TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblymen Rob Clifton and Alex Sauickie voted against the bill changing the affordable housing system and increasing towns’ construction obligations for the next decade when it came to the Assembly floor for a vote on Monday. “Mandating municipalities build high-density housing projects, but refusing to address...
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TRENTON, N.J. – A bill to gradually increase the refundable cap on the federal child tax credit to $2,000 passed the House on Wednesday, and now Assemblywoman Aura Dunn wants New Jersey to follow suit. “Both parties in Washington recognized the need to enhance the federal tax credit to...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Sean Kean’s bill making vacant properties owned by Jersey Shore towns, like the former First National Bank in Spring Lake, more attractive to investors was signed into law on Tuesday. The measure (A5565) permits municipalities along the Atlantic Ocean to lease their properties not located...
TRENTON, N.J. – Vacant properties owned by Jersey Shore towns, like the former First National Bank in Spring Lake, could soon be more attractive to investors thanks to a bill sponsored by Assemblymen Sean Kean and Ned Thomson and passed by the Assembly on Thursday. The bill (A5565) permits...
TRENTON, N.J. – The task force members for StayNJ were announced Monday, but how much they will be paid wasn’t. That stood out to Assemblyman Brian Bergen, who noticed Gov. Phil Murphy failed to say how much money the force’s executive director will be given. “While seniors have to...
TRENTON, N.J. – An initiative spearheaded by Newark Mayor Ras Baraka that received funding in the state budget hosted an event honoring a former poet laureate identified as anti-Semitic by the Anti-Defamation League, and featured two speakers also identified as anti-Semitic by the ADL. Assemblywoman Aura Dunn says the...
TRENTON, N.J. – A senior property tax relief proposal by the Democrat majority is a gimmick, not a commitment to making New Jersey more affordable for grandparents – just look at how the disabled veterans have been treated, says Assemblyman Brian Bergen. “I have attempted to force a vote...
TRENTON, N.J. – Gov. Phil Murphy’s statements on the campaign trail for West New York Mayor Albio Sires are blowing up in a new single, “Murphy’s Money,” released by the Assembly Republican Office Wednesday. ARO dropped the lyric video on its YouTube channel after laying down a royalty-free beat...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Antwan McClellan criticized Gov. Phil Murphy’s elaborate new Statehouse furnishings for private spaces paid for by the taxpayers while previous governors used their personal finances for similar upgrades. “Murphy is living large off the taxpayers’ dime and it’s not right. Lavish furniture for areas of...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Greg McGuckin responded to Gov. Phil Murphy’s $53.1 billion fiscal year 2024 budget proposal on Tuesday: “Gov. Phil Murphy is increasing spending by billions again, while New Jersey residents cut back in the face of inflation and a possible recession. He treats taxpayers like a...