Congressman Frank LoBiondo plans to fight a portion of President Trump’s budget that shifts expenses related to the National Flood Insurance Program. The budget plans to eliminate a discretionary appropriation to the NFIP totaling $190 million. LoBiondo says lawmakers cannot ask homeowners affected by Hurricane Sandy and other storms to bear an additional burden.
Legislation that would dedicate a portion of Route 55 to a fallen State Trooper has advanced in the New Jersey Assembly. A new bill has gained approval that would honor Trooper Frankie Williams who was killed in a motor vehicle accident on the highway on December 5th. The New Jersey Senate will now consider the…
Two men were arrested on drug possession in Atlantic City. Police there say they took Jonathan Devonish and Isiah Pettis, both of Atlantic City, into custody. Police recovered 140 bags of heroin, along with cocaine and marijuana packaged for sale from the pipe. Detectives received information regarding the distribution of narcotics in the 2000 block…
The Democrats in the 1st District will be holding their campaign kick offs next week. The Van Drew team will be holding campaign events in Millville and Sea Isle City on Monday and Tuesday. The Monday event will be at 6:30 p.m. at Sidelines Sports Bar in Millville and the Tuesday event will be at…
Democrats in Trenton are advancing legislation that would prevent new regulations by the Christie administration to make it easier for people to carry handguns in the state. Legislation has moved forward this week and Senate President Steve Sweeney said that Christie was trying to go around the state legislator with recent moves.
A big fire late Wednesday afternoon in Ocean City destroyed a two level home. The fire was reported around 6:30pm in the 5200 block of Simpson Drive. It took fire crews about two hours to douse the flames; there were no injuries.
Lawmakers in Trenton are getting an earful this week over funding requests as they fear major federal funding cuts courtesy of the Trump administration. Some groups appeared before the Assembly Budget Committee as the committee begins to tweak Governor Christie’s proposed budget. It will likely take until June before the budget is finally adopted.
Atlantic City police have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to prevent cuts to the city’s police department. The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday shortly after the state announced that it was making changes to the police officers’ contracts. Both the PBA and the Superior Officers Association filed lawsuits.
Thousands of Atlantic City Electric customers who lost power during Tuesday’s winter storm have gotten their power back. The utility announced that the outages totaled 30,000 at one point, largely away from the shore where only rain and wind occurred. Most of the customers who lost power in Salem and Gloucester counties will have power…
Congressman Frank LoBiondo and other republican lawmakers in Washington have introduce a new resolution that calls for stewardship of the environment. The resolution calls on lawmakers to work together on many initiatives, including climate change. It also calls for solutions to come from both the public and private sectors.