Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The Transportation Committee passed the bill on second reading Monday, March 4.
With a Coastal Flood Watch in effect for the entire region and the memory of Superstorm Sandy still fresh in everyone’s minds, the Senate Transportation Committee approved legislation requiring a state study and report on transportation infrastructure needs in coastal counties on Monday, March 4. Bill S-1547, introduced by Sen. Christopher J. Connors, Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove, calls for an examination of the infrastructure needs in Atlantic, Cape May, Ocean, Monmouth, Cumberland and Salem counties. Among the issues that would be examined: The Deparmtent of Transportation and the New Jersey Transit Corporation may consult with the South Jersey Transportation Authority and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Red Bank-based senator's resolution passes committee
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Thursday, February 7
A bid by Sen. Jennifer Beck to transfer a state department dedicated to investigating claims of abuse and neglect of developmentally disabled New Jerseyans to the Attorney General's Office has passed committee. “The Special Response Unit in the Department of Human Services does invaluable work ensuring justice for our state’s most vulnerable residents that have been abused or neglected at the hands of their caretakers,” said Beck, of Red Bank. “While the unit has been able to develop a strong, collaborative working relationship with law enforcement from its current home in the Department of Human Services, I believe that collaboration can be strengthened by relocating the unit to the Office of the Attorney General. Probing and prosecuting…
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Legislative budget committees pass resolution rejecting administration report; will go to full Assembly, Senate
Legislative Democrats are attempting to force the Christie administration to reverse course on plans to adjust the state's school funding formula to provide less aid to districts with at-risk youth. The Assembly and Senate Budget Committees approved a resolution Monday that rejects the administration's Educational Adequacy Report, which calls for increasing base spending on all pupils but decreasing extra aid targeted at low-income and limited-English students, NJ Spotlight reports. “They can’t simultaneously decide to decrease funding to those students requiring the most intensive resources,” Deborah Cornavaca, an organizer with Save Our Schools New Jersey, told NJ Spotlight. “It is simply counter-intuitive.” The Budget Committees' …
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Legislature overwhelmingly votes to allow citizens to decide whether to change state Constitution
The state's voters will decide this fall whether the New Jersey Constitution should be amended to allow legislators to force members of the judiciary to pay more for their health and pension benefits. Only three members of the Legislature voted against the measure, which was swiftly passed after a divided state Supreme Court ruled that requiring greater contributions is tantamount to a pay cut, forbidden by the Constitution. "Rarely has the public seen such unanimity between the legislative and executive branches that the judicial branch was dead wrong," Gov. Chris Christie told the Star-Ledger. The top court's majority ruled that the Constitution's prohibition on pay cuts protects the judiciary from partisan meddling while the state …
James D'Monquay
10:43 am on Thursday, March 7, 2013
Let's stay on topic. According to the WH, if one life can be saved, then no one should be able to live at the shore. Thus, there's no reason for an evaculation plan. Everyone is making this waaay to complicated. more ›