Archive for Tag: District 39

Rushed affordable housing bill adds undue burden on towns with flooding and well water dependency, warn Assemblymen

TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblymen Jay Webber and Robert Auth are warning about the dangers of mandating high-density housing in communities facing flood risks from over development and are dependent on well water. The issue came up as the Assembly Appropriations Committee held a hearing Thursday night on a bill...

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Toll charges should be prominently displayed, Auth argues

TRENTON, N.J. – Toll increases are coming and Assemblyman Bob Auth wants motorists to know exactly how much Gov. Phil Murphy and the N.J. Turnpike Authority are exacting from them. Auth introduced a bill (A395) that would require toll amounts collected via EZ-Pass be electronically displayed in every lane...

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Assembly Republicans score victory for service-disabled veterans

TRENTON, N.J. – Assembly Republicans successfully pushed through an amendment to include service-disabled veterans in a bill targeting economically and socially disadvantaged businesses. The Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee convened Thursday to consider a bill (A2146) that would help such businesses win state contracts for construction, architecture and...

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Democrats vote to keep dead people on voter rolls at Assembly hearing

TRENTON, N.J. – Democrats on Thursday rejected Assemblywoman DeAnne DeFuccio attempt to clean up New Jersey’s voter rolls. During Thursday’s Assembly Health Committee hearing, DeFuccio sought to amend a bill (A2002) that would require the state registrar to allow county surrogates real-time access to vital statistics to issue death...

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