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1. Christie campaigns his proposed 2.5 percent property tax cap
(N.J./State)

... for adjustments in the event a municipality adds new ratables, and provides a single exclusion from the cap in the form of debt service payments. Current law provides for a 4 percent cap with at least ...

2. Christie wants 33 shots at public employee benefits
(N.J./State)

... pensions, health care, cost of living adjustments, and retirement benefits at $831 million. They were expected to soar another $100 million the next year, 1984. Fast forward to 2009: the multiple state ...

3. N.Y. Yankees to be aired in 3D TV by Verizon FiOS
(Sports/Professional)

... set-top box, a 3D television set and 3D glasses, according to Verizon. The telco will provide interested FiOS subscribers with a free manual-adjustment procedure so the set-top box can sync the 3D signal ...

4. April revenue at Atlantic City casinos down 0.7 percent when compared to same month in 2009
(N.J./State)

... the casinos won $215.8 million at the slot machines and another $95.6 million at table games last month. Slot revenue fell 2.2 percent while table game revenues increased by 2.9 percent. After adjustments ...

5. Christie proposes 33 bills aimed at property tax relief and controlling government and school spending
(N.J./State)

... would allow for adjustments in the event a municipality adds new ratables, and provides a single exclusion from the cap: debt service payments. The governor said current law provides for a 4 percent cap ...

6. Greece struggling with EU bailout terms
(World/International)

... plan ever imposed on a EU member. It appears to be a copy and paste of the structural adjustment plans imposed on East European countries after the collapse of state socialism and the Latin American countries ...

7. Christie Whitman: Wall Street wasn’t alone in causing financial crisis
(Opinion/Commentary)

... to blame — it should be about figuring out what changes need to be made to fix the system. We need an honest examination of the causes of the financial downturn so that we can make adjustments to prevent ...

8. Civil settlement in N.J. mortgage fraud case nets state $11.4 million judgment
(Money/Economy)

... adjustment, loan modification or foreclosure relief services in New Jersey. Brian Mammoccio of Mullica Hill in Gloucester County, a registered agent of New Hope in New Jersey, agreed to a $1.2 million ...

9. Stranded in Europe: A reporter’s long trip home
(World/International)

... especially since President Obama was supposed to be there. Those kinds of changes happen all the time in the news business and you automatically make the adjustments. But, I should have been paying ...

10. New Jersey needs to change how it funds public schools
(Opinion/Commentary)

... frustrating than all of this, however, is the lunacy of "adjustment aid," now hardwired into the state's school funding formula. The current formula sets a baseline amount of spending for a general education ...

11. The cost of New Jersey’s public school administration: ‘Don’t confuse me with the facts’
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Mideast region when considering the effect of regional cost-of-living adjustments. Educational Research Service's annual report "Salaries and Wages Paid Professional and Support Personnel in Public Schools" ...

12. pension reforms
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Any employee(s) with 25 years service must not be included in future adjustments to promised contracual pension or any other promised benefits that they worked for over those 25 or more years.However,any ...

13. Binghamton shootings anniversary: Reflections and lessons learned after 13 died
(U.S./Nation)

... was a Ukrainian woman who had been working part time at the American Legion facility, to help new immigrants understand the necessary steps to follow in their adjustment of status, and to assist them in ...

14. Teachers Salary Freeze
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Yes, Mr. Graff, I agree that BOTH teachers AND ALL elected officials and administrators (in Trenton and in all school districts) should accept financial adjustments willingly. Administrators making over ...

15. NJEA & the typical New Jersian
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... freeze and benefits contribution. If the public, e.g. my family, has had to make adjustments because of the economic climate, then why can't the NJEA do the same? You cannot squeeze blood from a stone. ...

16. China stands firm against currency pressure
(World/International)

... deficits, and that once it made an adjustment, it would be pressed again and again to do more," wrote Jeff Garten, Juan Trippe professor of international trade and finance at the Yale School of Management, ...

17. Unlike some states, Vermont works with teacher’s union to solve pension problems
(U.S./Nation)

... the state employee unions sued. Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri has proposed eliminating cost of living adjustments for employees who retire after Sept. 30, 2009. New Hampshire lawmakers recently voted ...

18. Steve Lonegan: New Jersey’s defined benefit pension plan must be phased out
(Opinion/Commentary)

... among four bills that afford minor long-term adjustments is a dangerous attempt to amend the state's Constitution to institutionalize a system that should be scrapped. It is a ticking time bomb that commits ...

19. 222 New Jersey school districts could see ‘adjustment aid’ cut in FY2011
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY DAVID SCIARRA COMMENTARY The administration of Governor Christopher Christie has signaled it may propose cutting school funding in FY2011 to those districts currently receiving transition or "adjustment ...

20. ‘Avatar’ and other 3-D movies can damage eyes
(Entertainment/Movies)

... adjustments to reduce the fatigue. But he says while adjustments can minimize the problem, they will not eliminate it. No matter, 3-D is here to stay. Experts predict that 3-D television will be a major ...