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Trenton NJ, a proposed constitutional amendment that attempts to establish that every person has a legal right to a clean environment could, in fact, block initiatives designed to improve the environment, such as offshore wind projects.
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Trenton NJ, NJBIA released its 2024 Regional Business Climate Analysis showing New Jersey continues to remain last in the region by a wide margin in terms of business taxes and cost competitiveness.
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Trenton NJ, State Senator Joe Pennacchio released his review of the administration’s report of the Covid pandemic and the State’s response. The report commissioned by Governor Murphy was compiled by the Law Firm of Montgomery McCracken at a cost of $9 million to the State’s taxpayers.
Continue reading New Study: Almost Every Government Intervention in Response to COVID Was Wrong
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Trenton NJ, New Jersey lawmakers have paused their efforts to revamp the state’s public records laws following criticism from various good government groups. The bill (S2930), introduced by top Democrats just a week ago, faced swift opposition from nonprofits, civil rights organizations, unions, and the media, who voiced their concerns at dual committee meetings in Trenton on Monday. Originally slated for a crucial hearing in the state Assembly appropriations committee on Thursday, the bill was unexpectedly withdrawn from the agenda shortly before noon.
Continue reading Democrat Effort to Weaken OPRA Laws Stalled
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Trenton NJ, after a lengthy and contentious debate, a contentious bill aiming to overhaul New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act (OPRA) took a step forward on Monday night. Advocates from various organizations, including Alex Ambrose of the New Jersey Policy Perspective, voiced their opposition to the proposed legislation during a marathon committee meeting of the state Senate Budget Committee. Ambrose and many others argued that the bill, which seeks to restrict public access to government documents and information, would create additional barriers for citizens seeking transparency in government operations. Despite the overwhelming opposition voiced during the hearing, the committee voted 9-4 to move the bill forward for further consideration by the full state Senate.
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Ridgewood NJ,as if our town didn’t have enough partisan politics thanks to Aronsohn, Vagianos, DelVecchio, and company.
Continue reading JOLT Feeds the Partisan Divide in Ridgewood
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Trenton NJ, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy association, released the following statement by State Director Eileen Kean in response to Gov. Phil Murphy’s new budget message.
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Hackensack NJ, Tammy Murphy received over 100 endorsements from local, state, and county Democratic leaders across Bergen County in her bid for U.S. Senate.
Continue reading Tammy Murphy Picks Up Over 100 Democrat Endorsements Across Bergen County
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Ridgewood NJ, detractors of “workplace diversity initiatives” are increasingly relying on a segment of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to challenge both equity policies and financial support for businesses owned by minorities.
Continue reading DEI opponents using a 1866 Civil Rights law to challenge fake equity policies
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Trenton NJ, Senate Republican Leader Anthony M. Bucco and Senate Republican Budget Officer Declan O’Scanlon slammed Governor Murphy for avoiding real issues like the affordability crisis in New Jersey after a new report ranked New Jersey as the worst state on the 2024 State Business Tax Climate Index.
Continue reading Affordability Crisis in New Jersey Continues to Grow Under Governor Murphy
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Paterson NJ, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced the filing of criminal charges against a Paterson voter based on her alleged falsification of a vote-by-mail ballot, the defendant’s subsequent attempts to mislead investigators about that crime, and the defendant’s attempts to mislead investigators about how certain mail-in ballots were cast in the May 2020 Paterson municipal election.
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Trenton NJ, on Friday afternoon, more than two months after the law required legislators’ requests for budget funding to be released to the public, Democrats released requests that all have this disclaimer stamped at the top: “The Budget Bill includes this Resolution, either as submitted or in a modified form.” It’s not clear how original budget requests were sanitized, but they have almost all been modified to remove required explanations about how the money will be spent.
Continue reading Murphy Administration Accused of Whitewashing of Critical Budget Information
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LONG BEACH ISLAND NJ, With less than 10 days left in the New Jersey legislative session Save Right Whales is calling on legislators to not bring special legislation to the floor that experts say will have devastating effects on the state’s coastlines and is opposed by the majority of residents living along the Jersey Shore.
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Long Branch NJ, in an embarrassing act of irony the Sierra Club, New Jersey Chapter joined Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) at a roundtable to highlight legislation to permanently ban offshore oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic Ocean. Last month, Pallone and Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) reintroduced the Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act that prohibits the U.S. Department of Interior from issuing leases for the exploration, development, or production of oil or gas along the Atlantic Coast, including the North, Mid-, and South Atlantic and Straits of Florida planning areas. Booker is an original co-sponsor of the bill.
Continue reading NJ Politicos Push Anti-Drilling Act while Pushing Wind Farms off Jersey Shore
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Trenton NJ, a Connecticut man was sentenced today to 192 months in prison for his role in a murder for hire scheme in which a New Jersey-based political consultant paid him and another man to kill a longtime associate, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
