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1. Value-added tax wrong medicine for ailing economy
(Opinion/Commentary)

... reduce federal spending and put our Nation on a glide path toward real debt reduction without increasing taxes on the American people Congressman Leonard Lance represents New Jersey's Seventh Congressional ...

2. NJ Transit proposes 10 percent fare increase instead of 25 percent for local bus and light rail riders
(N.J./State)

... impact of fare changes and service reductions on the most vulnerable riders — low-income riders, students, seniors and customers with disabilities, NJ Transit Director Jim Weinstein said Monday. Assemblyman ...

3. Negril, Jamaica no longer the lost paradise
(World/International)

... is based on data coming out of a UNEP study on the role of the ecosystem in disaster risk reduction. "The data has found that beaches in Negril are receding between half and one meter per year," said ...

4. Salary FREEZE?
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I love how you paint the picture that a salary FREEZE is such a huge sacrifice on your part. How about a salary REDUCTION like most of us in the private sector are experiencing. You need to wake up and ...

5. U.S., Russia agree to cut nuclear weapons
(World/International)

...  Presidents Obama and Medvedev sat in front of U.S. and Russian flags and signed their countries' first major nuclear arms reduction accord in almost two decades. Mr. Obama said the treaty is a big ...

6. State aid cuts, threat of N.J. property tax hikes send Christie's popularity plummeting
(N.J./State)

Governor still liked more than Democrats an Republicans As he himself predicted, Gov. Chris Christie's proposed budget with its $1.4 billion reduction in municipal, school and college aid and resulting ...

7. Clean cars were always a ray of hope in New Jersey
(Opinion/Commentary)

... vehicle tailpipes. The owner of an average 2016 car stands to save $3,000 in fuel costs during the life of the vehicle. Federal officials estimate there will be a reduction of nearly a billion tons ...

8. Saving the environment one tree at a time
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... from human activities is one of the main gases that produce the greenhouse effect. They wealth countries would be granted "carbon credits" towards achieving their carbon reduction commitments to combat ...

9. N.J. budget experts says state government in midst of "extraordinary and unprecedented'' fiscal nightmare
(N.J./State)

... below $100,000 who received about $700 in 2009 get nothing this year …” Eristoff said asking school district to cut their budgets by 5 percent in response to Christie’s planned $819 million reduction ...

10. Christie again criticizes teachers for refusing to support his cuts in education aid
(N.J./State)

Governor says administrators, support staff have accepted pay freezes in 115 districts Staff in at least 115 New Jersey school districts have voluntarily accepted a wage freeze or reduction, though ...

11. New Jersey's ‘Pay-to-Play' law causes 29 percent drop in political contributions by government contractors
(N.J./State)

...  In 2009, 1,820 businesses with government contracts filed reports with ELEC. That is a reduction of 21 percent from four years ago. Under pay-to-play laws, all businesses that have received $50,000 ...

12. N.J. education commissioner says all districts will share equally if school aid ever increased
(N.J./State)

... responds to emails submitted by New Jerseyans to what is called the governor's Facebook Fan Page. Asked why suburban districts seem to receive the largest reductions in aid, Schundler points out that ...

13. Social Security solvency
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... bonds, provides any new net income to the Treasury, which must finance redemptions and interest payments through some combination of increased taxation, reductions in other government spending, or additional ...

14. Social Security Trust Fund
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... on those bonds, provides any new net income to the Treasury, which must finance redemptions and interest payments through some combination of increased taxation, reductions in other government spending, ...

15. Army Corps of Engineers not giving accurate picture of Delaware River dredging project
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... air-pollution credits to mitigate smog caused by its equipment. The state Department of Environmental Protection argues the Corps should implement projects that would result in actual pollution reductions, ...

16. Unity Charter School gets support from business community
(Money/Economy)

... that reduces engine warm-up time, a windshield with infrared-ray (IR) reduction properties to help keep the interior cooler, thereby decreasing the amount of air conditioning needed, and power-saving LED ...

17. Report: 8 reasons why health care reform is better for N.J. than most states
(Health/Healthquest)

... A reduction in the number of uninsured people should result in less demand for state-funded charity care beginning in 2014. Increasing the number of New Jerseyans with health insurance will help reverse ...

18. U.S. sets fuel efficiency standards to combat greenhouse gas emissions
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... of the vehicles. Such emissions are a leading contributor to global warming, and the agencies estimate the reductions will be equivalent to removing 50 million cars and light trucks from the roads in ...

19. Teachers also played a role in New Jersey fiscal crisis of 78 years ago
(N.J./State)

... accepted salary reductions and voluntarily donated money to disadvantaged students and their families.'' He discovered the information in the Annual Report of the New Jersey Commissioner of Education ...

20. White House follows New Jersey’s lead on ‘Clean Cars’
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... addition to the significant expected gasoline savings, the new standards will also mean a reduction in global warming pollution in New Jersey equivalent to eliminating the pollution from over 650,000 of ...