Assemblymen Wayne P. DeAngelo, Matthew W. Milam and Nelson T. Albano are proposing legislation to increase solar energy tax credits for companies that utilize solar energy equipment manufactured in New Jersey. The legislation would amend and supplement the state’s Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act, which directs the state Board of Public Utilities to provide…
Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney unveiled shared services legislation that would result in taxpayer savings through the elimination of government redundancies, while creating concrete fiscal consequences for local government entities that refuse to enter into sharing agreements that could help their property taxpayers. The legislation would require New Jersey’s Local Unit Alignment, Reorganization, and Consolidation…
A nominee made by Gov. Chris Christie for the state’s supreme court has been taken out of consideration. Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll had been nominated, but Christie withdrew Carroll’s name on Thursday. Many Democrats did not support Carroll. Carroll is going to seek his ninth term in the Assembly during the election this November. A…
The next month will decide how legislative districts will be drawn up in the state over the next 10 years. Alan Rosenthal is a professor at Rutgers University and will be the tiebreaking vote on the legislative maps. Both Democrats and Republicans are coming to come up with maps that he can choose from, or…
The unemployment rate in New Jersey has remained at 9.1 percent. Another 13,000 jobs were lost in January. Slightly more jobs were shed in the private sector, but the loses were spread fairly equally. The state got rid of 3,800 jobs, while local governments accounted for 2,600. In total, 17,000 jobs were lost for all…
A factory in Vineland is now providing all of its own power. Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno was the one to “flip the switch” at the RFC Container Corporation on Thursday. The solar field is expected to bring in nearly 1.5 million kilowatts in a year. The factory is the first to create all of its…
New numbers show that state residents like the government how it is currently made up, split between parties. The Rutgers-Eagleton poll says that most believe it is best to have the Republicans control one part of state government, while the Democrats control the other. The Republicans have Gov. Chris Christie, the Democrats currently have control…
The Borough of Wildwood Crest now has the ability to notify its residents directly via telephone in the event of a community emergency. The borough is now part of the Global Connect Emergency Notification System (GCENS), which gives the Wildwood Crest Police Department the ability to contact all residents registered in the system should an…
A complaint has been filed with the state by Wildwood Commissioner Chip Harshaw to get City Clerk Chris Wood removed from his post. Harshaw confirmed the complaint and that the Department of Community Affairs would hear the case, but would not comment any further on the specifics. When reached for comment, Wood would not get…
A new state report says some computers that were to be sold at public auction could contain public records on them. State Comptroller Matthew Boxer said information like social security numbers, child abuse records, and memos were all left on computers. Boxer stepped in and stopped the computers from being sold last summer. It is…