New Jersey lawmakers approved a bill to allow cities across the state to participate in needle exchange programs. A pilot sterile syringe program was launched in November of 2007 in Atlantic City, to help decrease the spread of injection-related diseases, such as HIV and AIDS. Funding for the statewide program was included in the new state…
New Jersey has a new budget, but still no funding for transportation projects. Governor Christie signed the $34.5 billion budget on Thursday night. Democrats and republicans largely agreed on the components on the spending plan; New Jersey was obligated to have a new budget in place by Friday morning.
Shut ’em down. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has shut down all transportation projects throughout the State of New Jersey funded by the State’s Transportation Trust Fund. Christie issued the executive order after the Senate failed to approve an increase in the gasoline tax that would have funded these projects. The Fund lost its authority…
On Thursdsay the state Senate approved a bill that would require the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to hold meetings in South Jersey, rather than in Woodbridge, Middlesex County. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Jeff Van Drew, requires at least two monthly meetings of the authority to be held in Atlantic, Cape May or Ocean Counties,…
Two teenagers were arrested on Thursday for stealing a woman’s bag on the Atlantic City beach. Police said 18 year-old Kaleef Ardis and a 17 year-old teen from Atlantic City grabbed the woman’s bag after she went into the water. The two suspects were arrested and charged with theft and possession of marijuana. They were…
The New Jersey Democrat-led Senate met on Thursday and decided not to vote on the Assembly’s plan to raise the gasoline tax by 23 cents per gallon while cutting the sales tax by one per cent. Senate President Stave Sweeney said there was not enough support for the plan he claims would cost nearly $2…
After being unable to work out a deal before Friday, Atlantic City casino workers will go on strike at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino. Local 54 of Unite-HERE is sending about 1,000 of their union members to the picket lines at the start of the July 4th weekend without a new contract. The union was…
Wildwood Crest finished as the runner-up to Ocean City in the New Jersey’s Favorite Beaches contest for the second straight year, contest organizers announced Thursday in a ceremony at the Ocean City Music Pier. The contest is a project of the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium and conducted through online voting. The NJSGC created the contest in…
Democrats in Trenton have taken a pass on overriding Governor Christie’s veto of new gun legislation. Democrats say they will instead come up with their own brand new bill instead of locking horns with Christie. Christie vetoed a bill that would ensure that people convicted on a domestic violence charge have their guns taken away…
Two Atlantic City firefighters have bought imitation heroin from an undercover cop. The Press of Atlantic City reports that Eric Funk and Matthew Doherty thought they were buying the real drug from a dealer. Both were arrested for possession of imitation heroin, a third degree crime. Both men will likely be suspended.