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1. N.J. property taxes rise again in 2011: Are Christie's reforms working?
(Money/Economy)

... to a high of $7,759 in 2011. The hike follows a 4.1 percent spike in real estate taxes in 2010, the major funding source for New Jersey’s schools and local governments. After property-tax rebates and ...

2. New Jersey can see bottom-up reform through citizen action
(Opinion/Commentary)

... towns millions of dollars annually. And their certainly is a-lot of potential savings available--savings that eliminate waste through instituting best practices and modernizing local governments. For ...

3. Legalized gambling in N.J. is a slippery slope
(Opinion/Commentary)

... pie has given way to more exotic and prepared desserts, gambling has taken on increasingly varied games and venues to attract customers. Encouraged by our state governments and enticing advertising, ...

4. Sen. Gordon calls for more transparency at Port Authority of N.Y. & N.J.
(N.J./State)

... that have acted as patronage pits, except for one glaring omission, Gordon said Monday. “For tens of thousands of residents, the Port Authority is their daily experience with these shadow governments. ...

5. Not a Victory for the Law, but a Loss of Freedoms
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... you. As for Church and State issues - I've read the establishment clause - which, by the way was overwhelmingly written by Christians. It CLEARLY says that Congress (not local governments) shall make ...

6. reason for misery
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Joe, The reason for most of the war, famine, disease and hunger can be traced back to the control of various religions over the world's governments. People are so brainwashed by their beliefs they ...

7. Council on Local Mandates strikes down N.J.'s anti-bullying law
(N.J./State)

... it represents an unfunded mandate on school districts and local governments. The Allamuchy Board of Education complained to the council in August that the law would cost the district money to enforce ...

8. Gov. Christie views developmentally disabled individuals as 'pot of money'
(Opinion/Commentary)

... truly consider costs to state or local governments when passing or interpreting mandates. Nevertheless, the courts should consider a continuum of settings (moving from the most restrictive to the least ...

9. USDA Summer Food Service Program seeking N.J. organizations to help low-income children
(U.S./Nation)

... Program. Applicants may include public or private nonprofit school food authorities, municipal, county or state governments, public or private nonprofit organizations, residential summer camps or national ...

10. The Christie administration is dividing New Jerseyans, not uniting them
(Opinion/Commentary)

... numbers of policemen, with violent crime rates in the inner cities rising to unprecedented levels. Municipal governments are fighting for survival, as annual budgets are challenged by rising health insurances ...

11. Gov. Christie is like Whitman: Bad income tax cut proposal is history repeating itself
(Opinion/Commentary)

... taxes are the state’s largest source of revenue ($11 billion anticipated this year), but local governments raise more than twice that amount in property taxes ($25.6 billion in 2011), meaning that property ...

12. N.J. jobless rate drops to 9%, lowest since May 2009
(Money/Economy)

... jobs in the private sector. Another 7,300 people found work, including 2,400 who obtained public employment, mainly in municipal and county governments. Job losses occurred in construction 2,800, manufacturing ...

13. Christie approves 57 bills, pocket vetoes 42 others
(N.J./State)

...  S-2434/A-3507 - Requires Governor notify local governments to fly United States and State flags at half-staff upon death of member of Armed Forces or Untied Sates or National Guard who was State resident ...

14. N.J. Democrats to move minimum wage hike, gay marriage, 'millionaires' tax' in new session
(N.J./State)

... worked together to enact historic reforms. But that progress cannot stop now. “Let's show New Jersey and the entire world that governments can reverse course when past policies have simply failed,” the ...

15. Christie's State of the State address can be called 'State of Denial'
(Opinion/Commentary)

... failing to back things up is the Christie way. For example, for all his talk about healthcare reform, only a mere 15 out of 397,809 total workers in state and local governments and school offices enrolled ...

16. Meet the Mets and the Wilpon-Katz trio that drove them into the ground
(Sports/Professional)

... facilities is worth the effort. Apparently governments do not want to know what others do know. The answer is no. They spending on sports facilities is not worth the cost. Municipal spending on sports ...

17. Newspapers worried over N.J. bill to allow municipalities to self-publish legal notices online
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A vote is scheduled in the New Jersey legislature on Monday that would give governments the option to skip buying legal ads in newspapers as long as they self-publish ...

18. Payouts for sick time
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... giving higher level mamagners the big payouts? There is no State law that requires local governments to allow workers to stash away sick and vacation time and get paid huge sums when they finally leave ...

19. N.J. distributing $10M in Hurricane Irene federal disaster aid
(N.J./State)

... million in disaster assistance to local governments and other public agencies and eligible non-profit organizations for storm-related expenses. The amount is in addition to more than $166 million in ...

20. N.J. survey shows local governments turned to shared services, surplus funds to hold 2 percent property tax cap
(N.J./State)

Also made public employees pay more for health care The governments of New Jersey cities and towns turned to sharing public services and using surplus funds to comply with a new state mandate that property ...