Those watching New Jersey Transit’s financial issues say fare hikes are possible. Officials with NJ Transit say its a last resort as they look to close an $80 million budget hole. They last time the agency saw a deficit this big, there was a fare hike of over 50 percent. Currently there is a lot…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie held another town hall meeting on Wednesday, this time in Fair Lawn. Christie discussed a host of state issues including the issue requiring businesses to pay for sick leave. Christie says he supports the concept, but he doesn’t support forcing businesses to do it. Christie admits it’s already very expensive…
Frank Orsini, the founding member and lead singer of the regional 10-piece cover band Don’t Call Me Francis, died on Tuesday after a long bout with cancer. A message on the group’s Facebook page says, “Frank poured his heart and soul into his band and his music. He built years of wonderful memories both on…
New Jersey is about to be sued by its unions over proposed changes to the state’s pension system. More than a dozen unions announced this week they will file suit over a lack of adequate contributions to the pension system promised by Governor Chris Christie four years ago. A judge ruled that Christie broke the…
A state council that regulates the hunting of black bears in northern New Jersey has decided to expand the program. The new proposal offered by the council calls for a geographical expansion of the hunt for most of northern New Jersey, and also for the use of bows and arrows. New Jersey holds a black…
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has immediately closed the remainder of the harvest season for the diamondback terrapin turtle which is prevalent here at the Jersey Shore. Commissioner Bob Martin says the order is a result of pressures from increased harvesting of the terrapin turtles in coastal areas of New Jersey. Violators of…
February 2015 was the third coldest February in recorded state history. Weather experts say the average temperature in February in New Jersey was slightly below 22 degrees which makes last month overall the sixth coldest month in New Jersey dating back to 1985. The lowest recorded temperature in the Garden State last month? Walpack recorded…
There continues to be bad news for Gov. Chris Christie’s prospects of being president. A straw poll of the Conservative Political Action Conference had Christie come in last of 10 presidential candidates. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul came in first. In the past two years, Christie finished in fourth but has since fallen back significantly.
The amount of money coming back from the federal government to New Jersey took a major drop. New Jersey is got the least amount of its revenue from the federal government since the Great Recession. In the fiscal year of 2012-13, the state got 25.5 percent of its revenue from the federal government, according to…
Gov. Chris Christie hit the town hall circuit on Wednesday and took aim at the media for a major issue with the New Jersey Education Association this week. A report came out that a new pension deal was imminent with the NJEA and Gov. Chris Christie. This turned out to not be true, but Christie…