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Republicans in race to become New Jersey governor vie over …
2 days ago · Eight Republicans are angling to become New Jersey’s next governor, with most taking their campaign cues from President-elect Donald Trump’s performance at the polls in November. Trump lost New Jersey, but just barely, and he did so well that some Republicans hope New Jersey has tiptoed into ...
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6 days ago · How Trump could try to ban trans athletes from school sports — and why it won’t be easy BY: Shauneen Miranda - December 24, 2024 WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly said during the campaign that, if elected back to the White House, he would pursue a ban on transgender youth participating in school sports that …
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 fraud team first began ...
Final election results show scope of Trump's success with N.J.
Dec 20, 2024 · 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 3,566 when he first ran for the White ...
Lawmakers aim to stop creditors from debt-collecting people 'into …
6 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 ...
Taxpayers paid $121M to settle 350+ lawsuits against New Jersey …
Dec 13, 2024 · New Jersey paid out $121 million in lawsuit judgments and settlements in 2023, but took in $459 million from lawsuits and investigations.
Lawmakers approve tweaks to tax credit program aimed at seniors
Oct 28, 2024 · Lawmakers in both chambers on Monday approved a series of technical fixes meant to prepare for the implementation of Stay NJ, a tax credit program that promises to cut property tax bills in half for New Jerseyans 65 and older.. The bill passed the Senate in a unanimous vote and cleared the Assembly with a single no vote from Assemblyman Brian Bergen (R-Morris), who opposed the bill over doubts ...
Homelessness continues climbing in New Jersey, new annual …
Oct 22, 2024 · Homelessness in New Jersey has climbed 24% since last year, a trend advocates attributed to an entrenched affordable housing shortage made worse by rising rents and shrinking vacancies. Advocates counted 12,680 people — representing 9,148 households — who were living in shelters, hotels and motels, safe-haven programs, transitional housing, and on the street during their annual assessment ...
Cities, states say they’ll need more help to replace millions of lead ...
Nov 18, 2024 · Workers remove a lead service line before it’s replaced by a brass one in Providence, R.I., last year. A new federal rule will require water systems across the country to replace roughly 9 million lead service lines to protect residents from potential poisoning.