TRENTON, N.J. – The NJGOP’s newly-minted state Senator Mike Testa (R-1) hit the ground running on Thursday after his morning swearing-in ceremony. Senator Testa, the newest member of the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee, cast a party-line vote against a Read More
Camden County, N.J. bans plastic straws at its facilities, events
HADDON HEIGHTS, N.J. – The Democrat-controlled Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders voted Thursday evening to ban single-use plastic straws at county facilities (including its jail and college campuses) as well as county events. The ban will take effect on Read More
Op-Ed: We need to limit black market vape sales, but banning e-cigs would do the opposite
By Jarret Jinorio _ We have all seen non-stop headlines about the mysterious lung disease cases popping up across the country in nearly every state. What many have overlooked however, and what is rightly pointed out in this recent piece Read More
POLL: N.J. is lukewarm on the realities of a plastic bag ban
TRENTON, N.J. – Blue New Jersey towns and legislators continue to advance plastic bag/container bans, but their constituents’ support for these measures is conditional. Here’s what Monmouth University Poll released this week: – “Nearly 2-in-3 New Jerseyans (65%) claim to Read More
Retail epicenter Paramus embraces N.J. plastic bag ban fad
PARAMUS, N.J. – Banning plastic products is all the rage right now in New Jersey. Jersey City and Hoboken have enacted bans. Now Paramus – the Bergen County retail epicenter which posts $6 billion in retail sales annually – is Read More
ROONEY: Cubs ‘circle game’ flap is latest example of cultural insanity infiltrating sports
TRENTON, N.J. – The circle game hoax is back in the news this week, Save Jerseyans, now that the Chicago Cubs have investigated (and banned) a fan for life after the man in question made the gesture on-air. This story Read More
Taxing paper and plastic bags isn’t crazy enough. N.J. may soon ban them (and straws, too).
TRENTON, N.J. – Governor Phil Murphy was underwhelmed by last year’s effort to tax plastic and paper bags in New Jersey. Apparently? It just wasn’t crazy enough. Support is now reportedly coalescing around the right kind of crazy for the Read More
N.J. is the last state to ban the sale of home-cooked foods
By Matt Rooney _ I’m sure you missed it, Save Jerseyans, but Pew published a piece this month explaining how New Jersey is the absolute LAST state in America to ban baked home goods/home-prepared foods for sale. That’s right. As Read More
Grewal sued over attempt to end 3-D gun blueprint sharing
TRENTON, N.J. — The 3-D gun fight isn’t over. A federal complaint was filed this Tuesday against New Jersey’s notoriously activist Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, Save Jerseyans, seeking to overcome Grewal’s office’s ongoing effort to block the distribution of 3-D gun blueprints by Read More