One of the victims of the terrorism massacre in Orlando over the weekend used to reside in New Jersey. Various media outlets have identified one of the victims as 22 year old Peter Gonzalez-Cruz who attended Colonia High School. He was working for UPS at the time of his death.
Another person has been killed by a New Jersey Transit train, this time in Monmouth County. Authorities say someone was struck and killed by a NJ Transit train Saturday night, but have not released their identity or details of the accident. The death occurred east of the Elberon train station in Long Branch, involving a train carrying…
The manner in which New Jersey doles out aid to school districts may be in for major changes. Senate President Steve Sweeney wants to create a new commission to study how the money is handed out and may come up with a more equitable distribution plan. Sweeney says it’s time for the State to un-do…
You may have to dig deep into your pockets to finance road projects in New Jersey. Some lawmakers decided to introduce a whopping 23 cent increase in the gasoline tax to fund essential road projects in the State. Leaders from both the Senate and Assembly introduced the high gas tax just before the weekend. The…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made his annual walk on the Asbury Park boardwalk on Friday…and it didn’t go all that well. Christie was jeered by some members of the public who are criticizing Christie for his personal support for Donald Trump. Christie largely ignored the cat calls from Trump objectors. Christie’s job approval ratings…
On Thursday the state legislature, led by N.J. Senate President Steve Sweeney, introduced legislation to bring all school districts throughout the state to full funding within five years. The proposed legislation would create the State School Aid Funding Fairness Commission, which would study current funding laws and make recommendations on how to bring all the…
On Thursday the N.J. Supreme Court ruled that the state does not owe cost-of-living payments to those on public pensions, after they were suspended by a 2011 law. This is the second ruling in favor of Gov. Christie’s budget cutting battles with public unions over pension reform. The court ruling overturned an appellate court decision,…
A new measure moving through the legislature in Trenton would automatically register you to vote whenever you renew your New Jersey driver’s license. The measure was approved by a Senate committee on Thursday; it already received approvals in the Assembly. The voter renewal would be automatic unless the customer asks otherwise.
It was a dud of a day Wednesday at the Great Adventure amusement park. Straight line wind storms knocked out power to the amusement park Wednesday afternoon causing thousands of park goers to head home early. Thousands of power outages were reported after the storm event, most of them north of Atlantic City.
New Jersey helped Hillary Clinton become the first female presidential nominee of a major political party in the United States. Clinton outpolled Bernie Sanders in New Jersey and won the majority of the state’s 126 delegates. Clinton and Donald Trump the two presumptive nominees, both carried the South Jersey area.