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Trenton NJ, the New Jersey Business & Industry Association is strongly supporting a bill today that will increase the qualified research expenses tax credit for corporations in targeted industries and basic research payment tax credits from 10% to 15%.
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Ridgewood NJ, Senator Michael Testa today joined with hundreds of state and local employees in criticizing the Murphy Administration for their inaction to protect workers from as much as a 24% increase in their healthcare insurance costs. The State Health Benefits Commission is scheduled to hold a vote on the plan on Wednesday.
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Trenton NJ, Assemblyman Brian Bergen is blasting the state attorney general’s revised vehicular pursuit policy that went into effect at the end of last year for increasing car theft and hindering law enforcement’s ability to apprehend criminals.
Continue reading New Jersey Attorney General’s Car Chase Policy Aids Criminals, Handcuffs Cops
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Trenton NJ, The public is done with mandates, and so is Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips. He is calling on Gov. Phil Murphy to end the public health emergency today.
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Ridgewood NJ, a Ridgewood mother Ashley Laub spoke out Wednesday after parents were asked to mask up at a school board meeting shortly after teachers were seen taking photos without masks.
Continue reading Ridgewood Board of Education Requires Mask For Parents But Not For Teachers
Continue reading The Country Faces a Mass Exodus of Healthcare Workers Due to COVID Burnout
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Trenton NJ, Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips’ bill expunging the records of human trafficking victims who were convicted of certain crimes was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday.
Continue reading Human trafficking victims can have more records expunged under new law
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With Tax Day looming and 74% of people disapproving of how the government has used tax dollars during the COVID-19 pandemic, WalletHub today released its 2021 Taxpayer Survey, as well as its yearly report on the States with the Highest & Lowest Tax Rates (accompanying videos included) in order to help people better understand this confusing time of year. You can find highlights from both below, followed by the full list of WalletHub’s 2021 taxpayer resources.
Continue reading WalletHub Study : New Jersey Has the 10th Highest Tax Rates in the Country
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Trenton NJ, it is not just that New Jersey’s unemployment offices have been closed for almost a full year, it is that the system had been hobbling along long before the crisis hit. That is what Assemblywoman Aura Dunn discovered Thursday when she was let inside the shuttered one-stop career center in Randolph.
Continue reading Assemblywoman Goes Undercover to Investigate ‘broken’ Unemployment System
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Morris Plains NJ, as Darlene Pallay continues to wait on the legal process of her Appellate Division case against Gov. Phil Murphy and pandemic shutdowns near their one-year anniversary, the
former business owner of the CKO Kickboxing Franklin franchise remains in limbo while she tries to recover from the domino effect of the business shutdowns, with her husband also recently laid off from his job.
Continue reading GYM Owner that Sued Governor Left Picking Up the Pieces Following Business Shutdown
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Paramus NJ, more news breaks over the Murphy administration bungling of the COVID response at New Jersey long term care facilities especially New Jersey’s Veterans homes. According to North jersey media managers at New Jersey’s where more than 190 residents have died from COVID-19 not only barred employees from wearing protective masks during the first weeks of the outbreak, Norther Jersey goes on to say that ,”they devised a series of penalties with the help of Gov. Phil Murphy’s office against nurses who wore the homes’ masks without permission”.
Continue reading Emails Show Murphy Administration Penalized Nurses at Veterans homes Who Wore Masks
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Morris Plains, NJ, After filing a lawsuit against Gov. Phil Murphy in September for his violations of the Disaster Control Act, the business owner who filed the suit says she must close her business
at the end of October.
Continue reading CKO Kickboxing That Sued Governor Murphy Has Decided to Shut Down for Good
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Mahwah NJ, According to NJ.com, Gov. Phil Murphy plans to sign a bill releasing thousands of criminals from jail on November 4th, the day after Election Day.
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Trenton NJ, Business groups today urged Gov. Phil Murphy and the Legislature to work toward a more fiscally responsible FY 2021 budget that recognizes New Jersey’s economic realities.
Among the calls made by the groups were the elimination of $1 billion in new taxes and a large reduction of $4 billion in borrowing proposed by Governor Murphy.
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Ridgewood NJ, NJBIA President and CEO Michele Siekerka released the following statement regarding the partial reopening of restaurants that was announced by Gov. Phil Murphy today.
“Today’s decision by Governor Murphy to heed the strong call to reopen indoor dining with limited capacity before the holiday weekend is appreciated, but unfortunately long overdue.
