The New Jersey Lottery confirmed there was a $1 million winner in a recent Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday. The $1,000,000 winning ticket was sold in Bergen County. There were two third prize tickets worth $5,000 as well, but they were sold in Newark and Jersey City. No one took home the top prize so the jackpot…
Assemblyman Vince Mazzeo has introduced legislation to make it more difficult for first-time domestic violence offenders to enter pretrial intervention (PTI) and thus avoid jail time. The bill would amend current law to make assault against a victim of domestic violence a crime of the third degree with no presumption of non-imprisonment, meaning that incarceration could…
Gov. Chris Christie doesn’t appear like he is too excited to help the NBA in legalizing sports betting. Christie appeared on NJTV on Monday and said NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is pulling a “bait and switch,” because the NBA is apart of a lawsuit aimed at keeping New Jersey from having sports book. Silver wants…
New Jersey saw an upswing in population over the past year. The state saw an increase of 27,000 people and is the 11th most populated state. The number 12 state Virginia gained on New Jersey by adding 56,000 people. In the top five, Florida moved ahead of New York and became the third most populated.…
The commissioner of the National Basketball Association would like to enlist Governor Chris Christie’s help with legalizing sports betting in the United States. Adam Silver announced this week that he’s asking Christie to help with efforts to convince Congress that sports betting should be legalized in this country. New Jersey had repealed its own law…
The number of traffic fatalities in New Jersey dropped by eight percent last year. New figures released this week by the federal government show 542 traffic fatalities in the Garden State in 2013 which is down from 589 fatalties during the prior year. The number of fatal drunk driving accidents also dropped by 11 percent.
If the presidential election were held today, only in New Jersey, Hilary Clinton would crush Chris Christie. A new poll was released on Monday by Rutgers-Eagleton that shows Clinton would secure 49 percent of the support among New Jerseyans while Christie would garner only 39 percent of the support. Despite electing a republican governor, New…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has been selected to deliver a keynote address in the nation’s capitol on Feburary 19th. Christie will deliver the big speach for the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce’s “Walk to Washington” event in under two months. Christie has delivered the keynote address each year he’s been in office. The event…
It’s possible that gasoline prices may fall to below $2 per gallon in the coming weeks. Experts who track gasoline prices around the state say as of Monday morning, prices averaged $2.39 per gallon at the pumps which reflects a 12-cent per gallon decrease over the past week. It’s entirely possible that some gas prices…
The New Jersey Policeman’s Benevolent Association is calling the murder of two cops in Brooklyn over the weekend a “hate crime”. Patrick Colligan heads up the association and calls the attack on the two officers an act of domestic terrorism that results from hatred directed at police officers. The two cops were gunned down as…