A new survey shows that New Jersey’s public workers pay above the national average when it comes to their health care costs. A survey by NJ Spotlight shows that the cost of New Jersey’s public employee health insurance coverage remains the third highest in the country. However, government employees are paying a much higher percentage…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie told new republican members of Congress to get along, and work together. Christie delivered a talk today to incoming members of Congress from his party and urged them to find common ground with opponents in order to succeed. Christie spoke privately to the new congressional members during a luncheon in…
Yo, you got a problem with it? Tony Soprano is now in New Jersey’s Hall of Fame. Actor James Gandolfini was among the inductees into the new class of the New Jersey Hall of Fame on Thursday night. A ceremony was held in Asbury Park, and several “Sopranos” cast members attended the honor for Gandolfini.…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says he fundamentally agrees with a new bill that would prohibit companies from sending you commercial text messages without your approval. Christie was sent a bill by the legislature that would outlaw that practice. However, Christie will suggest some minor changes before he signs it into law.
One out of every two people who live in New Jersey, wants out of New Jersey. A new poll released by Monmouth University shows that about half of the adults surveyed want out of the Garden State due largely to high taxes and a high cost of living. Only 45 percent of poll respondents say…
A heavily used southbound exit on the Garden State Parkway in South Jersey is closed for good. The exit at Exit 88 in Lakewood is shut down as part of a project to restore shoulders to the Parkway in the Toms River area. Traffic to Route 70 is being diverted to a new service road…
The seven football players at the center of a hazing scandal associated with the Sayreville High School football team will not be tried as adults. Prosecutors in Middlesex County say they will not try any of the students at adults in a case that brought the school national headlines and the cancellation of the football…
The cost of so-called “Obamacare” is going up next year. A new report shows that New Jersey residents who want the health insurance from the federal government will have more options next year, but they will also pay more. One New Jersey company involved in the program, Heath Republic of New Jersey, brags that it…
Tropical cyclones that impacted the Earth a half a globe away will bring wet weather and colder air to New Jersey over the next several days. Experts say Hurricane Vance and Super Typhoon Nuri’s effects on the globe will be felt here in New Jersey next week as colder, wetter weather moves into the region.…
Voter turnout in this week’s election was not very good. Preliminary figures put turnout at 31 percent, which is low even for mid term elections. About 1.7 million people cast ballots on Tuesday; there are nearly five and a half million voters in New Jersey. Experts say the lack of closely contested races for Congress…