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WEB6 days ago · New Jersey offering millions in tax credits for NBA team, rankling progressive advocates. BY: Sophie Nieto-Munoz - September 5, 2024. While the state frames its offer as cost-free for New Jersey taxpayers, advocates fear it …
Applications for gun carry permits soared in New Jersey after U.S ...
WEBAug 6, 2024 · More than 41,300 gun owners applied for gun carry permits in New Jersey in the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court upended gun restrictions around the country in a 2022 landmark ruling known as Bruen, according to state data. That’s 26 times more than the 1,588 people who sought permits in the two years before Bruen, in which the court’s conservative majority declared a constitutional ...
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WEBAug 22, 2024 · Mass deportation would be a logistical disaster, taking decades and costing billions. This country would suffer, too. A bigot lost her election and her brother lost his job. I’m not shedding any tears. BY: Terrence T. McDonald - August 7, 2024. A Jersey City mayoral aide lost his job after helping his sister's hate-filled campaign to be ...
Towns sue to invalidate New Jersey’s new affordable housing law
WEBSep 9, 2024 · Affordable housing remains out of reach for low-income New Jerseyans, report says. Housing costs in New Jersey require someone to have an annual income of nearly $70,000, or a $33.50 hourly wage, if they don’t want to spend more than 30% of their pay on utilities and rent. New Jersey Monitor. Adam …
Special election will decide who fills unexpired term of late Rep ...
WEB3 days ago · Voters in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District will decide in a special election Wednesday who fills the remainder of the late Donald Payne Jr’.s term. The two leading contenders are Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver, a Democrat, and Republican Carmen Bucco. McIver is the heavy ...
New Jersey launches website with data from police internal affairs ...
WEBSep 9, 2022 · The data reveals over 12,000 active internal affairs investigations launched in 2021, with allegations ranging from uses of excessive force, improper arrests, domestic violence, and the largest category, “other rule violations,” which can include drunken driving arrests. Roughly 55% of complaints are made by civilians, and about 42% ...
Changes coming to jury selection in New Jersey
WEBJul 14, 2022 · The next time you’re selected as a juror in New Jersey, expect more questions, new videos on implicit bias, and maybe even more money. In an effort to reduce bias in jury selection and expand the pool of prospective jurors, the state Supreme Court is adopting 25 changes to the selection process, the court announced Wednesday.. The upgrades to the process derive from recommendations made by a ...
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WEBSep 11, 2024 · Group urges watchdog to ax public contracts connected to indicted power broker. BY: Dana DiFilippo - August 14, 2024. New Jersey Working Families on Tuesday urged the New Jersey comptroller's office to examine public funding going to George Norcross III and his co-defendants.
U.S. Supreme Court takes aim at N.J. law limiting capacity of guns ...
WEBJul 1, 2022 · The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday booted a case challenging New Jersey’s ban on large-capacity ammunition magazines back to a lower court for review in light of its decision last week declaring a constitutional right to carry handguns in public. The move, coming on the heels of the Legislature approving a package of bills supporters say will help decrease gun violence, led the cheers from ...