Gov. Chris Christie is taking more power in Atlantic City. The resort now has an emergency management team to develop a plan for the city. Kevin Lavin and Kevyn Orr will be the two major players on the team. Lavin has a history of helping troubled companies revive themselves. Orr helped lead Detroit through the biggest municipal bankruptcy…
New unemployment numbers are in and numbers dropped again in New Jersey. The jobless rate in the state was at 6.2 percent in Dec., which is down .2 percent from Nov. A review of unemployment from the end of 2013 to the end of 2014 shows the private sector grew by nearly 30,000 jobs. It…
Gov. Chris Christie’s popularity would not win him a presidential race against Hillary Clinton. A new Quinnipiac University Poll says that the governor would lose 52 to 39 percent based on the current thought process of state voters. Both Clinton and Christie have been talked about for a 2016 presidential run, but neither has said at…
The state’s university has hit its goal in its latest fundraising efforts. Rutgers University announced it has hit $1 billion. The school has upped its fundraising efforts to continue to compete academically with the best universities in the country. A large chunk of the money will go to students and learning, along with upgrading campus…
More than 1,000 people were without a home after a fire in Edgewater. The North Jersey town had a massive fire at their Avalon apartment complex that put the large group of people out on their own. The Red Cross responded to provide temporary facilities for the families. Multiple fire departments responded Wednesday night to the…
As Gov. Chris Christie is out of the state more and more, his approval rating is seeping away. A Quinnipiac University poll says that Christie has a 46 percent approval rating, the lowest in the past four years. The governor’s approval numbers haven’t made it over 50 percent since the Bridgegate issue broke out. Christie received…
New Jersey is not being able to retain its top earners. A new ranking by Phoenix Marketing International says the state lost 10,000 millionaires in its 2014 rankings. The state dropped from second to third for millionaire households per capita. Connecticut who lost 1,000 households went from second to third in the new rankings.
One thing is clear…transportation funding is an issue. The thing that isn’t clear is how to pay for it. A new Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll says that 68 percent of voters don’t support raising the gas tax to pay for projects, while 28 percent favor it. Something has to be done in New Jersey because…
It is unclear whether New Jersey lawmakers will be able to get final approval on an “Aid in Dying” bill. The legislation allows doctors to prescribe life ending drugs to terminally ill patients after following a number of steps. Gov. Chris Christie has again said publicly that he has concerns about letting doctors prescribe life…
Not all teachers are happy with their job in New Jersey. A new Gallup poll says that 17 percent of teachers are unhappy with their job. The poll evaluated teacher’s engagement level, and found that 17 percent of teachers were actively disengaged. This marked second work among the country’s 15 most populous states to only…