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1. What now after New Jersey’s historic 2010 school elections?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... procedures to eliminate the disadvantage local governments and school boards face when negotiating contracts with unions. He's sure to hear vociferous objections but Tuesday's results undoubtedly will ...

2. State prisons' chief details effort to crackdown on illegal cell phone use among inmates
(N.J./State)

... prisons by visitors, and in at least one case, a corrections officer. The procedures include sharing gang intelligence with police departments, stripping searching all inmates entering a prison and examining ...

3. We must mandate bullying prevention programs
(Opinion/Commentary)

... include a definition of bullying behavior, consequences for engaging in such behavior, a procedure for investigation of reports of such behavior, a statement prohibiting retaliation or reprisal against ...

4. Christie's Red Tape Review panel recommends elimination or change of 16 ways state government operates
(N.J./State)

... provides immediate steps to reform the "Administrative Procedure Act." State Agencies Should be Permitted to Adopt Changes to Proposed Administrative Rules Based on Public Comment. The testimony received ...

5. N.J. environmentalists seeing red over Red Tape Report
(Opinion/Commentary)

... withdrawal and re-proposal. This eliminates public process and the input of the public on rules that affect environment and health and safety. Changes to the Administrative Procedures Act give too much ...

6. Bank of New York Mellon pays out $188,037 to resolve N.J. hostile work environment allegations
(Money/Economy)

... policies and procedures. Those policies and procedures are to include clearly articulated information about what kind of conduct is prohibited, and a clearly defined complaint process for employees to ...

7. State comptroller finds Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Washington Borough have improved operations
(N.J./State)

... is described as significant improvements in their operating procedures in the aftermath of audits by the Office of the State Comptroller. Comptroller Matthew Boxer said Friday that follow-up audits conducted ...

8. Preparing different N.J. fire departments to work together in a major emergency
(Life/Style)

... like Morris County increasingly count on each other for help. Major incidents require departments with different operating procedures, different equipment and different radio frequencies to instantly come ...

9. Buried in credit card debt? Dig out by fighting back!
(Money/Economy)

... procedure. This is the legal process where, under the authority of a court order based on the default judgment, the creditor grabs pieces of your salary or bank account. It can suck the financial life ...

10. Magdy Rafla of East Brunswick pleads guilty to dental care claims fraud
(N.J./State)

Wife Gina Tanios-Rafla loses dental license for 5 years A dental office billing manager has pleaded guilty for billing insurance companies for phony dental procedures. Magdy Rafla, 56, of East Brunswick, ...

11. Nuclear powered cancer clusters
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... into a second tank, thus diluting it to the safe level. That procedure, however, ignores the fact that releasing the gas and steam in two batches, instead of one, still sends the same amount of radioactive ...

12. Christie’s budget cuts gamble with fate of women's health
(Opinion/Commentary)

... procedure constitutes only a sliver of the overall services these centers provide, and moreover, none of the state funding may go toward abortion. In reality, these centers do more to prevent abortions ...

13. Laurence Harbor cleanup plan won't come until 2012
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... playing in the sand? Probably yes," he said. "Is it fishermen eating the fish? Probably, yes." EPA will follow the usual Superfund procedure of seeking volunteers for a community advisory group while ...

14. Flood, storm victims in 12 N.J. counties get tax extension from IRS
(Money/Economy)

... the W-2, 1098, 1099 series, or to Forms 1042-S or 8027. Penalties for failure to timely file information returns can be waived under existing procedures for reasonable cause. Likewise, the postponement ...

15. Florida ACLU chapter Policy Statement, April 21, 1987
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Here's one organization that "got it": (Excerpt from document) “Numerous states have laws or procedures which impede the ability of adopted adults, their birthparents and other relatives to ascertain ...

16. N.J. surgeon Gregg Zimmerman helps lead kidney cancer fight with robotic surgery
(Health/Healthquest)

... the removal of a rib. It is a major surgical procedure with a hospital stay of up to a week, significant pain and a long recovery. *Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy: This procedure was introduced 15 ...

17. To ChasR
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

1) Are you planning to have a fertility test as part of the marriage licence procedure? *Nope -- that would be an invasion of privacy. Funny you bring that up since there is no need at all to adminster ...

18. ChasR
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

1) Are you planning to have a fertility test as part of the marriage licence procedure? 2) Would you like to remove children from single parent households? 3) I'm not clear on how anyone elses sex life ...

19. N.J.’s Hartz Mountain Industries embraces green movement
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... to embrace greener operation procedures reflects its own operating considerations and a growing acceptance in the marketplace. "Forward-thinking tenants are looking at buildings that embrace green technologies," ...

20. N.J. corrections official Fred Armstrong pleads guilty to corruption
(N.J./State)

... rigged bids to the DOC and used his influence over contracting procedures to steer contracts awarded by the department to Independent Alarm. Under the plea agreement, the state will recommend that Armstrong ...