A new poll says Gov. Chris Christie is the third choice for Republicans voters to run for President in 2016. The Marist College-McClatchy survey says that former Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is the leading choice for voters to run again. Romney has said he wouldn’t run in 2016 and if that is true, Jeb Bush would…
A measure that would enhance the penalties against animal cruelty were advanced on Monday through the full Assembly. Under the bill, any person who purposely kills a dog, horse or other animal owned or used by a law enforcement agency or a search and rescue dog shall be guilty of a crime of the third degree,…
A bill that would end the raiding of Urban Enterprise Zone dollars to fill gaps in the state budget was approved by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. The bill would reform the UEZ program by requiring that 30 percent of all reduced rate sales tax revenues collected by businesses within Urban Enterprise Zones (UEZs) be…
A recent Rutgers-Eagleton poll shows that six out of ten New Jerseyans continue to oppose increasing the state’s 15-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax, one of the lowest in the country. Forty-one per cent of those polled support raising the gas tax, while 56 percent do not. David Redlawsk, director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling, said…
A 5 p.m. Monday deadline imposed by Trump Entertainment Resorts was ignored by the main casino workers union in Atlantic City. The Taj Mahal wants it’s casino workers to withdraw it’s appeal of a bankruptcy court order on October 17th. The ruling terminates the union contract, eliminating health insurance and their pension plan. Without the concessions…
The fate of a major new addition for Cumberland County College hangs in the balance on Tuesday. The Millville City Commission is expected to vote on a resolution regarding a new $6.4 million campus that will be located downtown. The city has been asked to spend $800,000 on the project which will result in an…
A new bill that would require paid sick time for New Jersey workers has cleared another Assembly committee. The bill would require businesses with ten or more employees to allow workers to earn at least 72 hours of paid sick time that can be used for themselves, or for caring for relatives. Only three other…
President Barack Obama spent some time at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on Monday before taking off from the Garden State before sundown. The President thanked troops for their service before thousands of military men and women. Obama told the soldiers that they were home for the holidays and he was happy to have them back on…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is not surprised one bit that some people are upset for his public support of the Dallas Cowboys in their Sunday night win over the Philadelphia Eagles. Christie says this week that he’s a passionate sports fan, and understands the negative reaction from Eagles fans. Christie spent part of the…
Did you know that it’s now a bigger crime to pierce the ears of a cat in New Jersey than piercing the ear of a child? NJ.com reports that the Assembly passed a measure on Monday that would make it a fourth degree crime for anyone to pierce the ears of a cat. However, if…