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Pork-Filled NJ Budget Cuts Millions in School Aid

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Trenton NJ, Senator Kristin Corrado (R-40) released the following statement on the Fiscal Year 2022 state budget approved by the Senate,“Today’s $46.4 billion budget vote is the epitome of opaque government in Trenton. It’s another example of backroom deals and the public being shut out of the process by the legislative Democratic majority. “New Jerseyans deserve better. They deserve real transparency.”

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NJ Fiscal Year 2022 Budget : No Sizable Tax Relief Despite the State receiving a $5 billion tax windfall

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Trenton NJ, Governor Murphy, Senate President Sweeney, Speaker Coughlin, Senate Budget Chair Sarlo, and Assembly Budget Chair Pintor Marin announced an agreement on the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget.

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NJ Revenues Projected to Surpass Pre-Pandemic Levels with Big 3 Taxes Expected to Hit Historic Highs

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Trenton NJ, State Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio delivered a written revenue update to the Assembly Budget Committee today, announcing that revenue collections are expected to hit an all-time high, bolstered by economic activity which has recovered more than a year earlier than national forecasters predicted just six months ago.

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Governor Murphy’s Poor Leadership and Failure to heed Federal Warnings Forces Closure of New Jersey’s only Women’s Correctional facility

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Trenton NJ, Governor Phil Murphy  announced his intention to close the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women, New Jersey’s only women’s correctional facility. The Murphy Administration today also released an investigative report prepared by former State Comptroller Matt Boxer and the law firm Lowenstein Sandler LLP on cell extractions at the facility that occurred on January 11, 2021.

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Morris Plains, Woman Arrested After Taking a Police Vehicle For A Joy Ride

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Trenton NJ, Trenton Police Director Sheilah A. Coley today announced that a woman who allegedly stole a police vehicle in downtown Trenton and led law enforcement on a chase through Hopewell Township has been taken into custody.

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PCR COVID Testing Method May Have Distorted the Actual Pandemic Case Numbers in New Jersey

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Trenton NJ, Senator Joe Pennacchio today continued to question the PCR COVID testing method and how results may have distorted the actual pandemic case numbers.

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Time to Follow the Science and Unmask the Garden State

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Trenton NJ, Senator Michael Doherty (R-23) issued the following statement in response to Governor Phil Murphy’s continuing mask mandates:

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Governor Murphy Says Toss the Mask, Hit the Dance Floor !

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Trenton NJ,  Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 242, lifting major COVID-19 restrictions and moving forward with the state’s most significant reopening steps to date. Effective on Friday, May 28, the indoor mask mandate in public spaces will be lifted, as well as the six-foot social distancing requirement in both indoor and outdoor spaces, the prohibition on dance floors at bars and restaurants, and the prohibition on ordering and eating/drinking while standing at bars and restaurants. Additionally, effective Friday, June 4, indoor gathering and capacity limits will be lifted.

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Democrats Attempt to Extend Governor Murphy’s Emergency Powers Until 2022

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Trenton NJ, Senator Anthony M. Bucco said it’s clear that public pressure to end the public health emergency immediately has helped to stall an ill-advised Democratic bill that would have extended Governor Phil Murphy’s emergency powers until next year.

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NJ’s Draft Climate Resilience Strategy Should be Based Realistic Assumptions Not Fearmongering and Fake Science

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Trenton NJ, New Jersey Business and Industry Association today urged state officials to take a more measured approach than the overreaching proposals contained in New Jersey’s 2021 Draft Climate Change Resilience Strategy because the sea-level rise scenarios it uses to guide coastal management decisions are not based on the latest science.

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Mercer County Man Admits Interfering with Law Enforcement Officers During “Mostly Peaceful Protests” in Trenton

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Trenton NJ, A Mercer County, New Jersey, man today admitted attempting to interfere with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder when he attempted to set fire to a police vehicle during a riot in the City of Trenton, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.

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Time to End OPRA exemptions provided by New Jersey’s public health emergency laws

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Trenton NJ, Senator Joe Pennacchio said it’s time to force Governor Phil Murphy to be more transparent about his flawed pandemic response by removing emergency powers he has used to block access to public records.

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Mask Requirement for Outdoor Public Spaces Eliminated

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Ridgewood NJ,  Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 241 eliminating the requirement of masks in outdoor public spaces, which was established under Executive Order No. 163 (2020).  The Order reaffirms the masking requirement in indoor public spaces and workplaces, but clarifies that individuals at small gatherings in private residences are not required to wear masks indoors.

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New Bill Would Require Walk-in Unemployment Centers to Reopen

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Trenton NJ, Senator Kristin Corrado will introduce legislation requiring the State’s walk-in unemployment offices that have been closed for nearly 14 months to reopen immediately.

“We’ve heard too many excuses from Governor Murphy for his refusal to reopen walk-in unemployment centers that have been closed for more than a year,” said Corrado (R-40). “With new CDC guidance that social distancing is no longer necessary in most indoor settings, there’s absolutely no excuse for the governor not to reopen these important government offices immediately. When every other state around us is reopening, it’s absolutely ridiculous that it’ll take us passing a law to force Governor Murphy to act.”

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Governor Murphy Continues to Lose All Credibility by Maintaining Mask, Social Distancing Restrictions CDC Says Are Unnecessary

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Trenton NJ, Senator Joe Pennacchio issued the following statement after Governor Phil Murphy refused to follow CDC guidance by removing unnecessary mask and social distancing requirement that the federal agency says are unnecessary:

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