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WEB3 days ago · Democrats push to lower voting age to 16 for school board races. By Daniel O'Connor - October 7, 2024. One U.S. Senate seat and all 12 House seats are on the ballot this year. See who is running. New Jersey Votes: 2024.
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WEBOct 3, 2024 · BY: Sophie Nieto-Munoz - October 4, 2024. The state claims an "unintended" result of the federal 2018 Farm Bill was intoxicating hemp products flooding the market and getting in the hands of children. Congress left D.C. with little done. They’ll be back Nov. 12 to give it another try. BY: Jennifer Shutt - October 4, 2024.
New Jersey minimum wage will rise to $15.49 on Jan. 1
WEB2 days ago · New Jersey’s minimum wage will rise to $15.49 for most workers at the start of the new year, state labor officials announced Tuesday. The 36-cent increase is the first annual inflation adjustment to the state’s wage floor following a six-year phase-in that was meant to bring the minimum wage to $15, though high inflation in 2023 spurred an indexing adjustment that brought minimum hourly ...
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WEBAug 22, 2024 · Mass deportation would be a logistical disaster, taking decades and costing billions. This country would suffer, too. A bigot lost her election and her brother lost his job. I’m not shedding any tears. BY: Terrence T. McDonald - August 7, 2024. A Jersey City mayoral aide lost his job after helping his sister's hate-filled campaign to be ...
Task force releases report on Stay NJ tax credit program
WEBMay 31, 2024 · A task force assigned to review the ambitious property tax relief program called Stay NJ released a report Thursday making recommendations on how to implement the plan — one it’s not clear the state can fund.. The 101-page report details changes to how benefits would be paid out, a timeline change that could cost some residents benefits under the existing Anchor tax relief program, and ...
Longshoremen’s dispute could boil into disruptive strike next week
WEBSep 27, 2024 · A simmering labor dispute between the International Longshoremen’s Association and ports up and down the East Coast could boil over into a disruptive and economically damaging strike next week. The union has sought steep wage increases and protections against automation that could cost its members their …
Moody's boosts N.J.'s credit outlook, citing pension payments and ...
WEBAug 15, 2024 · In awarding the improved outlook, Moody’s cited economic growth in New Jersey that had outpaced that of other mid-Atlantic states. The ratings agency noted that, while the state budget approved in late June includes a $2.4 billion structural deficit that is expected to bring New Jersey’s surplus down to roughly $6.2 billion, the state’s ...
Gun coalition targets New Jersey’s one-gun-a-month law in new …
WEBSep 27, 2024 · Since the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 declared a constitutional right to carry, gun-rights advocates have targeted New Jersey’s famously tough gun laws, challenging one after the other in court, from its assault weapon ban to a prohibition on guns in sensitive places to a law that allows the state to sue gun makers as a public nuisance.. Thursday, they sued again, taking aim this time at a ...
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WEBSep 9, 2024 · Middlesex, Burlington clerks reach agreement to stop use of county-line ballots BY: Nikita Biryukov - September 12, 2024 The agreement, which must win a judge's approval, would require office-block ballots and prevent …
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WEBSep 26, 2024 · Hemp businesses sue to stop New Jersey law that restricts hemp sales. BY: Sophie Nieto-Munoz - September 25, 2024. Federal law allows some hemp products — which include less than 0.3% delta-9 THC — to be …