It’s a double whammy for New Jersey drivers in the coming weeks. A new 23-cent gas tax will go into effect, and gasoline prices are rising on their own regardless of the new tax. The price for a gallon of fuel went up by four cents last week and could climb even higher this month.…
Donald Trump is unfit to be the President of the United States. Those words coming over the weekend from Congressman Frank LoBiondo, who says he will not vote for Trump and instead will write in the name of Mike Pence. LoBiondo says he will not vote for a candidate who boasts of sexual assault. LoBiondo…
New Jersey’s first bear hunt begins Monday, and this year it coincides with deer season. Hunters with valid permits will be allowed to hunt for bears using bow and arrows from October 10th through the 12th, and can use muzzleloaders from the 13th through the 15th. In prior years, the bear hunt was held in…
The New Jersey Senate voted to pass the 23 cents a gallon gas tax Friday afternoon and passed the bill onto the assembly. The gas tax, which has not been raised since 1988, now stands at 37.5 cents a gallon, still lower than neighboring Pennsylvania and New York. The tax increase will go into effect on…
After a two-day delay, the New Jersey legislature will vote on Friday to raise the state’s gasoline tax by 23 cents a gallon, while reducing the state sales tax and other taxes. The bill is supported by Democratic leaders and the Governor, but our Senator Jeff Van Drew and our 1st District Assemblymen oppose the…
The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that a New Jersey Transit train was traveling at twice the speed limit before it slammed into a train station in Hoboken killing one woman and injuring more than 100 others. The train’s engineer only hit the emergency brake less than a second before the accident. The train…
Senators Cory Booker and Robert Menendez have both asked President Obama for a ban on offshore drilling along the Atlantic coast. Both Senators say the proposal would threaten the environment and coastal economies. The two New Jersey democrats were joined buy a dozen other senators who penned a letter to Obama asking for the prohibition.
Now that Steve Sweeney has removed himself from next year’s gubernatorial election, let the endorsements begin. Trenton Mayor Eric Jackson announced that he will support democrat Phil Murphy for governor in 2017. The formal announcement of the endorsement will be made late Friday afternoon during a press conference in the State House Annex.
The Bridgegate trial on Wednesday included some vulgar language as witnesses described an exchange between Governor Christie and Monmouth County Freeholder John Curley. Curley called Christie a slang word following Hurricane Sandy, and Christie retorted by saying he would “(bleeping) destroy you”, to Curley. The testimony came during testimony in the trial by former Christie…
A small North Jersey winery says it did nothing wrong when it used a green and yellow logo that looks something like a Garden State Parkway sign. What Exit Wines says it did not infringe upon a trademark owned by the New Jersey Highway Authority with its new circular logo. The Authority says further legal…