Lawmakers advanced a bill on Monday that would do away with caps on superintendent salaries. The measure was heard in the Senate budget committee. The cap was put in because of abuses reported in towns. Lawmakers now feel though it is impairing districts abilities to get and keep good leaders of school districts. It is…
Legislation Assemblyman Bob Andrzejczak sponsored to create an investigative section of the Division of Consumer Affairs dedicated solely to telemarketing abuses continues advancing. The bill would establish a telemarketing fraud investigation unit within the Division of Consumer Affairs that would investigate consumer complaints related to telemarketing practices. It was recently advanced by the Assembly Appropriations…
The buyer of the Revel Casino has agreed to request to push back the sale date. Another judge is heading a case regarding whether former tenants of the Revel have a right to keep their spot inside of a newly opened building. Glenn Straub, the buyer for Revel, has said he doesn’t want the former…
Gov. Chris Christie isn’t the top choice of voters in New Hampshire if he decided to run for president. A new poll by Saint Anselm College/Bloomberg says that Christie is fourth, behind former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Christie is viewed much more favorably in this…
New Jersey residents are much more favorable for President Barack Obama. A new Monmouth University poll says that Obama holds a 55 percent approval rating, versus a career low 41 percent he had in Sept. The numbers are very partisan with Democrats strongly supporting, Republicans strongly opposed, and independents are most split.
A few Radio Shack stores are closing in our region. Radio Shack announced on Monday the closure of more than 1,000 stores nationwide including dozens in New Jersey. Among the stores scheduled to close are the location inside the Shore Mall in Atlantic County, and the location at the Maintree Shopping Center in Vineland. Stores…
The Urban Enterprise Zone remains dead under the leadership of Governor Chris Christie. Christie vetoed a bill that would have diverted 30 percent of the sales tax collected by businesses in select communities to put be put into their Urban Enterprise Zone assistance funds. The Senate and Assembly approved it, Christie vetoed it.
Gas prices are on the way up throughout New Jersey. Mid Atlantic AAA reports that the average price of a gallon of gasoline last week was $2, which is a ten cent increase over just seven days. We are still 17 cents below the national average in New Jersey. Crude oil prices are on the…
No winners again in the Powerball lottery jackpot over the weekend, making the next drawing held on Wednesday night worth $450 million. Seven ticket holders won $1 million apiece during the weekend drawing; none were from New Jersey. The Powerball jackpot has been without a winner since November.
Over 200,000 people could be at risk regard a hack into Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield in New Jersey. A data hack made personal information vulnerable. A subsidiary of the company, Amerigroup, had policies with 209,000 state residents and they could be impacted by the hack. The key concern is social security numbers, because they are…