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Senior citizen tax relief bill wins final approval — but fate still ...
WEBJun 30, 2023 — Lawmakers in both chambers unanimously approved StayNJ, a program meant to slash seniors’ property tax bills that some doubt will survive until its awards begin to go out in 2026. The program will offer New Jersey homeowners 65 and over tax credits worth up to half of their property tax bills, to a cap of $6,500, as long as they make no more than $500,000 a year.
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WEB3 days ago — Unemployment ticks down, labor market remains strong, latest numbers show BY: Casey Quinlan - October 4, 2024 The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report showing a strong labor market with growing wages, a lower unemployment rate, and the addition of 254,000 jobs to the economy.
Task force releases report on Stay NJ tax credit program
WEBMay 31, 2024 — A task force assigned to review the ambitious property tax relief program called Stay NJ released a report Thursday making recommendations on how to implement the plan — one it’s not clear the state can fund.. The 101-page report details changes to how benefits would be paid out, a timeline change that could cost some residents benefits under the existing Anchor tax relief program, and ...
Hurricane Ida victims hope second crack at relief bill wins …
WEB5 days ago — Lawmakers are looking for a new way to offer relief to Hurricane Ida victims still required to pay the mortgage on properties that have long been inhabitable, weeks after Gov. Phil Murphy conditionally vetoed a similar bill. Sen. Troy Singleton (D-Burlington), the chief sponsor of the measure, said it’s “frustrating” to start from the beginning on this plan after working with the ...
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WEBAug 22, 2024 — GOP targeting Haitians in Ohio with ignorant fear-mongering disturbs me deeply BY: David DeWitt - September 10, 2024 Using people’s lives and communities as a political cudgel to stoke fear and hatred and outrage with lies and innuendo is a low, base, nasty, reckless, destructive thing to do.
Former Attorney General John Hoffman wins confirmation to New …
WEB6 days ago — The New Jersey Senate unanimously confirmed former state Attorney General John Jay Hoffman to the state Supreme Court Monday. Hoffman, 59, will fill the seat left vacant by Justice Lee Solomon, who retired last month after reaching the age of 70, the state’s mandatory retirement age for judges.
Gun coalition targets New Jersey’s one-gun-a-month law in new …
WEBSep 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 ...
Moody's boosts N.J.'s credit outlook, citing pension payments and ...
WEBAug 15, 2024 — Ratings firm Moody’s improved New Jersey’s credit outlook on Wednesday but kept ratings static for the state as a whole, praising continued full pension payments but warning that reliance on one-shot revenue items and …
Gov. Murphy signs new medical debt protections into law
WEBJul 22, 2024 — New Jerseyans with medical debt will enjoy a series of new protections under a bill Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law Monday. The law, dubbed the Louisa Carman Medical Debt Relief Act after a Murphy administration staffer who died in a car crash in January, will bar owners of medical debt from reporting most of a patient’s debt to credit-rating agencies and cap interest on medical debt to 3% ...