8.4 percent to 7.8 percent..that’s a huge drop in the New Jersey unemployment rate in just one month. State officials say more than 16,000 jobs were added during the month which resulted in a big dip in the unemployment rate. Most of the jobs added were in the private sector.
A 23 year old man with a long criminal history was taken to the Atlantic County Jail Wednesday evening after he committed another armed robbery in Atlantic City. Atlantic City Police were able to nab DaShawn Bacon Hancock who held up a local store armed with a knife on Wednesday evening. Two police officers were…
North Wildwood Police are asking for the public’s help with catching two burglary suspects. Police say two suspects broke into multiple vehicles on 16th Avenue and 17th Avenue in the city about a month ago. Stolen credit cards were used at Walmart and KMart department stores in Rio Grande following the burglaries. One suspect is…
Undocumented students may soon be eligible for in-state tuition rates. Gov. Chris Christie and Democrats have reached a deal to get the deal done. Christie is going to conditionally veto a part of the legislation that would also allowed those students to get financial aid. The two sides felt it was a fair compromise and…
A new study says more people are going to be staying in New Jersey over New York for the Super Bowl. Forbes.com did the survey and found there was more interest in staying in-state, where the Super Bowl is going to be held. The Super Bowl will be held on Feb. 2.
Gov. Chris Christie will consider legislation that would allow transgender people to get new birth certificates. The bill was passed in the legislature this week. Current law doesn’t allow people who undergo hormone therapy to get a new birth certificate, only if you get surgery.
Two companies are being sued following the home explosion in the Villas at the beginning of Nov. South Jersey Fuel and Propane and Shore Guys Heating & Air Conditioning have been listed as defendants. The law firm representing James and Evelyn McCarty allege that the two companies didn’t take the proper steps following the couple’s…
Polls continue to show that Gov. Chris Christie would at least be among the top contenders to run for President in 2016. A new Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll says that Christie leads over other Republican options to win the nomination, but it remains within the polls margin of error. The polls says Democrats widely…
It could be up to 10 years in jail for illegal gun possession in Millville. The Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office says that Elgenun Parish was found guilty of multiple gun charges and aggravated assault. The incident stems from 2011, where two people were injured from gunshot wounds. The sentencing would be for a state prison…
A jury found a Vineland man guilty of felony murder in the death of an unarmed man. John Ramirez committed the crime in 2009. He was also found guilty of aggravated manslaughter, armed robbery, among other offenses. Ramirez faces a mandatory term of 30 years in jail without parole and up to life in prison.…