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1. Rush Limbaugh's 'slut' comments scare away sponsors
(U.S./Nation)

... care policy that would require all employers and other organizations, including Catholic universities, to cover the cost of contraceptives for women. Limbaugh called the young woman, Sandra Fluke, a ...

2. Member of Christie's developmental center task force speaks out: Closing centers was pre-detemined
(Opinion/Commentary)

... a Disability Policy Specialist, has always supported the right of people with developmental disabilities and their families to choose community placement. The Olmstead United States Supreme Court decision ...

3. More Americans not paying federal income taxes: Ron Paul ideas challenge Republican government
(Money/Economy)

... Institution Tax Policy Center report estimated that about 46.4 percent of households would pay no federal income tax for 2011. Roberton Williams of the Tax Center said about half of those were because ...

4. Christie's Policy
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Whether it is a Group Home or a Developmental Center these placed are "infected" with workers who are abusive and neglectful to those who need "professionals" to take care of them. This is not to say that ...

5. State tells 2 failing charter schools to shut down, reapproves 16 others
(N.J./State)

... attending the school. A school’s enrollment policy is considered when awarding charter renewals.  ...

6. Sen. Lautenberg seeks to end N.F.L.'s blackout policy
(Sports/Professional)

... for the end of the National Football League's blackout policy. The Senators referred to the 1973 NFL-Congressional agreement which allowed teams to continue blackouts if a stadium was not sold out 72 hours ...

7. Christie's policy to close N.J.'s Developmental Centers must be scrutinized
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY SALVATORE PIZZURO COMMENTARY The Governor’s current policy to close New Jersey’s Developmental Center must be carefully scrutinized. At the moment, a taskforce is exploring the issue. The “Task ...

8. Hunts Point Market: A little bit of Bronx in New Jersey?
(N.J./State)

... take businesses away from one another. In a WNYC radio interview last May, Guadagno defended the policy saying, “Competition is good for everybody, I think. Hunts Point is in the Bronx, there are 3,200 ...

9. Billionaire Warren Buffett goes after Chris Christie: 'What we need is a tax policy'
(U.S./Nation)

... that's not going to be solved by voluntary contributions. What we need is a policy, a tax policy," according to Syracuse.com. President Obama supported the "Buffett Rule" during last month's State of ...

10. Passing Tara's Law would make a difference in lives of developmentally disabled
(Opinion/Commentary)

... toward “equity in civil and human rights” is affirmed and implemented. Dr. Salvatore Pizzuro, a Disability Policy Specialist, holds a doctorate in Developmental Disabilities from Columbia University ...

11. When will Republicans get serious about the youth vote?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... rising costs of college tuition. Despite this luxury price tag, the Republican education policy has been less than thrilling. Bush and his Republican controlled Congress failed to fund the majority ...

12. Healthy samples
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

My friend was at a major store last week that would not give their Rewards coupon if you used a newspaper coupon for the item. They said it was their policy!!! i told her to check "Get Official Samples" ...

13. Christie's tax-cut 'gift'
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

One can become morose contemplating the relentless erosion of New Jersey's public fisc as laissez-faire conservative fantasies have been converted into public policy by recent Republican administrations. ...

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

...  Christie administration's attack on N.J. State Parks begins NJDEP Commissioner Bob Martin is more concerned about PR than sound environmental policy Gov. Christie's plan to privatize parks breaks ...

15. Christie's proposed budget offers tax cut 'gift' with twists
(Opinion/Commentary)

... the wrong direction. Richard C. Leone is the former President, currently a senior fellow, of the Twentieth Century Fund, a non-profit public policy research institution supporting work on U.S. foreign ...

16. Christie moves to change state school funding formula
(N.J./State)

... to scale statewide. The report states that in order to have a meaningful and lasting influence on student learning, there needs to be new policy priorities, new laws and regulations, altered classroom ...

17. Warren Buffett gets a Chris Christie smackdown
(U.S./Nation)

... has been on a decline since the recession, falling to 19 percent in 2007, according to the Tax Policy Center. Christie says he wants to be fair and give everyone a break by cutting all income taxes by ...

18. Raising the N.J. minimum wage is a win-win
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY JON WHITEN COMMENTARY New Jersey Policy Perspective president Deborah Howlett is testifying before the Assembly Labor Committee this morning in favor of A-2162, legislation sponsored by Speaker ...

19. Republican agenda of hate and divide
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... blacks to sit next to white in the Catholic church. Mitt Romney church from 1849 to 1978, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) had a policy against ordaining black men of African ...

20. Christie’s budget attacks NJDEP and clean energy economy
(Opinion/Commentary)

... attack on N.J. State Parks begins NJDEP Commissioner Bob Martin is more concerned about PR than sound environmental policy Gov. Christie's plan to privatize parks breaks the public's trust N.J.'s ...