Two Philadelphia men are dead following a boating accident in Manasquan. New Jersey State Police say the men were on board a pontoon boat that capsized in the Manasquan Inlet on Friday. A search and rescue operation was conducted by several agencies. Five others were on the boat and they suffered injuries.
Bar and tavern owners throughout New Jersey are launching a major initiative to prevent drunk driving beginning this holiday season. The New Jersey Licensed Beverage Association (NJLBA) and its members will be teaming up with Uber and the John R. Elliott HERO Campaign for Designated Drivers to provide safe rides home for thousands of their patrons. Uber…
More than 16,000 jobs were added in Oct., in one of the better job months recently for New Jersey. The new unemployment rate dropped to 5.4 percent, which marks a 1.1 percent decline since May. Revised figures from Sept. also added 3,300 jobs, which brings a total of 8,000 new jobs added in Sept.
There has been a social media threat that suggests the execution of black students who attend Kean University in New Jersey. University officials made the student body aware of an anonymous threat made on Twitter to kill black students at Kean. The account used to make the threats was suspended this morning. The threats came…
Turn on your interior car lights during a traffic stop, or get a $50 fine. A new bill has been proposed in Trenton that would require motorists to turn on their interior car lights from dusk till dawn, or during bad weather. If the motorist fails to do so, the fine can be levied. The…
Revenue projections in New Jersey are falling short, again. The Christie administration announced on Tuesday that a tax on corporations continues to cause state revenues to decline. Corporation business taxes are down nearly 20 percent compared to the same time period last year. Gross income and sales tax collections have surged ahead of of last…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says New Jersey is taking precautions following Friday’s terror attack in Paris. Christie says he has been working with the New Jersey State Police and Homeland Security to ensure that New Jersey remains protected and safe. Christie used social media on Friday night to express his concerns over the attack…
Legislation will be considered in Trenton on Monday regarding whether illegal immigrants should be granted a type of driver’s license. An Assembly committee will look at the proposal that doesn’t have any support from the lawmakers here in the 1st legislation district. Meanwhile, lawmakers will also ask should kindergarten students be in school all day?…
New Jersey residents want Senator Robert Menendez to resign. A new survey released by Quinnipiac University shows that 53 percent of state residents want Menendez to quit. Menendez remains under a federal indictment on corruption charges; New Jersey residents believe those charges are based on facts and not politics.
A version of a federal transportation bill would eliminate $50 million annually for New Jersey Transit. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the measure that would nix the funding as apart of its funding for transportation projects. The U.S. Senate version of the bill did have the money in there. The two sides will conference…