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6 days ago · LEER TODOS. Trump in second administration promises mass deportations, tariffs and spending cuts. BY Ashley Murray and Jacob Fischler - November 6, 2024. VP Harris concedes presidential race in phone call to Donald Trump. BY Ariana Figueroa - November 6, 2024. New Jersey voters elect Nellie Pou to late Rep. Bill Pascrell’s House seat.
As pedestrian deaths rise, cries grow to 'target zero' traffic ...
1 day ago · Eleven-year-old Nikhil Badlani was just two miles from home when a driver blew through a stop sign and smashed into his dad’s van at a South Orange intersection, causing a three-car wreck that cost the middle-schooler his life. Since the 2011 crash, Badlani’s family has been on a crusade to make ...
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6 days ago · BY: Ashley Murray - November 11, 2024. WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has tapped U.S. House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik for the position of United Nations ambassador, according to an exclusive his transition team provided Sunday to the New York Post. Trump told the conservative outlet Stefanik, a New York Republican ...
State mulls drought warning or emergency, with weather forecast ...
7 hours ago · New Jersey environmental officials are expected to declare a drought warning as soon as Wednesday, requiring water systems possibly statewide to take mandatory water conservation measures. The state has been under a drought watch since Oct. 12 after two months without measurable precipitation, and ...
Nearly 250K turned out on first weekend of early in-person voting …
In 2022, first-day early voting turnout reached 26,658. The swell in turnout has caused lines at some early polling centers. Early in-person turnout was highest in Bergen County, the most populous county in New Jersey. There, 24,447 residents cast votes at an early polling center. But turnout in Monmouth (23,952) and Ocean (23,521) counties was ...
New Jersey minimum wage will rise to $15.49 on Jan. 1
Oct 8, 2024 · New Jersey’s minimum wage will rise to $15.49 for most workers at the start of the new year, state labor officials announced Tuesday. The 36-cent increase is the first annual inflation adjustment to the state’s wage floor following a six-year phase-in that was meant to bring the minimum wage to $15, though high inflation in 2023 spurred an indexing adjustment that brought minimum hourly ...
Task force releases report on Stay NJ tax credit program
May 31, 2024 · A task force assigned to review the ambitious property tax relief program called Stay NJ released a report Thursday making recommendations on how to implement the plan — one it’s not clear the state can fund.. The 101-page report details changes to how benefits would be paid out, a timeline change that could cost some residents benefits under the existing Anchor tax relief program, and ...
Feds give OK to two wind farms off New Jersey’s coast
Jul 2, 2024 · Federal authorities approved the construction of up to 195 wind turbines off of New Jersey’s coast Tuesday in a victory for Gov. Phil Murphy’s wind energy agenda. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a record of decision approving two offshore wind farms to be constructed by Atlantic Shores roughly 10 miles offshore from Atlantic City.
Gov. Murphy signs record-setting $56.6B state budget
Jun 28, 2024 · Gov. Phil Murphy signed the $56.6 billion annual spending bill Friday after the Legislature approved it in votes divided largely along party lines, two days ahead of a deadline that would have forced a state government shutdown.. The budget, the largest in state history, calls for New Jersey to spend $2.1 billion more than it takes in but maintains full funding of the state’s pension ...