. Rooney, Governor Murphy stated there would be a re-opening plan during his press conference today, unfortunately there was no “real plan.” New Jersey residents and business are completely frustrated by the Governors lack of an opening plan. His “Road Back“ is a “Road Block”, my office receives hundreds of emails and calls from constituents regarding a definitive re-opening plan with definitive benchmarks. Today the Governors executive order remains in effect indefinitely.
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Trenton NJ, The New Jersey Supreme Court on Friday issued an omnibus order resuming the operations of some courts and extending the deadline for other court sessions and activities.
The order extends to May 31 the suspension of jury trials, landlord/tenant trials and grand jury proceedings.
Continue reading NJ Supreme Court Order Resumes Some Court Operations, Extends Suspension of Others
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The New Jersey Outdoor Alliance on Wednesday released a statement calling a proposal penalizing park goers with a $10,000 fine “preposterous” and instead released a counterproposal to re-open the state’s parks with responsible social distancing measures and public education factors in place.
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Continue reading Over 858,000 workers in New Jersey have filed for unemployment since March 15
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Ridgewood NJ, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell drew scathing criticism from a several lawmaker Wednesday for saying he would prefer to see states file for bankruptcy than receive additional federal funds as they struggle to cover the costs of combating the coronavirus outbreak.
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East Rutherford NJ, John Grembowiec, Advisory Board Chairman of the New Jersey EMS Task Force, and Dr. Terry Clancy, acting director of the New Jersey Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services, and Mike Bascom, Team Leader of the NJ EMS Task Force, Monday welcomed a new deployment of out-of-state EMS teams to New Jersey. Units as far away as Los Angeles and Palm Springs California were on location.
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Trenton NJ, Senator Declan O’Scanlon, Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso, and Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger (all R-Monmouth) called for the Governor and Department of Labor to commit to ending the backlog of unemployment claims as soon as possible in a joint statement today:
Sen. O’Scanlon, Asw. DiMaso, and Asm. Scharfenberger are supporting unemployed residents who are frustrated by delays in processing their claims, calling on Gov. Murphy and the labor commissioner to end the backlog. (Pixabay)
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TRENTON NJ, In response to growing concerns about financial market disruptions on local governments, the Murphy Administration and the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank (I-Bank) have implemented a backstop municipal bond note program. I-Bank’s $50 million liquidity investment, which is designed to help mitigate financial impacts to municipalities during the coronavirus state of emergency, launched on April 15.
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Trenton NJ, Warning that the coronavirus stock market plunge has put a majority of the nation’s public government pension plans “at risk,” Senate President Steve Sweeney today urged the President and Congress to partner with state and local governments to solve pension and infrastructure funding challenges with a federally-financed program in next month’s coronavirus recovery package.
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Trenton NJ, Senator Anthony Bucco and the Morris County Chamber of Commerce announced the formation of a COVID Economic Advisory Committee to develop specific recommendations that can have immediate positive impacts on local businesses, married with ways to safely reopen the economy as the State emerges from this crisis. Bucco will rely on the business-led blueprint in making recommendations to the Murphy administration while offering proactive solutions that can be used as part of the six-state council to restore the economy.
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Ridgewood NJ, With many industries in the U.S. ground to a halt because of the coronavirus social distancing restrictions, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on the States Slowing Down the Most During the COVID-19 Pandemic, as well as accompanying videos.
Continue reading New Jersey Is the State 3rd Most Slowed Down by COVID-19
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Ridgewood NJ, 100,000 New Jersey public workers could be partially furloughed under plan proposed by state Senate .New Jersey would cut the hours and pay of 100,000 public workers under a plan unveiled Monday by state Senate President Stephen Sweeney. But public employees would be able to collect payments that would exceed their regular wages because of the recent expansion in unemployment benefits, he said.
