Gas prices actually slipped a little bit in New Jersey last week. A new gasoline price survey by Mid Atlantic AAA shows that the average price for a gallon of gasoline in New Jersey is $2.27, which is two cents cheaper than last week. This ends a five week span of seeing gas prices going…
New Jersey Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno announced this week that the state enjoyed its best ever year in tourism revenue in 2014. Guadagno attended the tourism conference in Atlantic City on Thursday and announced that the tourism industry generated $42.1 billion in revenue for the state, which represents a 3.8 percent increase over 2013. Tourism…
New Jersey’s pension system isn’t just bad, its the worst in the entire country among the states. The National Association of State Retirement Administrators released a new study showing the Garden State had the most underfunded pension among states. New Jersey and Pennsylvania were the only two states with payments under 50 percent of what…
The state Supreme Court has ruled that courts will now be in charge of affordable housing. The state’s highest court voted 6-0 to strip the state of control, saying the Christie’s administration has violated laws on affordable housing. According to the ruling, trial courts will have say on individual town’s affordable housing obligations.
If the republican presidential primary were held today, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie would not win the nomination. A new McClatchy-Marist College poll shows Christie earning just six percent of the vote from republicans, with much more support going behind Jeb Bush and Scott Walker. The only only republican earning double digit support was Mike…
Now that Margate has scrubbed a big dune project in its community, a massive beach fill project in Long Beach Island is next up. State officials confirm that Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company will conduct a big beach fill on that island starting in about four weeks. Two dredges will pump sand from a…
United States Senator Robert Menendez says he has broken no laws, and he claims he is going nowhere. Menendez spoke to reporters during the weekend following word that he has been under a federal investigation regarding alleged campaign law violations. United States Attorney General Eric Holder refused to comment on the investigation into Menendez. Reports…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spent his weekend criss crossing the country looking for support for his presidential bid. Christie attended a dinner at Donald Trump’s exclusive club in Florida on Saturday night before heading to Iowa on Saturday to attend an agricultural summit. Iowa is where the presidential caucuses begin next year.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has declared a state of emergency for the winter storm that will slam the Garden State on Thursday. Christie says the storm will cause travel hazards and potentially power outages in the state. Christie is urging all New Jerseyans to remain off the roads, if possible, throughout the day on…
Local towns in New Jersey may be allowed to set their own higher minimum wages under a new bill being discussed Thursday in Trenton. Weather permitting, the Assembly Labor Committee is scheduled to take up a bill that would allow local communities to set a higher minimum wage than the state’s lowest wage, currently at…