New Jersey may have to pay back some of the Hurricane Sandy relief aid it received from the federal government. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the state may have misappropriated $60 million in federal aid following the storm. State officials likely did not follow federal rules in handing out one…
A South Jersey man attempted to cut his own throat with a box cutter at a trailer park in Franklin Township. Township Police say they were able to grab the arm of the unidentified man through the window of his mobile home as he was cutting his own throat. Earlier the man stabbed himself several…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie stated over the weekend that he’s ready to pull a Ronald Reagan much like Reagan did in the 1979 presidential election. Christie was speaking on Concord, New Hampshire where he announced plans to cut tax rates and simplify the tax code. Christie continues to drop the former president’s name since…
The carriers who participate in so-called Obamacare in New Jersey could be hiking their rates by more than ten percent next year. The federal government announced on Friday that new rate hikes are scheduled to go into effect on January 1st, 2016 and rate hikes are expected. Over 200,000 New Jersey residents receive health coverage under the…
Parochial and private schools would receive public dollars for security measures inside their buildings if a new proposed law in Trenton gets traction. An Assembly committee approved a bill that would make those schools eligible for state funding to prevent security threats and terrorism attacks. The proposed law would make $25 per student available to…
The final New Jersey boardwalk that was crushed by Hurricane Sandy nearly two years ago is being rebuilt. Officials in Long Branch attended a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday for the northern most section of boardwalk that was wiped out by the storm. The city wanted to make sure that the boardwalk could withstand another hurricane.…
24 year old New Jersey State Trooper Anthony Raspa was laid to rest on Thursday. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and hundreds of law enforcement personnel were in Franklin Township to pay tribute to Raspa who lost his life while on duty in a motor vehicle accident. Raspa was killed last weekend when the patrol…
Two cable television companies who do business in New Jersey have just been named the two worst cable companies in America. The American Customer Satisfaction Index released a new report that shows Comcast and Time Warner Cable are the two biggest disappointments to customers in the cable television industry in the United States. The founder…
The Hard Rock Casino wants its next gaming hall built in the Meadowlands. Hard Rock International announced plans to build a new casino at the Meadowlands racetrack in northern New Jersey. This casino would provide very stiff competition to the ailing Atlantic City gaming market. A press conference is being held on Wednesday to discuss…
Five more people have been charged by the state in connection with fraud following Hurricane Sandy. Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that the five New Jersey residents have been accused of filing fraudulent applications for relief money available after the storm devastated part of the Garden State. Two suspects are from Delran, two…