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Trenton NJ, New Jersey Commissioner of Environmental Protection Shawn M. LaTourette issued a statewide drought watch as of August 9, 2022, and the Murphy Administration is urging residents and businesses to conserve water as persistent dry and hot conditions continue to stress water supplies throughout the state.
Continue reading New Jersey Enters a Statewide Drought Watch
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Trenton NJ, the New Jersey Business & Industry Association is opposing a bill today that will result in burdensome requirements, and possibly lawsuits, on temporary staffing agencies and the third-party companies that utilize them.
Continue reading Murphy Administration Temp Worker Bill’s Burdensome Impact on NJ Businesses
Murphy Administration looking to Force feed “gender identity” politics to children over parents objections through creepy child grooming sex ed
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Trenton NJ, commonly referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” law — that, among other things, expressly prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity for young children certain grades.
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River Vale NJ,NJ State Senator Holly Schepisi looked for answers for the new creepy sex-ed curriculum being forced on young children by the Murphy Administration .In a letter to the state Department of Education Schepisi asked for clarification of recent statements made regarding penalties against school districts that aren’t compliant with new State DEI and/or Sex Ed requirements as well as how “compliance” will be determined.
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Trenton NJ, Senate Republican Leader Steven Oroho said the Murphy administration’s confirmation that school districts will be penalized for not teaching controversial new sex education standards ie… “child grooming” directly undercuts Governor Murphy’s assertions that parents and local school boards control what’s taught in their classrooms.
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Trenton NJ, within the lines of the Democrats’ $50.6 billion budget, state support for Planned Parenthood was doubled to more than $40 million, an increase Senator Ed Durr called “disgraceful.”
Continue reading Democrats’ $50.6 billion budget : NJ Taxpayer-Funded Abortions for Everyone
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Trenton NJ, Senator Declan O’Scanlon highlighted the delayed and failed tax relief in the FY 2023 State Budget that Governor Phil Murphy signed, including a payroll tax increase that takes effect tomorrow, ANCHOR rebates that won’t be delivered until 2023, and child tax credits that won’t help parents until 2024, and tax bracket creep that remains unaddressed.
Continue reading ANCHOR Property Tax Rebates Delayed Until 2023
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Trenton NJ, Press Statement from Eric Orlando, Executive Director, Brewers Guild of New Jersey Regarding NJ Division of Alcohol Beverage Control’s (NJABC) Issuing of Special Conditions on Limited Brewery Licensees:
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Franklin Lakes NJ, According to Franklin Lakes Police, a sedan struck and killed a small black bear on Route 208, hitting the bear between Ewing and Summit avenues in Franklin Lakes around 11 p.m. Friday.
In September of 2021 Governor Murphy reiterated “There will be no bear hunt this year. Period. I can say that definitively,” The state, he said, “is committed to nonlethal, humane but smart and safe means to control the population.”
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Trenton NJ, Senator Joe Pennacchio expressed disappointment after the New Jersey State Board of Education refused to delay the roll-out of controversial new health and sex education standards in September.
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Trenton NJ, as pressure builds on the Murphy Administration over what critics are calling “Child grooming ” that is going to start in September under the Murphy Administrations “Comprehensive Health and Physical Student Learning Standards”
Continue reading Murphy Caves to Mounting Pressure on “Child grooming” School Curriculum
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Paramus NJ, on the second anniversary of the initial confirmed COVID infection at a state-operated veterans’ home, Senator Joe Pennacchio and Senator Ed Durr are demanding accountability from the Murphy Administration.
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Trenton NJ, Senator Michael Testa slammed the Murphy administration for an extremely muted announcement last week that the State’s long-term debt had grown by $26 billion despite the governor’s promise to cut billions in debt this year.
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Trenton NJ, just days after Governor Phil Murphy compared those who choose not to get the COVID vaccination to drunk drivers, Senator Declan O’Scanlon (R-Monmouth) called for the Murphy administration to stop the scare tactics with their continued use of inaccurate, mysterious covid model predictions.
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Trenton NJ, Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips blasted the Murphy administration over their updated guidance for K-12 schools that excludes unvaccinated students from sports or extracurricular activities in areas where Covid-19 activity is very high.
