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Lawmakers aim to stop creditors from debt-collecting people 'into …
2 days ago · Debt collectors would be prevented from taking people’s homes and wiping out their bank accounts under legislation advocates are pushing state lawmakers to pass in the new year. Assemblyman Dan Hutchison (D-Gloucester) is the prime sponsor of a bill intended to keep people in debt from falling ...
Final election results show scope of Trump's success with N.J.
5 days ago · Now that all the votes have been counted in the 2024 presidential race, the final results detail the inroads Donald Trump made in New Jersey Latino communities.. In places like Union City and Perth Amboy, where the Latino populations top 80%, support for Trump skyrocketed, with the president-elect winning 7,881 votes in Union City this year compared to …
Judge approves $150M agreement for Passaic River cleanup
4 days ago · A federal judge approved a consent decree this week that calls for 82 firms responsible for pollution in the lower Passaic River to put $150 million behind cleanup efforts, rejecting a challenge from another alleged polluter that argued the agreement is too lax. U.S. District Court Judge Madeline Cox Arleo ruled the agreement, which was first proposed in …
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6 days ago · U.S. House torpedoes new spending plan as government shutdown nears Friday night BY: Jennifer Shutt - December 19, 2024 WASHINGTON — The U.S. House failed to pass a Republican stopgap spending package Thursday, sharply increasing the odds a partial government shutdown will begin after the current funding bill expires Friday at midnight.
State watchdog finds millions of dollars in fraud at 'New Jersey's ...
Dec 12, 2024 · The owner and operators of a South Jersey nursing home pocketed millions of dollars in Medicaid money while its 110 residents lived in a dirty, understaffed facility, a scheme that went unnoticed for years by the state agencies tasked with oversight, the state Comptroller’s Office has found.. Acting state Comptroller Kevin D. Walsh said Thursday that his Medicaid …
Troopers gave special treatment to drivers with courtesy cards ...
Dec 18, 2024 · Police courtesy cards and relations to law enforcement consistently helped drivers escape motor vehicle stops without penalties, even in instances of severe speeding and apparent impaired driving, a report issued Wednesday by the state comptroller found.. After reviewing 501 no-enforcement stops conducted by the New Jersey State Police over a 10-day period in …
The economy drove New Jersey voters’ shift to the right, experts say
Nov 7, 2024 · Sophie Nieto-Muñoz, a New Jersey native and former Trenton statehouse reporter for NJ.com, shined a spotlight on the state’s crumbling unemployment system and won several awards for investigative reporting from the New Jersey Press Association.
Gov. Murphy signs record-setting $56.6B state budget
Jun 28, 2024 · Gov. Phil Murphy signed the $56.6 billion annual spending bill Friday after the Legislature approved it in votes divided largely along party lines, two days ahead of a deadline that would have forced a state government shutdown.. The budget, the largest in state history, calls for New Jersey to spend $2.1 billion more than it takes in but maintains full funding of the …
Message for poor NJ Transit riders: Fixes are coming … eventually
Oct 25, 2024 · Editor Terrence T. McDonald is a native New Jerseyan who has worked for newspapers in the Garden State for more than 15 years. He has covered everything from Trenton politics to the smallest of municipal squabbles, exposing public corruption and general malfeasance at every level of government.