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Judge declines to pause affordable housing law pending trial
3 days ago · A Superior Court judge declined to pause the implementation of an overhaul of New Jersey’s affordable housing system passed last spring, roundly rejecting a challenge from towns that argued they would face harm if a law they claim is unconstitutional was allowed to take effect.. Judge Robert Lougy on Thursday found the 26 towns that sued to invalidate the law failed to show they would be ...
Minimum wage for most New Jersey workers rises to $15.49
4 days ago · New Jersey’s hourly minimum wage rose to $15.49 Wednesday, completing its first inflation-adjusted increase following a five-year phase-in that brought the state’s wage floor to above $15. The roughly 2% increase to the minimum wage comes after years of sharper increases that raised New Jersey ...
New Jersey’s jobless rate barely budged throughout 2024
5 days ago · New Jersey’s unemployment rate remained stubbornly high throughout the year, ending 2024 tied for the seventh-worst unemployment rate in the country. The Garden State has a couple of things working against it. It’s home to sectors that are shrinking, it’s among the most expensive states to ...
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Dec 29, 2024 · Toll hikes, fare increases on the way in new year BY: Sophie Nieto-Munoz - December 30, 2024 Driving around New Jersey and commuting into New York is going to get pricier in 2025, with toll hikes and fare increases on the horizon.
Republicans in race to become New Jersey governor vie over …
Dec 27, 2024 · Eight Republicans are angling to become New Jersey’s next governor, with most taking their campaign cues from President-elect Donald Trump’s performance at the polls in November. Trump lost New Jersey, but just barely, and he did so well that some Republicans hope New Jersey has tiptoed into ...
Lawmakers aim to stop creditors from debt-collecting people 'into …
Dec 23, 2024 · Debt collectors would be prevented from taking people’s homes and wiping out their bank accounts under legislation advocates are pushing state lawmakers to pass in the new year. Assemblyman Dan Hutchison (D-Gloucester) is the prime sponsor of a bill intended to keep people in debt from falling ...
Lawmakers approve tweaks to tax credit program aimed at seniors
Oct 28, 2024 · Lawmakers in both chambers on Monday approved a series of technical fixes meant to prepare for the implementation of Stay NJ, a tax credit program that promises to cut property tax bills in half for New Jerseyans 65 and older.. The bill passed the Senate in a unanimous vote and cleared the Assembly with a single no vote from Assemblyman Brian Bergen (R-Morris), who opposed the bill over doubts ...
Homelessness continues climbing in New Jersey, new annual …
Oct 22, 2024 · Homelessness in New Jersey has climbed 24% since last year, a trend advocates attributed to an entrenched affordable housing shortage made worse by rising rents and shrinking vacancies. Advocates counted 12,680 people — representing 9,148 households — who were living in shelters, hotels and motels, safe-haven programs, transitional housing, and on the street during their annual assessment ...
Message for poor NJ Transit riders: Fixes are coming … eventually
Oct 25, 2024 · Editor Terrence T. McDonald is a native New Jerseyan who has worked for newspapers in the Garden State for more than 15 years. He has covered everything from Trenton politics to the smallest of municipal squabbles, exposing public corruption and general malfeasance at every level of government.