TRENTON, N.J. – Assembly Republican Leader-Elect John DiMaio says the state’s settlement with 119 families of veterans who died of Covid-19 in state-run homes is a first step, not a substitution for answers and accountability. “It is rather convenient that this news breaks just as the governor jets off...
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TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Ron Dancer’s bill expanding free municipal parking to disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients cleared the Assembly Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee Thursday. The bill (A2805) would allow those veterans and recipients to receive free municipal parking in cars they do not own, including leased vehicles,...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Ron Dancer is calling for tough penalties for persons misrepresenting as a member or veteran of the armed forces or organized militia. His bill setting new penalties was released by the Assembly Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee Monday. His bill (A1121) would keep the current third-degree crime with...
TRENTON, N.J. – Her parents planted deep roots after World War II on Long Beach Island. And for her entire life, that’s where Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove flourished. The youngest of three children – and the only daughter – Gove grew in her love of the Jersey Shore and public...
TRENTON, N.J. – Famed college basketball coach John Wooden observed that good coaches can change a game, but great coaches can change a life. In the diamond, Lower Cape May Regional High School graduate Ryan Lewis forged such a bond with his varsity baseball coach Ryan Slaney, whose care...
Horse power: Committee advances Rooney legislation creating license plates to support riding therapy
TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey’s state animal, the horse, is trotting towards its own license plate to support therapeutic riding programs for veterans and individuals with special needs. The Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee passed the legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Kevin J. Rooney today. “The monies generated from...
TRENTON, N.J. – The Assembly voted today to assure disabled veterans that their federally-discharged student loan debt would not be subject to state income taxes. Assemblyman Ron Dancer sponsors the bill (A803) codifying that New Jersey’s income tax exclusion for cancelled debt also applies to a disabled veteran’s federal...
TRENTON, N.J. – This week Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill (A1924), sponsored by Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce, to help veterans in New Jersey obtain employment in the insurance industry. The legislation waives the initial insurance producer-licensing fee for honorably discharged veterans who are New Jersey residents, have passed the...
TRENTON, N.J. – In the Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee today, Assemblyman Kevin J. Rooney spoke on behalf of his bill (A4800) commemorating New Jersey’s state animal on a special license plate to support the health and well-being of horses as well as therapeutic riding programs for veterans and...
TRENTON, N.J. – Almost a hundred years after the park was conceived as a memorial to state residents killed in World War I, legislation to add New Jersey Veterans Memorial to High Point State Park’s name is now sitting on Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk. The bill passed the full...