The unemployment rate came down during December, but the amount of jobs decreased. The new report says that the new unemployment numbers is at 9.1 percent, which is down one-tenth. The number also show that the state lost 16,000 jobs last month, with over 13,000 of those coming from the private sector.
Gov. Chris Christie has until March 8 to decide what the new rules regarding affordable housing in the state are going to be. A bill that would get rid of the Council on Affordable Housing has passed through the Senate, but continues to sit in the Assembly. The Assembly is still working on legislation regarding…
A new plan is being proposed that kill a potential toll hike next year on the Garden State Parkway and New Jersey Turnpike. The hike was apart of way to fund the ARC Tunnel project that Gov. Chris Christie killed last year. Senate Democrats have proposed a plan, according to the Jersey Journal, that would…
The state’s highest court said that refusing to take a Breathalyzer test can’t be used to enhance DWI penalties. A question arose in the courts over whether refusing to take a Breathalyzer can be used in combination with prior drunk driving convictions to bump a person up to the next penalty line for a drunk…
A winter weather advisory will go into effect tonight at 7 p.m. The storm is expected to bring at most, four inches of snow to the area, but could be less, especially on the shore. The advisory is posted until 7 a.m. on Friday. There will be slippery road conditions and reduced visibility as a…
The mayor of Atlantic City believes that God is not in favor of a completely state-run tourism district. Mayor Lorenzo Langford, in a speech on Wednesday, said that there will be “consequences” if the state doesn’t listen. Langford believes the state is trying to assume too much control and is dividing the city with this…
Additionally searches for Samuel Schmucker, who has been missing since Jan. 5 netted no results on Wednesday. The Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office, the Lower Township Police Department, and other local agencies were doing a search on Wednesday in the Villas section of the township. He was last seen in the Green Creek section Middle…
U.S. Congressman Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-02) today issued the following statement after voting to repeal President Barack Obama’s 2010 healthcare reform law: “Today’s vote is but the first step in repealing the job-destroying mandates of last year’s healthcare law and replacing them with common-sense policies that will control costs, practice patient-centered care and protect the…
A first-in-the-nation grant program targeting air pollution caused by dry cleaning has been an initial success in New Jersey, with nearly 300 applications received statewide to finance new and upgraded dry cleaning equipment, and with thousands of pounds of pollutants already removed from the air, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin announced today. “Improving…
For years, the Borough of West Cape May has actively sought to determine the cause of the discrepancy between water purchased from Cape May City and water sold to our Borough customers. On March 24, 2010, the Borough hired Edens Resource Recovery to assist in this effort. We have systematically worked through the various possibilities. …