Legislation to ban offshore oil drilling was introduced on Wednesday, which also happened to be Earth Day and the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf Coast. U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker from New Jersey joined senators from Vermont to Maryland in sponsoring the Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism…
New Jersey’s United States Senators teamed up on Wednesday to oppose a new federal act that would prohibit offshore drilling off the East coast of our country. Democrats Cory Booker and Robert Menendez attended a press event in Washington on Wednesday called “Kill the Drill”. They teamed up with other lawmakers along the shoreline to…
For the first time in a long time, someone could win more than a million dollars tonight in the Jersey Cash 5 drawing. No one has hit the jackpot since April 15th which pushes the top prize for the winning numbers tonight above seven figures. It’s the first time the Jersey Cash 5 has been…
New Jersey voters largely support increasing the taxes on the wealthy to help close the unfunded pension liability gap. Roughly two-thirds of voters support the “millionaire’s tax” that Gov. Chris Christie has refused to bring back. It would bring in an estimated $723.5 million over a three year period. The state is making a pension…
April 20 has become a holiday of sorts for weed smokers. A group got together outside of the statehouse in Trenton on Monday to light up and show support for removing laws against smoking weed. A couple of states have voted to legalize weed smoking, while other parts of the country have voted to decriminalize…
New Jersey voters are turning on the idea to increase the state’s gas tax. A new Quinnipiac University poll shows that 50 percent would support raising the gas tax, while 47 percent wouldn’t Just a few months back only 37 percent supported a possible increase. The state’s transportation trust fund will run out of money…
A company that employs the brother of Governor Chris Christie received a big contract from the State of New Jersey. The International Business Times reports that Ernst and Young was being paid $250,000 to conduct a financial analysis of Atlantic City. That company employs Todd Christie, who works in the business development department of the…
Train and bus riders could be paying more on New Jersey Transit soon. The agency proposed a 9 percent increase in prices, which would be the first fare increase in five years. NJ Transit is also pushing to eliminate 6 bus routes and 2 trains. If approved, the new fare prices would go into effect…
New Jersey’s credit has been dropped for the ninth time under the leadership of Governor Chris Christie. Moody’s Investors Services on Friday dropped the state’s credit rating from A1 to A2 due largely to the unfunded liabilites in the pension system. Moody’s warns future downgrades are possible if the state continues in this direction.
After taking his tour on the road to New Hampshire, Gov. Chris Christie held another town hall event in New Jersey. Christie held his 135th town hall meeting Thursday night at VFW Post 4591 in Hasbrouck Heights, continuing to push his proposed budget plan. During the meeting he got into a lengthy debate with Waldwick resident…