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1 week, 3 days ago

Donald Trump mocks ex-Governor Chris Christie with hilarious meme as New Jersey drone mystery deepens

US President-elect Donald Trump has taken a sharp and humorous jab at former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, amid the growing mystery surrounding recent unexplained drone sightings in the state. Donald Trump calls for transparency on drone mystery: ‘Let the public know, and now’ Donald Trump has weighed in on the mysterious drone sightings over New Jersey and the East …

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1 month, 1 week ago

The state that cleared the way for sports gambling now may ban ‘prop’ bets on college athletes

Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. — After an unexpected loss in which he threw four interceptions in September, Auburn quarterback Payton Thorne heard from bettors angry that his subpar statistics lost bets for them. Now the state whose U.S. Supreme Court victory led to an explosion of legal sports betting across America is considering banning such bets involving the statistical performance of college …

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New Jersey Senate Race: Andy Kim vs. Curtis Bashaw, a Battle for the Majority

Associated Press

New Jersey voters will decide between Democratic U.S. Rep. Andy Kim and Republican hotel developer Curtis Bashaw in a Senate race opened up by a bribery scandal. Kim, a three-term House member, is seeking a second term, while Bashaw is a first-time candidate and businessman. The race has attracted attention due to Democrats' razor-thin majority in the state, which hasn't …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

New Jersey fines DraftKings $100K for reporting inaccurate sports betting data to the state

Associated Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — In one of the most sternly worded rebukes they have ever issued, New Jersey gambling regulators have fined DraftKings $100,000 for reporting inaccurate sports betting data to the state, which it called “unacceptable conduct” that demonstrated weaknesses in the company’s business abilities. In early March, the gaming enforcement division’s Office of Financial Investigations became aware of …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Money issues may sink proposed New Jersey branch of acclaimed Paris museum. Mayor blames politics

Associated Press

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — New Jersey officials say financial concerns spurred state lawmakers to rescind $24 million in funding for a planned outpost of Paris’ acclaimed Pompidou Center in Jersey City. “Due to the ongoing impact of Covid and multiple global conflicts on the supply chain, rising costs, an irreconcilable operating gap and the corresponding financial burdens it will create …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

New Jersey governor signs budget boosting taxes on companies making over $10 million

Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a $56.6 billion budget moments before midnight Friday, hiking taxes on high-earning corporations to help the state’s transit agency while spending billions on education and other programs. Murphy, also a Democrat, proposed what he called the corporate transit fee to help the beleaguered New Jersey Transit, which could face a …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

New Jersey passes budget that boosts taxes on companies making over $10 million

Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s Democrat-led Legislature passed a $56.6 billion budget on Friday that hikes taxes on high-earning corporations, sending the measure to Gov. Murphy, also a Democrat, proposed what he called the corporate transit fee to help the beleaguered New Jersey Transit, which could face a budget crunch in the coming year. That’s in part because the Legislature …

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7 months ago

New Jersey State Police ‘never meaningfully grappled’ with discriminatory practices, official finds

Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey State Police didn’t do all they could to prevent discriminatory policing practices from their ranks, the state’s comptroller said in a new report issued Tuesday. The report found that while the state police regularly issued lengthy reports on racial profiling, “leaders never meaningfully grappled with certain data trends that indicated persistent, adverse treatment of racial …

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7 months, 1 week ago

This, too, could pass: Christian group’s rule keeping beaches closed on Sunday mornings may end

Associated Press

OCEAN GROVE, N.J. — In this seaside community that calls itself “God’s Square Mile at the Jersey Shore,” all the land is owned by a religious group that has for generations enforced an 11th Commandment: Thou shalt stay off the beach on Sunday morning. “Ocean Grove is God’s place,” said Mary Martin, an 87-year-old retired teacher who moved here from …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

New Jersey seeks fourth round of offshore wind farm proposals as foes push back

Associated Press

LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. — New Jersey is seeking a new round of proposals to build wind energy farms off its coastline, forging ahead with its clean energy goals even as local opposition and challenging economics create blowback to the effort. “Advancing this solicitation really demonstrates that we are committed to seeing the economic development that offshore wind is bringing …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Help is coming for a Jersey Shore town that’s losing the man-vs-nature battle on its eroded beaches

Associated Press

NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. — A long-running sandstorm at the Jersey Shore could soon come to an end as New Jersey will carry out an emergency beach replenishment project at one of the state’s most badly eroded beaches. It could still be another two years before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection begin …

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1 year ago

Philadelphia news helicopter crashes in New Jersey forest, killing pilot and photographer

Associated Press

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Investigators were looking for evidence Wednesday of what caused a news helicopter to crash in the New Jersey Pinelands the night before, killing the pilot and photographer on board. The New Jersey State Park Police said they were notified of a helicopter that had gone missing shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, the station identified the …

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1 year, 1 month ago

US: Indian-American New Jersey Senator Vin Gopal re-elected for third time in hard-fought election

India TV News

Indian-origin Senator in the US State of New Jersey, Vin Gopal, was re-elected for the third time after a bitterly-fought election in the history of the state. Gopal fought in New Jersey's 11th Congressional District on Tuesday and managed to overturn control of both of the district’s Assembly seats for Democrats. He is the youngest member of the New Jersey …

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1 year, 2 months ago

New Jersey Solitary Confinement Reform Hasn’t Changed Much In Prisons

Huff Post

This story was produced in partnership with the Inside/Out Journalism Project by Type Investigations, which works with incarcerated reporters to produce ambitious, feature-length investigations, with support from the Wayne Barrett Project. The law put strict limits on NJDOC’s use of solitary confinement — which is referred to as “isolated confinement,” and is defined as holding a person “in a cell …

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1 year, 4 months ago

New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver lies in state in the capitol rotunda

Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. “God Bless Sheila,” Murphy, a Democrat, said after a New Jersey State Police honor guard placed her remains near the state seal in the rotunda. Speaking from his office last week, Murphy remembered her as an advocate for affordable housing and for urban communities across the state, including Atlantic City, where she was the …

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1 year, 6 months ago

New Jersey governor and lawmakers announce deal on property tax break for seniors

Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and fellow Democratic leaders in the Legislature announced a deal Wednesday on a sweeping property tax rebate plan that had been a sticking point amid negotiations over the state’s more than $50 billion budget. Murphy, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and Senate President Nicholas Scutari said homeowners 65 and older who make $500,000 …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Murphy unveils $53.1B budget, renewing property tax rebates

Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday unveiled a $53.1 billion budget for fiscal year 2024, about 5% more than the spending plan he signed for the current year, proposing more school aid, a renewed property tax rebate program and billions more for public pensions, transportation and other projects. Murphy is seeking to carry out campaign …

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2 years ago

NJ hires firms to review governor’s handling of COVID-19

Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday his administration has launched a promised review of its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The administration hired regional law firm Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads — which has offices in the state as well as Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York — along with management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group …

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2 years, 8 months ago

‘Amazing': Cannabis sales in New Jersey bring excited buyers

Associated Press

BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — Michael Barrows wore his Grateful Dead T-shirt and Jerry Garcia face mask for opening day of recreational marijuana sales in New Jersey on Thursday, one of dozens of people who lined up before dawn to join the celebratory scene. Phil Murphy announced that state regulators had cleared the way for recreational sales at seven “alternative treatment centers” …

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2 years, 8 months ago

NJ approves 7 facilities for recreational cannabis sales

Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey regulators gave a green light Monday to seven facilities that already sell medical marijuana to also sell recreational cannabis, although it’s not clear exactly when sales would begin. Sales could start in a matter of weeks or longer, but a specific date wasn’t set at the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission’s vote during a remotely …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Phil Murphy narrowly reelected governor in New Jersey

Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Democratic Gov. He’s the state’s first Democratic governor to get a second straight term in 44 years, defeating Republican former Assembly member Jack Ciattarelli. “Those words will always remind us to always, always, always keep moving forward.” Ciattarelli waged a formidable campaign in heavily Democratic New Jersey, his spending nearly equaling the governor’s and outpacing …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Here's why the other 48 states care who's governor of Virginia and New Jersey

NPR

Here's why the other 48 states care who's governor of Virginia and New Jersey Enlarge this image toggle caption Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images On Tuesday, Virginia and New Jersey will have their Election Day and count votes that have already been coming in for governor and other state offices. Eight years earlier, one year after the …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Where Murphy, Ciattarelli stand on issues in NJ gov race

Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey voters have already begun casting mail-in ballots and on Saturday began heading to the polls for early in-person voting for the first time ever. While the gap has narrowed, Murphy also has other advantages, including 1 million more registered New Jersey Democrats than Republicans and more cash on hand than Ciattarelli, according to state data. …

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3 years, 3 months ago

New York flooding: NY governor declares a state of emergency as the Northeast is slammed by flooding from Ida’s remnants

CNN

CNN — New York declared a state of emergency early Thursday morning as the Northeast region was slammed by torrential rain from the remnants of Ida, causing heavy flooding and reports of numerous water rescues. “We’re enduring an historic weather event tonight with record breaking rain across the city, brutal flooding and dangerous conditions on our roads,” New York Mayor …

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Donald Trump mocks ex-Governor Chris Christie with hilarious meme as New Jersey drone mystery deepens

The state that cleared the way for sports gambling now may ban ‘prop’ bets on college athletes

New Jersey Senate Race: Andy Kim vs. Curtis Bashaw, a Battle for the Majority

New Jersey fines DraftKings $100K for reporting inaccurate sports betting data to the state

Money issues may sink proposed New Jersey branch of acclaimed Paris museum. Mayor blames politics

New Jersey governor signs budget boosting taxes on companies making over $10 million

New Jersey passes budget that boosts taxes on companies making over $10 million

New Jersey State Police ‘never meaningfully grappled’ with discriminatory practices, official finds

This, too, could pass: Christian group’s rule keeping beaches closed on Sunday mornings may end

New Jersey seeks fourth round of offshore wind farm proposals as foes push back

Help is coming for a Jersey Shore town that’s losing the man-vs-nature battle on its eroded beaches

Philadelphia news helicopter crashes in New Jersey forest, killing pilot and photographer

US: Indian-American New Jersey Senator Vin Gopal re-elected for third time in hard-fought election

New Jersey Solitary Confinement Reform Hasn’t Changed Much In Prisons

New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver lies in state in the capitol rotunda

New Jersey governor and lawmakers announce deal on property tax break for seniors

Murphy unveils $53.1B budget, renewing property tax rebates

NJ hires firms to review governor’s handling of COVID-19

‘Amazing': Cannabis sales in New Jersey bring excited buyers

NJ approves 7 facilities for recreational cannabis sales

Phil Murphy narrowly reelected governor in New Jersey

Here's why the other 48 states care who's governor of Virginia and New Jersey

Where Murphy, Ciattarelli stand on issues in NJ gov race

New York flooding: NY governor declares a state of emergency as the Northeast is slammed by flooding from Ida’s remnants