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Hoboken NJ, A Hudson County, New Jersey, woman was arrested today for allegedly embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing affordable housing to residents of Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
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Ridgewood NJ, “Chamber of Commerce” is the go-to digital resource for small business owners and entrepreneurs, providing the guidance they need to start and run successful businesses. Getting a small business going from the ground up is no easy task.(Source: https://www.chamberofcommerce.org/about/)
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Fort Lee NJ, The American Transportation Research Institute released its annual list highlighting the most congested bottlenecks for trucks in America.
The 2020 Top Truck Bottleneck List assesses the level of truck-involved congestion at 300 locations on the national highway system. The analysis, based on truck GPS data from over 1 million heavy duty trucks uses several customized software applications and analysis methods, along with terabytes of data from trucking operations to produce a congestion impact ranking for each location. ATRI’s truck GPS data is also used to support the U.S. DOT’s Freight Mobility Initiative. The bottleneck locations detailed in this latest ATRI list represent the top 100 congested locations, although ATRI continuously monitors more than 300 freight-critical locations.
Continue reading America’s Most Congested Road is in Bergen County !
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Ridgewood NJ, Winning Mega Millions $202 million jackpot ticket sold in New Jersey. The winning ticket sold in New Jersey for Tuesday’s $202 million Mega Millions drawing was purchased at a convenience store in Middlesex County.
Continue reading $202 Million Mega Millions Ticket Sold In New Jersey
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Ridgewood NJ, According to Garden State Initiative (GSI) analysis of the newest jobs numbers issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more of New Jersey’s residents are seeking work which led to an uptick in our unemployment rate by 0.1% to 3.5%, matching the U.S. rate which was unchanged. The state reported an increase of 5,700 private sector jobs in December, while adding 800 public sector positions, for a net gain of 6,500. Of note, the state shed jobs in the Construction and Manufacturing sectors, which experienced strong growth nationally.
Continue reading New Jersey Adds 6,500 Jobs in December
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Ridgewood NJ, You may hear some of New Jersey’s representatives in Washington talking about how the “Middle Class” would benefit from a repeal of the SALT deduction cap.
And then there’s reality. A chart made by Congressman Josh Gottheimer tells the story he probably doesn’t want you to know.
The largest beneficiaries , the rich.
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Trenton NJ, Senator Declan O’Scanlon (R-Monmouth) today released the following statement regarding his position on a lame duck vote on marijuana legalization:
Continue reading NJ GOP Senator Recreational Marijuana Legalization Should Be Decided by Voters
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Ridgewood NJ, former Goldman Sachs Executive, Gov. Phil Murphy is planning to sign an executive order that will create a 14-member “implementation board” to advance his goal of establishing a public bank in New Jersey. The basic premise of such an institution is to hold the millions of dollars in taxpayer deposits that are normally kept in commercial banks and leverage them instead to serve some sort of public purpose. What could possibly go wrong with that?
Continue reading In Shades of the 2008 Financial Crisis Murphy Administration Pushes State Bank
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Ridgewood NJ, I didn’t believe it until I read it myself. New Jersey State Code, section 15, you risk a $250 fine. – § 7:27-15.8 Idle standard – (a) No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit the engine of a gasoline-fueled motor vehicle to idle for more than three consecutive minutes if the vehicle is not in motion.
Nearly all county health departments have been delegated authority to enforce the new idling standards. In addition, State and local police departments can enforce the standard on public roadways and on private property.
Yep, the police can ticket you for idling in your driveway.
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Ridgewood NJ, A New Grant Opportunity Is Available for New Jersey Organizations from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts!
Continue reading A New Grant Opportunity Is Available for New Jersey Organizations from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts!
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TRENTON NJ, A former resident of Monmouth County, New Jersey, was indicted today on charges that he made threatening telephone and email communications to elected state officials, judges, law enforcement officers, and attorneys, and phoned in false bomb threats to local and state government offices, a police department, two law firms and a commercial establishment, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
Continue reading Monmouth County Man Charged with Calling in False Bomb Threats targeting elected officials, judges, police officers, attorneys, and their families
River Vale NJ, Assemblywomen Holly Schepisi sums up what most of us feel about the enormous pension black hole in New Jersey.
Continue reading Fixing the Pension Gap does Not Make You Anti Teacher, Police or Firefighter
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MORRISTOWN NJ, According to Garden State Initiative (GSI) analysis of the newest jobs numbers issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, New Jersey’s employment picture was essentially flat in September as the state lost 200 jobs, the private sector added 900 positions while the public sector shed 1,100 positions. The numbers stand in contrast to the overall U.S. economy which added 135,000 new jobs in September. The state’s unemployment rate edged lower by .01% to 3.2%. The numbers indicated an increase in the state’s workforce size but a decline in the labor participation rate.
Continue reading New Jersey Continues to Lag US job Growth
by Ralph Albert Thomas, CPA(DC), CGMA
CEO and Executive Director, NJCPA
A recent survey of New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA) members found that 75 percent of CPAs have advised some clients to relocate their homes or businesses outside of New Jersey to reduce their tax burdens.
Continue reading Three out of four accountants agree that when it comes to finding relief from rising business and personal taxes, the answer often is “anywhere but here.”
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TRENTON NJ, NFIB, the leading small business association in the nation, with thousands of members in New Jersey reacted today to Governor Phil Murphy’s statement on taxes made at a Rowan University according to a news outlet. KYW reported that the Governor said “If you’re a one-issue voter and tax rate is your issue, either a family or a business if that’s the only basis upon which you’re going to make a decision, we’re probably not your state.” NFIB’s State Director in New Jersey, Laurie Ehlbeck commented on Gov. Murphy’s statement:
“Taxes are one of the top concerns of the nearly 900,000 small businesses in the state, and it’s unbelievable that the Governor would imply with his words if that’s so, New Jersey is probably not their state. He is implying they are unwelcome if they don’t want to pay more–that is ludicrous.
“It’s becoming clear that our Governor’s goal is to spend, spend, spend, and even though legislative leaders fought him on that, he is now attacking those who pay the state’s bills, small business owners. If they take his suggestion and leave New Jersey, our state will be a very sorry place. Its already ranked among the worst for high taxes.”
