Imperiled N.J. weed bill would allow expungements for criminals possessing 5lbs of pot
TRENTON, N.J. – State Senator Kip Bateman (R-16) announced late on Friday afternoon that he is a “no” for Monday’s schedule floor vote on legislation
Imperiled N.J. weed bill would allow expungements for criminals possessing 5lbs of pot
TRENTON, N.J. – State Senator Kip Bateman (R-16) announced late on Friday afternoon that he is a “no” for Monday’s schedule floor vote on legislation to legalize recreational marijuana in New Jersey. According to Save Jersey sources on State Street, Read More
Op-Ed: Phil Murphy’s politics of utopia are killing New Jersey
By Chris DiPiazza _ It is no secret that every branch of New Jersey government is under the control of the Democratic Party led by Governor Phil Murphy. Although personally successful in his financial career, Governor Murphy is demonstrating no real Read More
O’Scanlon blasts Murphy for not budgeting for minimum wage increase
By Art Gallagher _ Governor Phil Murphy and his team apparently failed to account for the impact on the minimum wage increase he signed into law earlier this year will have on his own State Budget. Senator Declan O’Scanlon called Read More
AFP-NJ’s taxpayer scorecard is out. How did your legislator do? Find out.
TRENTON, N.J. – Did your legislators protect your tax dollars during the 2018-2019 legislative session? Our friends at Americans for Prosperity-New Jersey released their annual taxpayer scorecard on Friday morning. _ “It is no secret that New Jersey’s fiscal house Read More
ROONEY: Newark’s universal basic income plan will be expensive, disincentivize work
TRENTON, N.J. – Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark wants to implement a “universal basic income” experiment in the Brick City, one which would be de facto paid for by the suburbs due to his city’s extremely high percentage of state Read More
N.J. lost 9.3k private sector jobs in February ’19
TRENTON, N.J. – There’s more bad news on the New Jersey economic front. New Jersey shed 9,300 private sector jobs in February 2019 while adding 1,600 public sector (government) positions. _ National job growth slowed nationally in February; a net Read More
LD8: Guadagno, Saxton, Layton, Allen, and small army of 70 GOP leaders line up against Howarth
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. – The race to unseat incumbent GOP Assemblyman Joe Howarth (R-8) appears to be tilting in the challenger’s favor, at least in terms of party support. On Thursday night, Burlington Republicans released a list of 70 Republican Read More
VIDEO: Kellyanne dishes on her husband’s feud with Trump
WASHINGTON, D.C. – New Jersey native and White House adviser Kellyanne Conway visited Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo on Thursday morning and opened up about her bizarre marriage to George Conway, an increasingly shrill critic of President Donald Trumo on Twitter. Read More
SURVEY: 70% of N.J. accountants hate Phil Murphy’s budget
ROSELAND, N.J. – Governor Phil Murphy’s tax-laden FY 2020 state budget proposal is getting low marks from New Jersey’s accountants. The New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA) polled approximately 500 state accountants this March, and 70% of those Read More