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1. Sports owners are entitled to lion’s share of stadium revenues – and here’s why
(Sports/Professional)

... alcohol. Many areas raised sales tax while others hit local residents with "tourist" taxes from tax hikes on motel, hotel, restaurant and car rentals bills. There was also a water tax, some owners were ...

2. N.J. among states considering lower cigarette tax
(N.J./State)

... cigarette tax hikes operate like tax cuts– when taxes go up, revenue decreases, because smokers cut back, buy smuggled cigarettes illegally, or cross state lines to purchase cigarettes in cheaper jurisdictions. ...

3. 12 N.J. towns look to override Christie's property tax cap
(N.J./State)

... tax hikes raised the average property tax bill in the state by $295 to $7,576. According to NorthJersey.com, in North Jersey, property tax bills went up on average even more in 2010; to $10,057 in Bergen ...

4. Gas prices in N.J. bring back memories
(Life/Style)

... turn of New Year’s. Gas price hikes have usually been blamed on our overdependence, and admittedly, Americans are guilty when it comes to some excesses. Many people have been heard ranting and raving ...

5. Sports costing taxpayers billions
(Sports/Professional)

... for sports in the United States whether it is through a hotel/motel tax, car rental tax, a "sin" tax (alcohol and cigarettes in Cleveland), a water tax (Nashville) or hikes in sales tax (Arlington, Texas). ...

6. Democrats say they want more property tax relief in Chris Christie’s 2011-12 New Jersey state budget
(N.J./State)

... onto middle-class families and seniors already struggling with the governor’s property tax hikes," Sweeney said. "There is no additional municipal funding and he has again short changed educational funding. ...

7. Report: It pays to work at Passaic Valley Water Commission
(N.J./State)

... Clifton, Lodi, Lyndhurst and North Arlington have paid rate increases of 31 percent during those years. The PVWC plans to continue imposing annual rate hikes through 2015. According to NorthJersey.com, ...

8. Inflation danger and the Mickey Mouse lesson
(Money/Economy)

...  Against a background of recently rising commodity prices, especially of oil, and price hikes for agricultural products caused by adverse weather, inflation fear has caused emerging market central bankers ...

9. S&P lowers New Jersey’s credit rating
(N.J./State)

... Christie's desk, even as he hikes property taxes throughout the state and makes our budget situation even more dire." Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean (R-Essex), in turn, blamed the Democrats who control ...

10. N.J. Republicans under pressure to disclose donors funding their redistricting effort
(N.J./State)

... called hypocrisy, the Democrats said that in 2008, when then-Gov. Jon Corzine created a nonprofit organization to promote his plan to pay down state debt through toll hikes, Kean urged the Democratic governor ...

11. Sweeney says N.J. Turnpike and Parkway tolls raised to finance ARC tunnel can be rolled back
(N.J./State)

... Ciesla (R-Ocean) that the tolls, raised to help finance the now defunct Hudson River commuter rail tunnel, cannot be lowered. "There is now simply no doubt the toll hikes can be stopped and that Governor ...

12. Illinois governor fires back at Christie: We don't need advice from some guy from Jersey
(N.J./State)

... on northjersey.com. But Quinn said that even with the hikes, which increased the top personal rate to 5 percent from 3 percent, Illinois has lower taxes than New Jersey and other would-be job poachers. ...

13. Southeast Asia and Pacific emerging market stocks: Time to bail out?
(Money/Economy)

... inflation accompanying the fast growth of some emerging markets has raised warning flags. Against a background of recently rising commodity prices, especially of oil, and price hikes for agricultural products ...

14. N.J. mayors plan to seek more shared services
(N.J./State)

... or county governments in an attempt to meet the new state law that requires them to keep annual property tax hikes at no more than 2 percent. The mayors also believe that what they see as the inability ...

15. N.J. property taxes increase 7 percent in 2010
(N.J./State)

... increases. Major municipal expenditures — including pension costs, health benefits and debt payments — are exempt from the new tax limit, exclusions that leave the door open for future hikes, Dressel said. ...

16. Bill rolls back N.J. Turnpike, Parkway toll hikes intended to fund defunct ARC tunnel
(N.J./State)

Gov. Christie wants to use the money for other transportation projects BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Legislative Democrats were not feeling in a bipartisan mood Tuesday. Senate President ...

17. Gov. Christie's popularity grows for third month in row
(N.J./State)

... didn't get a tax hike at the state level as they did in past crises. The key is whether, or how much, they might get in local property tax hikes later this year or next." However, New Jerseyans on both ...

18. N.J. Future finds Christie's $8 billion plan not longterm solution for funding transportation projects
(N.J./State)

... a critically important step in the wake of last year's fare hikes and service cuts," Kasabach said. "This immediate replenishment of the fund will enable many worthy projects to continue, and thousands ...

19. Christie says he is preparing to reduce health benefits for public employees, raise their coverage contributions
(N.J./State)

... tax hikes and public employee contracts. Christie also said that his fledgling economic policies have moved New Jersey from 50th to 48th among states when it comes to best states in which to do business. ...

20. The best and worst 529 plans
(Money/Economy)

... the Dow ... It's $22 billion of cash makes possible potential acquisitions, stock buybacks, and dividend hikes. Its new CEO, Ian Read, appears well qualified with 30 years experience at PFE." On the ...