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Washington DC, Senate Democrats on Sunday blocked a “coronavirus stimulus package” from moving forward as talks on several key provisions remain stalled.
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Washington DC, Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare statement rebuking Chuck Schumer for comments the Senate minority leader made about Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
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Trenton NJ, NJBIA President and CEO Michele N. Siekerka, Esq. issued the following statement regarding Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposed FY 2021 budget today.
“NJBIA appreciates Governor Murphy’s efforts to prepare a state budget that makes investments in New Jersey’s future, particularly given our state’s considerable fiscal challenges. We support investments in NJ TRANSIT and workforce development proposed today, and await more details on potential public health benefits savings.
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Ridgewood NJ, Each year, the average American household spends $2,375 on real-estate property taxes plus another $441 for residents of the 27 states with vehicle property taxes. With such high costs, it’s no surprise that more than $14 billion in property taxes go unpaid each year, according to the National Tax Lien Association.
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Trenton NJ, On the eve of Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget address that is expected to call for more unnecessary tax increases, NJBIA released its updated 2020 Business Climate Analysis showing New Jersey has the least competitive business climate, with the highest corporate tax, state sales tax, income tax and property taxes in the region.
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Progressive Groups Looking for More, More, More
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Trenton NJ, Senator Michael Testa called the $3 billion tax increase plan promoted this week by a coalition of progressive organizations “a recipe for disaster.”
Sen. Michael Testa derided a plan to increase taxes by $3 billion, floated this week by liberal organizations. ‘Taxes are the problem, not the solution,’ he said.
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TRENTON NJ, Legislation introduced in the New Jersey Senate would decimate the livelihoods of thousands of New Jerseyans who choose to work for themselves. Today, Fight For Freelancers NJ — a group of more than 1,000 independent contractors, creatives, and businesses — is launching a video series that will roll out in the upcoming weeks, educating lawmakers about the need to reject S863 and, instead, enact a modern labor law.
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Middletown NJ, The chapter of American History where the past is unceremoniously torn down, adds yet another page as Democrat members of the New Jersey State Senate passed a measure to petition the U.S. Library of Congress to remove the statue of General Phillip Kearny from the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall.
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Ridgewood NJ, according to Rasmussen Reports ,the Impeachment is over and done with as far as most voters are concerned. The House Democrats’ failed effort to remove President Trump has just made him stronger politically, voters say.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that only 32% of Likely U.S. Voters think House Democrats should continue their efforts to remove Trump from office. Sixty-two percent (62%) say Democrats in Congress should now focus on other issues. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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34. Gov. Phil Murphy (D) of New Jersey
> Approval: 46%
> Disapproval: 37% (16th highest)
> Don’t know: 18% (24th highest)
> In office since: Jan. 16, 2018
> New Jersey could run on only rainy day funds in FY 2018 for: 8 days (3rd least)
> Rainy day fund: $772.2 million (19th smallest)
> Dec. 2019 unemployment rate: 3.5% (20th highest)
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The Iowa presidential caucuses were thrown into chaos late Monday after the state Democratic Party said it found “inconsistencies,” delaying results and causing widespread confusion across the state.
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“Don’t any of you realize the state of New Jersey. An and would force us to permit this type of construction or worse? Like them or hate them it is quite irrelevant who is in the town politics. It is our state courts from decades of liberal judges that have been forcing these stupid developments. The reason they are building giant apartments on top of train track is because the state has set tax incentives to do so : see Waldwick station and Allendale etc. The state of NJ thinks this will fight global warming (seriously). Also the developments are being forced on us ever since the mount olive decision in the 80s. See this as an example:
“Yes, actually Bloomberg’s views are very fascist in nature. The fact is far left, and far right, are the same outcome, statism. Leftists, usually wearing a uniform, and fascists wearing a suit, to appear more civilian in nature. Hitler being an anomaly due to pretending to be a socialist, as a NAZI party leader. No matter how you look at them they all want to control your life.”
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Ridgewood NJ, Hillary Clinton made headlines earlier this week when she told an interviewer on a podcast that no one in Congress likes Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders. According to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 37% of Likely U.S. Voters say they like Sanders more than Clinton. Just 22% like Clinton more. Thirty-nine percent (39%) don’t care for either one of them. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Among Democratic voters, 45% like Sanders more than Clinton. Thirty-seven percent (37%) prefer Clinton, while 17% say they don’t like either one. So it seems fellow Democrats and voters in general prefer Bernie over Hillary.
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Hackettstown NJ, On Tuesday, January 21, 2020, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) held his 46th “Cup of Joe with Josh” Town Hall at the River Star Diner in Hackettstown. Dozens of Fifth District residents joined the discussion with Gottheimer about everything from reinstating the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction to provide actual tax relief for our hardworking families, working with North Jersey utility companies to improve responsiveness to winter storms and subsequent power outages, to lowering out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs, efforts to improve school safety, and his work leading the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus.
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