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Trenton NJ, NJ Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that a New Jersey State Park Police Officer who served as president of both his local police union and a statewide police union was charged today with stealing more than $75,000 from the two unions over a period of seven years.
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Ridgewood NJ, Purdue Pharma, which helped revolutionize the prescription painkiller business with its drug OxyContin, is proposing a $10 billion plan to emerge from bankruptcy that calls for it to be transformed into a different kind of company funneling profits into the fight against the nation’s intractable opioid crisis.
Continue reading Attorney General Grewal Is Disappointed in OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Plan
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Paterson NJ, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today announced criminal charges against the owners of an Essex County-based school bus company for allegedly providing false information to school districts to cover up the fact that the company hired unqualified drivers, failed to conduct mandatory drug testing and criminal background checks for drivers and aides, and operated unsafe buses, all in violation of contract terms and state requirements.
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Ridgewood NJ, the staff of the Ridgewood blog would like to apologize to the owner of the Ridgewood Shell on route 17, the blog had erroneously reported that the station had been sanction for price gouging , The State was false and the station is a well run ,clean well lite spot on Route 17 .
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Paramus NJ, Manhattan attorney Jon Norinsberg of Norinsberg Law today filed a $100 million civil rights action in the District of New Jersey on behalf of his client, New Jersey pain management Doctor Terry Ramnanan.
The suit was filed against the New Jersey Attorney General (NJAG), several employees in the NJAG’s Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office (collectively, the “State Defendants”) and two New Jersey chiropractors.
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Ridgewood NJ, Governor Phil Murphy is expected to announce today, voters in New Jersey will cast their ballots this fall to decide the next president and whether marijuana will be legal mostly through mail in an attempt to keep the coronavirus from spreading.
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Trenton NJ, NJ Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal ordered all law enforcement agencies in New Jersey to begin publicly identifying officers who commit serious disciplinary violations. Under the order, going forward every state, county, and local law enforcement agency in New Jersey will be required to annually publish a list of officers who were fired, demoted, or suspended for more than five days due to a disciplinary violation, with the first list to be published no later than December 31, 2020.
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Bass River NJ, The NJ Attorney General’s Office is conducting an investigation of a fatal shooting involving the New Jersey State Police that occurred at approximately 6:30 a.m. yesterday, May 23, on the Garden State Parkway in Bass River, N.J. One male civilian sustained fatal injuries. The decedent has been identified as a Dutchess County College student Maurice S. Gordon, 28, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. studying chemistry and was a driver for UberEats.
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Trenton NJ, Senator Michael Testa Jr. today called on the Murphy administration to uphold the rights of State residents during the coronavirus crisis.
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New York NY, striking a blow to the Murphy Administrations sanctuary policies a federal appeals court said the Trump administration can withhold funds from New York City and seven states including New Jersey that have declared themselves sanctuaries from federal immigration policies, setting the stage for possible U.S. Supreme Court action.
The decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan overturned a lower court ruling ordering the administration to release funding to New York City and seven states; New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Washington, Massachusetts, Virginia and Rhode Island.
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18th 1-3PM | NJ Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal
Ridgewood NJ, NJ Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal discusses current initiatives including gun control and campus sexual assault. Q&A to follow. Cosponsored with the League of Women Voters. Questions, contact Roberta at RPanjwani@ridgewoodlibrary.org. Registration required. Please register here.
