A three year girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert on Tuesday morning has been found safe and found. Elinor Trotta and her father Michael Trotta were both found Tuesday afternoon in Massachusetts. The little girl was reunited with her mother. Trotta and her father were both located after an extensive search. The…
Gov. Chris Christie says major changes are needed to fund the pension system going forward. Christie called for a $1.3 billion pension payment, which still falls short of a 2011 agreement from the pension reform law. A commission Christie put together to look at the pension issue provided recommendations that included freezing the pension plan…
If you think New Jersey’s bridges are in terrible shape..you’re right. A new report issued by NJ.com shows that more than one third of all bridges in the Garden State are structurally deficient. 2,343 bridges throughout New Jersey need repairs and some of them have been closed for over a year waiting for funding to…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and the state’s largest teachers union may have a deal struck regarding the state’s huge pension debt. Chrisitie is expected to announce today what he calls ‘groundbreaking’ progress on a pension fix with the New Jersey Education Association. Currently the state’s pension system has nearly $40 billion in unfunded liabilities.
Early this morning an Amber Alert was expanded to New Jersey for a child abducted from her home in New Castle, Delaware on Monday morning. Police say that the girl is in “imminent danger” after being abducted by her father, Michael Trotta, who could now be taking her to New York City. The suspect fled the…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is hopping mad with a judge’s decision that requires the state to put $1.6 billion back into the state’s troubled pension system. Christie called the ruling made by Judge Mary Jacobson as “liberal judicial activism”. A Christie spokesman says the Governor will continue to work on practical solutions to the…
Gov. Chris Christie will deliver the second of his two big addresses on Tuesday. The governor will present his budget message during a joint meeting of the legislature. One of the biggest questions is what Christie will have to say about the Transportation Trust Fund, which will run out of money at the end of…
Robert Marshall, the subject of New Jersey’s famous “Blind Faith” killing, has died in prison at the age of 75. Marshall died behind bars just weeks before his first parole hearing was scheduled. You may remember Marshall was the man convicted of killing his wife at a rest stop on the Garden State Parkway so he could…
A tragic start to the weekend in Orange, New Jersey. Two children were killed during a four-alarm fire that broke out in a home on Friday night. Seven occupants of the home escaped the fire, but a one year old boy and a six year old girl were both found dead on the third floor…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie again has warned lawmakers that the broken pension system in the Garden State may derail New Jersey’s finances. Christie says it’s time for the state to reach out and cooperate on real solutions to the problems at hand. The amount of unfunded liabilities in the state’s pension system currently sits…