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1. Adoption scrutiny: Let's protect parents from their sons and daughters?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... to the public policy of the State to provide for the welfare of the children requiring placement for adoption and so as to promote policies ... which are socially necessary and desirable for the protection ...

2. New Jersey budget cuts put college opportunity on the line
(Opinion/Commentary)

... a budget cut requiring higher education to share the pain of helping the state balance its severely out of control budget. But it surprised college leaders to learn that the 2010-2011 budget proposal ...

3. Waiting for comprehensive immigration reform costing U.S. billions
(U.S./Nation)

... in order to create a fair, humane, and practical immigration system for the 21st century - a system that is responsive to the needs of our economy and encourages legal behavior." It says that requiring ...

4. Pensions
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... for the one bill requiring a constitutional amendment to fund the plans, how much money will these bills add to the nearly exhausted pension system? Will the money that is saved be directed back into ...

5. All our progess on N.J. pension reform will mean nothing if Gov. Christie doesn’t fund system
(Opinion/Commentary)

... 1.5 percent toward their health care costs. Some of the highlights include: Requiring all public employees to pay at least 1.5 percent of their salary toward health benefits after the expiration ...

6. More chocolate mania ... and the best sweet shops at the Jersey Shore
(Life/Style)

... is a fine art learned with hands-on experience as any culinary apprentice does in the kitchens of fine chefs. It is a demanding task requiring extensive knowledge about cacao beans, where they come from, ...

7. Obama signs historic legislation to overhaul U.S. health care system
(U.S./Nation)

... a dozen of the 50 states plan to file a lawsuit, challenging the legislation's constitutionality. They contend that it violates states' sovereignty by requiring that all Americans have some form of health ...

8. Finally, Someone gets it!
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... additional school capacity, fire and police coverage, sewage, garbage collection et cetera. The idea that requiring more capacity lowers costs defies basic logic! ...

9. Hotbed of creative writing thrives at Rutgers-Newark
(Life/Style)

... said Phillips. The Program The MFA Program can be completed in a two or three year time frame. It's a 48 credit hour program, requiring 21 credit hours of graduate courses in literature, 20 credit ...

10. Historic health bill passes: What are the immediate effects?
(U.S./Nation)

... requiring insurers to accept all applicants, even those with health problems, and an expansion of state Medicaid programs. Capretta says that the legislation has big downsides for Democrats, including ...

11. Wealth insight: Protecting your portfolio against extreme loss
(Money/Economy)

... one that kicks in when you most need it, but doesn't represent a drain on your portfolio in normal times. Until recently, nothing did that at a reasonable cost — i.e., without requiring a sizeable capital ...

12. Business leader urges legislators to not increase N.J. unemployment insurance
(Money/Economy)

... benefits should resemble those of other states in the region by prohibiting claimants who have been fired for misconduct from collecting benefits, requiring a one-week waiting period for the payment of ...

13. Most N.J. landlords comply with state on requested renter demographics
(N.J./State)

... a mere 30 percent rate of timely compliance - stepped up enforcement efforts. In 2008, the division began requiring that property owners file the reports on-line, which is also believed to have helped ...

14. If enacted, Christie’s budget will produce a revolutionary transformation in New Jersey
(Opinion/Commentary)

... to more effectively manage their own affairs (the political part.) With salaries and fringe benefits the principal cost drivers in local budgets, Christie has pledged to help control them by requiring ...

15. U.S. prison population declines for the first time in 38 years
(U.S./Nation)

BY JOHN GRAMLICH STATELINE.ORG Mississippi is a tough-on-crime state, and in 1995, like many tough-on-crime states, it approved a version of "truth in sentencing" — a popular law requiring inmates ...

16. Free speech victory for campaigning in Newark’s public housing
(N.J./State)

...  In 2008, just as the Newark City Council passed an ordinance ending the insurance requirement, the ACLU-NJ was forced to write another letter to challenge that ordinance — this time for requiring a group ...

17. Christie’s depleting of school district savings has to result in increased N.J. property taxes
(Opinion/Commentary)

... year through prudent budget management and set aside to fund future district needs without requesting or requiring a tax increase. Surplus is a Misnomer The concept of surplus dollars is very confusing ...

18. Local N.J. officials, environmentalists join to oppose bill they see as pro-developer
(N.J./State)

... protection areas, or requiring energy efficient measures, or implementing progressive steps recommended by master plan updates." The New Jersey Conservation Foundation, the New Jersey Planning Officials, ...

19. Post-conviction bonds could solve N.J. prison overcrowding and save taxpayer money
(Opinion/Commentary)

... objections to post-conviction bonds. Their arguments vary, but many center on the idea that requiring convicted persons to post bond is unfair to indigents. Another source of resistance has been probation ...

20. Electronic devices like iPod fuel demand for conflict minerals in Congo
(World/International)

... governments have done little to curb the trade in conflict minerals. But last year the U.S. made a move. In May 2009, a draft legislation requiring U.S. companies to disclose the origin of their mineral ...