According to experts quoted on NJ.com, gas prices could have reached their lowest level before rising once again. Gas prices and spot prices have reached their lowest levels since March 2009. On Jan. 13th wholesale market prices jumped by 12 cents. For consumers, this means that gas prices could continue to inch downward at name…
New Jersey’s own Bruce Springsteen played one of his legendary encores late Saturday night at a charity concert in Asbury Park. “The Boss” appeared Saturday at the sold-out Paramount Theatre for the Light of Day 2015 event to raise money for Parkinson’s Disease. Springsteen joined other concert performers on the bill, including Southside Johnny, John Eddie,…
A circus will close the Izod Center in March. The center is costing the state money as the North Jersey arena runs at a deficit and is controlled by the state. The center is turning over events to the Prudential Center in Newark and the Ringling Bros. Circus will be the final one at the…
With talk of a transportation crisis in the state, Senate President Steve Sweeney says the state needs a master plan to deal with improvements and maintenance. Sweeney is in discussions with high ranking leaders, including Gov. Chris Christie to deal with how to fund transportation projects. At this point, the state can only pay towards…
An arena in North Jersey, operated by the state will be shutting its doors at the end of the month. The Izod Center is shuttering for a two year period under an agreement announced on Thursday. The arena is 34-years-old and originally opened as the Brendan Byrne Arena, named for the former governor of the state.…
Representatives from N.J. public worker unions are back in court on Thursday over pension payments that were cut by Gov. Christie to balance the budget. Seven months ago the governor was excused from making two full pension contributions by a state Superior Court judge. Today’s hearing is about the second annual payment of $1.57 billion cut…
The jackpot just got larger for the Mega Millions lottery. The new jackpot is at $270 million after no one took home the top prize on Tuesday. If you win and take the cash option, it would net you a cool $177.3 million. It has been over two months since a grand prize winning ticket…
A Republican initiative that has never gotten off the ground was pushed again this week by Gov. Chris Christie. The governor said during his State of the State speech that he wants to see the “Economic Scholarship Act,” passed by the legislature. The measure would essentially create a voucher system, allowing parents more flexibility in…
The Democratic response to Gov. Chris Christie’s State of the State address was that not too much was said. Senate President Steve Sweeney said there was no vision and nothing said by Christie in his speech of much substance. Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto was also negative on the speech and said the governor was mostly…
Gov. Chris Christie presented his State of the State address on Tuesday. One of Christie’s strongest points was saying that he has already vetoed four tax increases and will veto any new tax increases in the future. The governor also noted more needs to be done to be competitive in bringing jobs to the state.…