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Next up: Democrats will soon let your N.J. town assess an “art tax”

Published on February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 by The Staff

By The Staff _ The taxes keep on coming, Save Jerseyans. Mover over Rain Tax: late last week, Assembly Democrats approved legislation (A-3832) which will allow Garden State municipalities to assess tax levies for “arts and culture” projects provided the levies are Read More

N.J. Legislature sends “rain tax” to Phil Murphy’s desk

Published on February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 by The Staff

TRENTON, N.J. — Yes, Save Jerseyans. They’re going to tax rain. There’s nothing wrong with you monitor (or your eyesight). _ A radical plan (click here for the bill) by New Jersey Democrats to let municipalities establish stormwater utilities (and Read More

SPADEA: New apprentice mandates will raise your taxes

Published on January 30, 2019January 30, 2019 by Bill Spadea

By Bill Spadea This post originally appeared at NJ 101.5 _ Enough already. Now the government in Trenton wants to require all public works contractors participating in Union approved apprentice programs. The intended consequence here would be to drive up costs Read More

ANALYSIS: N.J. collects more taxes per citizen than all but two states

Published on January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 by The Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tell us something we don’t already know. A new analysis from the D.C.-based Tax Foundation found New Jersey finishing behind only New York and Connecticut in the category of highest state and local tax collections per capita. New Read More

Jersey Shore tourism industry braces for Phil Murphy’s new rental tax

Published on January 23, 2019January 23, 2019 by The Staff

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. — You may’ve missed it last year, Save Jerseyans, but Governor Phil Murphy and the Democrat legislature slapped a new rental tax on the Jersey Shore, a major a linchpin of the state economy at a time Read More

Why I’m leaving New Jersey

Published on January 11, 2019January 12, 2019 by Scott St Clair

By Scott St Clair _ In a vain attempt to promote unpromotable New Jersey, the Star-Ledger binges on list articles touting this, that or the other so-called “Garden State” unique, dare I say, “attractions,” with the latest the 19 places you Read More

Ocean County GOP Chairman George Gilmore indicted on tax evasion charges

Published on January 10, 2019January 10, 2019 by The Staff

Updated 5:19 p.m. TOMS RIVER, N.J. — Ocean County Republican Chairman George Gilmore, an attorney and of counsel for a powerful government affairs firm, has long considered the state’s most powerful unelected GOP power broker. Today? He’s been indicated on federal Read More

2019 will see a renewed cap-and-trade push likely raise N.J. energy costs

Published on December 30, 2018December 30, 2018 by The Staff

TRENTON, N.J. — A northeastern “green” push will be a major albeit probably under-reported story line for 2019. New Jersey announced plans for a new CO2 emission cap right before Christmas, laying the groundwork to fully rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and Read More

2019: Murphy says tax hikes are on the table for N.J.

Published on December 20, 2018December 20, 2018 by The Staff

TRENTON, N.J. — No one ever knows for sure what a new year will bring. For New Jerseyans? The only certainty is HIGHER taxes. Democrat Governor Phil Murphy was asked during a Wednesday (12/19) press conference in Newark whether his proposed FY 2010 Read More

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