EXCLUSIVE: N.J. Employees Advised to Apply for Unemployment Benefits Following 3-Day Shutdown
Updated 7/6/27 at 1:51 p.m. New Jersey’s state shutdown lasted for three full days, Save Jerseyans, meaning that most state workers missed one day of […]
Articles by Matt Rooney
Comparing the Shutdown Scores of Maine’s LePage and Chris Christie
Chris Christie and Paul LePage are friends, Save Jerseyans, sharing not just a Republican affiliation and gubernatorial titles but also a decidedly combustible approach to […]
ONLY IN NEW JERSEY: Democrat Legislator celebrates passage of the budget he voted against
Bob Andrzejczak, a Democrat Assemblyman from New Jersey’s 1st Legislative District (Cape May and most of Cumberland County), isn’t routinely needed by his party to […]
BREAKING: Budget passes, and N.J. government reopens, but taxpayers likely lose big
It’s over: Assembly passes NJ budget, three days after deadline. Dems give @VincentPrieto standing ovation: 53-23-1 pic.twitter.com/cwkCvdKZCz — Katie Jennings (@katiedjennings) July 4, 2017 The […]
Confirmed: Deal to “cap” Horizon’s reserves scheduled for Midnight voting session
Legislators are currently en route to Trenton for a rare Midnight voting session, Save Jerseyans, running on fumes, caffeine and energy drinks. There is indeed […]
UPDATE #3: Popular GOP legislator blames Christie’s “bullying tactics,” “weak-kneed” pols for shutdown
Governor Chris Christie placed full blame for the New Jersey government shutdown on Speaker Vincent Prieto ahead of a 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon address to […]
#NJSHUTDOWN: Trolls Plaster Anti-Prieto Posters Around New Jersey
Updated In case there’s ANY doubt whom the Christie/Sweeney/Machine Boss faction in the FY 2018 budget fight wants you to blame for the New Jersey […]
VIDEO: Ron Swanson demonstrates how to deal with a government shutdown
Yeah, New Jersey’s government shutdown means some things you like (but many more things you don’t like, or could care less about) are closed indefinitely, […]
UPDATE #2: Trenton fails to avoid N.J. government shutdown
Womp womp. They’re dimming the lights, stacking empty pizza boxes and sending legislative staff home, Save Jerseyans, after Trenton legislators and the Christie Administration failed […]
Booker (D-Twitter) compares abortion activists to D-Day veterans
We’ve heard and seen Cory Booker (D-Twitter) say and do a lot of dumb stuff in pursuit of the 2016 vice presidential 2020 presidential nomination, […]
Remember: Phil Murphy Wants to Repeat Seattle’s Failed Min Wage Experiment in N.J.
Our Democrat friends fancy themselves members of “the science party,” Save Jerseyans. The GOP should start countering that it’s THE math party. More dramatic examples of […]
The NYT’s ‘Moderate Guadagno’ Piece is Idiotic, Especially in Light of Recent Events
There was a very cute New York Times story this weekend on the “moderate” Guadagno campaign (the inference being that Republicans are ordinarily extremists). There […]