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NJEA Blasts Prieto-Sweeney Deal on School Funding

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By Salvador Rizzo • 06/14/17 10:59pm

Hours after Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto and Senate President Steve Sweeney announced a deal to revamp New Jersey’s school funding formula, the state’s largest teachers union called it a “senseless and cruel” way to punish some students.

The leaders of the New Jersey Education Association issued statements Wednesday night blasting the deal unveiled by Prieto (D-Hudson) and Sweeney (D-Gloucester), who had sparred for months over their competing school funding proposals.

https://observer.com/2017/06/njea-blasts-prieto-sweeney-deal-on-school-funding/?utm_campaign=new-jersey-politics&utm_content=2017-16-06-9858994&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=channel-new-jersey-politics-distribution

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Unused sick days are costing us billions, as Democrats dawdle

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Updated on April 16, 2017 at 3:31 PMPosted on April 16, 2017 at 3:30 PM

BY STAR-LEDGER EDITORIAL BOARD

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Sick pay is for those who get sick. If you don’t get sick, you shouldn’t get sick pay. Period.

The same goes for all fringe benefits. If you’re not disabled, you don’t get disability. If you’re not unemployed, you don’t get unemployment. This is not complicated.

Until you put politics into the mix.

New Jersey, the state with the highest property taxes in the nation, still allows public workers to collect big payouts for their unused absences. It’s a perk unheard of in the private sector, but we’re all paying dearly for it.

https://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/04/unused_sick_days_are_costing_us_billions_as_democr.html#incart_river_home

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Gas tax? Pensions? What may happen on another crazy day at N.J. Statehouse

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By Brent Johnson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on June 30, 2016 at 7:00 AM, updated June 30, 2016 at 7:27 AM

TRENTON — Four days after a marathon session that didn’t end until after midnight, the state Legislature on Thursday could be in for another crazy day.

Here is a look at what state lawmakers may — and may not — tackle:

1. The gas tax/sales tax deal could be finalized. Or not at all.

Gov. Chris Christie and the state Assembly orchestrated a surprise deal Monday: one that would raise New Jersey’s gas tax 23 cents a gallon to replenish the state Transportation Trust Fund that pays for road projects in exchange for cutting the state’s sales tax by 1 penny by 2018. The Assembly passed the proposal just after 1 a.m.

But even though the fund expires Friday, Democratic leaders in the state Senate say they are not on board with the plan. Some Republicans have also expressed reservations.

https://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/06/gas_tax_pensions_what_may_happen_on_another_crazy.html?ath=9c46bfc08d76232bb5a5e00eeaf0bfa2#cmpid=nsltr_stryheadline

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Deadlock on Atlantic City threatens other N.J. cities, credit agency says

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The deadlock between Gov. Chris Christie and elected officials over a deal to rescue Atlantic City from a mounting financial crisis has the potential to send shockwaves through some of the state’s largest cities, a credit agency said Wednesday. Matt Arco, NJ.com Read more

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Bergen PBA, Local Police Make 11th Hour Push For Bergen Dems

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After an event that drew the likes of Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto, gubernatorial hopeful Phil Murphy and state Sen. Paul Sarlo (D-36), members of the Bergen PBA descended on the streets of Bergen County to make a final plea to voters to get out there and vote for Democrats. Alyana Alfaro, PolitickerNJ Read more