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Gov. Murphy signs bill tweaking senior citizen tax cut program
Nov 1, 2024 · Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill Friday making a series of technical changes to three state tax relief programs.. The bill seeks to align Stay NJ — a tax credit program that promises to cut seniors’ tax bills in half, to an indexing cap of $6,500, beginning in 2026 — with the senior freeze and Anchor property tax rebate programs.
Facing budget gap, Gov. Murphy seeks reduced spending and a …
Nov 25, 2024 · The nascent Stay NJ property tax relief program requires New Jersey to maintain a surplus equal to at least 12% of spending to avoid a pause, though lawmakers overrode that provision using budget language in the current fiscal year, when reserves added up to 10.9% of spending.. The program is one source of escalating costs New Jersey faces in the coming years.
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Jan 17, 2025 · Trump inauguration moved inside U.S. Capitol amid predictions of Arctic blast BY: Jennifer Shutt - January 17, 2025 WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday he will move his inauguration inside the U.S. Capitol building, instead of holding it on the terrace overlooking the National Mall, citing weather forecasts for frigid temperatures.
New Jersey utility regulator approves gas rate hikes
Nov 21, 2024 · Some New Jersey residents will see their gas heating bills increase by nearly 16% under new rates approved by the Board of Public Utilities. The board on Thursday approved rate increases for customers of New Jersey Natural Gas and Elizabethtown Gas Company, with those who get natural gas from former facing steeper increases.
Gun coalition targets New Jersey’s one-gun-a-month law in new …
Sep 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 ...
New Jersey kicks off celebration of nation’s 250th anniversary
Nov 1, 2024 · New Jersey saw more military engagements than any other state during the American Revolutionary War, was George Washington’s “home away from home” during the war, and saw scores of Continental Army soldiers and British forces fall during the Battle of Monmouth, the war’s longest skirmish.
Message for poor NJ Transit riders: Fixes are coming … eventually
Oct 25, 2024 · From left, Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner and NJ Transit CEO/President Kevin Corbett are joined by Reps. Mikie Sherrill, Josh Gottheimer, Frank Pallone, Andy Kim, and Rob Menendez outside the New Brunswick train station on Oct. 23, 2024.
Minimum wage for most New Jersey workers rises to $15.49
Jan 1, 2025 · New Jersey’s hourly minimum wage rose to $15.49 Wednesday, completing its first inflation-adjusted increase following a five-year phase-in that brought the state’s wage floor to above $15. The roughly 2% increase to the minimum wage comes after years of sharper increases that raised New Jersey ...
Feds give OK to two wind farms off New Jersey’s coast
Jul 2, 2024 · Federal authorities approved the construction of up to 195 wind turbines off of New Jersey’s coast Tuesday in a victory for Gov. Phil Murphy’s wind energy agenda.. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a record of decision approving two offshore wind farms to be constructed by Atlantic Shores roughly 10 miles offshore from Atlantic City.