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Ridgewood NJ, Senator Michael Testa said his office has received an internal Murphy administration memorandum detailing plans to release COVID-positive inmates at bus and train stations tomorrow with no warning to the general public.
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Great Barrington MA, Jay Bhattacharya is a Professor of Medicine at Stanford University, where he received both an M.D. and a Ph.D. in economics. A co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, along with Dr. Sunetra Gupta of Oxford University and Dr. Martin Kulldorff of Harvard University—in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The three of us come from very different disciplinary backgrounds and from very different parts of the political spectrum. Yet we had arrived at the same view—the view that the widespread lockdown policy has been a devastating public health mistake. In response, we wrote and issued the Great Barrington Declaration, which can be viewed—along with explanatory videos, answers to frequently asked questions, a list of co-signers, etc.—online at www.gbdeclaration.org.
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Trenton NJ, New Jersey Business & Industry Association President and CEO Michele Siekerka issued the following statement regarding the announcement of an executive order by Gov. Phil Murphy today mandating workplace safety protections on New Jersey businesses.
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Paramus NJ, Senator Joe Pennacchio today welcomed word that the United States Department of Justice is actively investigating the COVID tragedies inside state-run veterans’ homes, and emphasized the need for the Senate to conduct its own inquiry.
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Red Bank NJ, Governor Phil Murphy and New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli today announced the state’s COVID-19 vaccination plan, designed to provide equitable access to approved vaccine(s), achieve maximum community protection and build public trust in advance of an approved vaccine(s)
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Trenton NJ, A new report shows that New Jersey ranks dead last in the nation for our overall Business Tax Climate. Delaware is 13th, Pennsylvania is 27th, and New York is 48th. New Jersey also ranks 46th in property taxes, 48th in corporate taxes, and 50th in individual taxes.
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Red bank NJ, Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 191. The Order extends the Public Health Emergency that was declared on March 9, 2020 through Executive Order No. 103, which was previously extended on April 7, May 6, June 4, July 2, August 1, August 27, and September 25. Under the Emergency Health Powers Act, a declared public health emergency expires after 30 days unless renewed.
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Ridgewood NJ, former vice president and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s tax plan takes another shot at the tri-state area . CNBC has already reported the massive tax increases to New Jersey, and New york residents . According to CNBC some New Jersey residents will be paying as much as 60% in taxes, New York State 58% , and New York City 62% .
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Hackensack NJ, The USPS has advised all County Clerks in the State to send out ballots 10 days before the Election to give enough time for voters to return their ballots. We will stop sending in-County ballots this Saturday, 10/24. Voters who contact our office by 1:00pm on Saturday will be given the option of having us send their ballots out by mail or be prepared for pick-up.
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New Brunswick NJ, New Jersey gained back half of the jobs lost due to the coronavirus pandemic but a wide disparity remains between higher-income professionals working at home and lower-wage support workers still bearing the brunt of the economic downturn that has gripped the nation, according to a new Rutgers report.
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Ridgewood NJ, the homeless man that has been terrorizing the Ridgewood central business district has once again been released after he was accused of pulling a knife on a couple and making lude comments to young women in town .
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Trenton NJ, Governor Murphy Signs Legislation Requiring Public Health Emergency Credits To Be Awarded to Certain Inmates and Parolees During a Public Health Emergency.
Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation (S2519) which requires public health emergency credits to be awarded to certain inmates and parolees during a public health emergency. The legislation includes certain exclusions and prohibits inmates or parolees to contact their victims upon their release.
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Mahwah NJ, The New Jersey Business & Industry Association today said a bill that would impose a new tax on electronic stock trades processed in New Jersey could easily lead to exchanges leaving the state, resulting in a loss of jobs and tax revenue in yet another hit against New Jersey’s business competitiveness.
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Mahwah NJ, The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce opposes legislation (S-2902/A-4402) which would impose a new tax on financial transactions, such as electronic stock trades, that flow through major data centers in New Jersey.
Simply put, the tax could backfire on New Jersey. The mere discussion of this tax has caused several stock exchanges to begin exploring moving their data centers out of New Jersey – to states that don’t impose such a tax. Last month, the New York Stock Exchange, which has a data center in Mahwah, N.J., said it ran one of its exchanges from a back-up data center in Chicago to demonstrate its readiness to move out of New Jersey. Two other exchange operators, Nasdaq Inc. and Cboe Global Markets Inc., also indicated that they would leave New Jersey over the tax. If New Jersey loses data centers, the state would actually be looking at less revenue and less jobs.
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