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1. N.J. school buses are flunking the easy stuff during inspection
(N.J./State)

... Jersey’s 24,000 school buses fail their first inspections and have to be taken off the road. Another 12 percent received notices for items that have to be repaired within 30 days. “We don’t want the ...

2. Security problems at Hope Creek and Salem 1 and 2 nuclear plants in N.J.
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... four nuclear power plants. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspectors found the deficiencies at the Hope Creek and Salem 1 and 2 reactors operated by PSEG Nuclear following a series of inspections ...

3. Fight for Tara’s Law follow-up bill continues in Trenton
(Opinion/Commentary)

... for individuals in the aforementioned facilities. In addition, the bill would increase the number of State inspections of residential facilities. In fact, Schaer also worked throughout the summer on an ...

4. Assm. Gary Schaer works to protect disabled while rest of N.J. legislature on recess
(Opinion/Commentary)

... specifies that only 10 percent of such facilities will be subject to inspections on a random basis. Schaer’s bill will extend the number of facilities earmarked for random inspections to 25 percent. Schaer’s ...

5. Marco Rubio 'benched': Would Chris Christie answer Mitt Romney's VP call?
(U.S./Nation)

... a fundraiser with Romney on June 26 at the Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel in Iselin. In the meantime, it’s business as usual for Christie, who ordered the state to conduct new inspections of halfway houses ...

6. White House nominates Allison M. McFarlane as NRC leader following Jaczko resignation
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... to determine if they actually worked. In the wake of the March 11 disaster in Japan the NRC ordered special inspections of the SAMG documents in all 104 of the nation’s reactors. They found that at ...

7. Fractious NRC Commission forces Chairman Gregory Jaczko’s resignation
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... special inspections of the SAMG documents in all 104 of the nation’s reactors. They found at Indian Point, near New York City, and others, that while plants may have been designed to meet earthquake standards, ...

8. Education Law Center charges state DOE has failed to make emergent repairs in urban schools
(N.J./State)

... Development Authority (SDA). Under state law and regulations, the DOE is required to promptly do site inspections and certify if an emergent condition exists. The agency is then required to review ...

9. Rutgers University will not disaffiliate from Fair Labor Association despite students' request
(N.J./State)

... to University administration in the upcoming week. Beth Breslaw, Northeast Regional Organizer of USAS, said the FLA has subcontracted their inspections of their overseas factories and within those inspections, ...

10. N.J. motor vehicle agencies, inspections stations closed Friday
(N.J./State)

State Motor Vehicle Commission agencies, including driver testing facilities, and vehicle inspection stations will be closed Friday in recognition of Good Friday. Regular hours will resume on Saturday. ...

11. Asbury Park officials hush up theft of Convention Hall antique copper panels
(N.J./State)

... is offering a $5,000 reward for information that would help solve the theft. Warner Baumgartner, city historian emeritus, said Wednesday the panels were removed for the hall for structural inspections ...

12. N.J. recycling efforts get state aid boost
(N.J./State)

... programs, household hazardous waste and scrap tire collection programs, inspections, and mini-grants to cities and towns. Some of the counties must still file work plans and budgets to receive final ...

13. PBF, Valero, refinery let off hook under Christie Administration
(Opinion/Commentary)

... by the state Department of Environmental Protection. These are the kind of consequences you get when you cut inspections and let polluters off the hook for violations. What happened today was directly ...

14. China Labor Watch calls Apple factory inspections a PR stunt
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Tech giant Apple has long resisted inspections of its manufacturing facilities, but in response to growing criticism of the conditions at its Chinese factories, the ...

15. N.J. announces pilot program to grade quality of 215 assisted living facilities
(Health/Healthquest)

... services and facilities. It will continue to conduct complaint investigations for all facilities, but limit routine inspections to facilities without Advanced Standing. In addition, the department will ...

16. N.J. farmers could sell raw milk under bill approved by assembly commmittee
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... bill (A-518) would require an applicant to certify that no growth hormones were used in the production process, post signing that indicates the milk is not pasteurized, allow regular inspections by the ...

17. Corrective Action to Labor Abuses
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... to greatly improve and intensify oversight of Foxconn (e.g., conduct independent, undercover inspections and worker interviews (off plant premises). I am a stockholder and I am ashamed. Please help ...

18. Is the 2011 rise in N.J. traffic deaths correlated to lack of safety inspection?
(Opinion/Commentary)

New statistics illustrate that fatal traffic related accidents increased in 2011; spike in traffic-related deaths snaps a 5 year decline in fatal accidents; Motor Vehicle Safety Inspections were abolished ...

19. State nails 12 unregistered N.J. contractors seeking work on homes damaged by Irene
(N.J./State)

... local stores. The investigators used the information to invite the contractors to inspect the damaged home and provide repair estimates. The inspections were conducted on Oct. 5, 6, 7, and 13. During ...

20. Graves at Arlington Cemetery may be misidentified
(U.S./Nation)

... and mistakes, according to a recently released report. The comprehensive study, which took one year to complete, included inspections of “every available record” and “every gravesite on the cemetery’s ...