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1. Poll: New Jerseyans favor Democrats' property tax cut over Christie's income tax cut
(N.J./State)

... Sweeney’s proposal for a 10 percent property tax credit for households with an annual income of $250,000 or less. 50 percent of New Jersey voters agree with Christie’s position against a millionaires’ ...

2. State sets April 30 deadline to apply for low-income heating assistance
(N.J./State)

... program assists low-income households with their heating and cooling bills, and provides emergency heating system services and emergency fuel assistance. “The LIHEAP program provides invaluable help ...

3. Mega Millions lottery tickets on sale till how late?
(Money/Economy)

... a retailer in Lawrence says his sales are in the thousands this week. While the odds of winning the jackpot are astronomical, 150 New Jersey households have no chance of winning at all. According to ...

4. Strong start for 2012 gives reason for hope
(N.J./State)

... are also concerns that the recent run-up in gasoline prices will derail the recovery. Of course, the increase in pump prices drains some consumer purchasing power. On the plus side, households are also ...

5. Individual mandate and FPL
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

The PPACA individual mandate is strong for lower income people; weaker for households with income approaching 300% FPL (Federal Poverty Level.) http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=4891 ...

6. New Jersey in top five most expensive states for renting
(N.J./State)

...  "We're seeing a trend of an increasing cost of living that is negatively impacting low income households and moderate incomes alike," Assemblyman Albert Coutinho (D-Essex) said. "Despite this trend, ...

7. Christie unapologetic to William Brown, the ex-Navy SEAL, Rutgers law 'idiot'
(N.J./State)

... likely to disapprove (52 percent) than approve (30 percent), where Independents and Republicans agree (60 to 27 percent and 85 to 9 percent). Yet despite that approval, public employee households such ...

8. Poll: Christie's approval rating highest in 2 years
(N.J./State)

... (30 percent) but independents and Republicans are all thumbs up (60 to 27 percent and 85 to 9 percent). The only group, other than Democrats, that are not happy are public employee households. They disapprove ...

9. 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 ...

10. Support for same-sex marriage in New Jersey reaches new high
(N.J./State)

... Voters in union households are favorable 42 to 37 percent; voters oppose school vouchers 50 to 44 percent; voters oppose expanding charter schools 52 to 41 percent, and voters say 72 to 24 percent that ...

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

... earning more than $1 million annually pay at least the same rate in taxes as those from middle-class households. “He should just write a check and shut up,” the Republican Governor said on CNN’s “Piers ...

12. Elder real estate transactions can be a mine field
(Money/Economy)

... spite of a Will that says assets are to be divided equally. Today with multi-generational households, there are other considerations that need to be dealt with. If an adult child lives with the elder ...

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

... of the Treasury, as of August last year, 815 households sent donations to the treasury's general fund in 2011. More money gets sent to the nation's fund to reduce the deficit, which raked in more than ...

14. Assembly committee to consider N.J. minimum wage hike Thursday
(Money/Economy)

... new legislative session. “This is economic stimulus and a recognition that thousands of households in New Jersey are struggling to subsist on minimum wage jobs that do not allow them to support their ...

15. Obama's 2013 budget is a mixed bag for small businesses
(Money/Economy)

BY ROHIT ARORA COMMENTARY The President's 2013 budget seeks to reduce the federal deficit to $901 billion by increasing taxes on "the rich" -- namely, households making more than $250,000. However, ...

16. Poll finds New Jerseyans want property taxes cut before income taxes
(Money/Economy)

... proposal.” Voters in households with lower incomes give the lowest estimate of their savings, though they still overestimate badly. About a quarter of those earning under $50,000 believe their tax savings ...

17. Poll finds Rutgers-Camden and Rowan merger may be Christie's most unpopular proposal
(N.J./State)

... $150,000 support Christie’s plan, while 39 percent oppose it, and 28 percent have no opinion. On the opposite end of the financial spectrum, voters in households with annual incomes under $50,000 are firmly ...

18. Madonna helped Super Bowl XLVI break Twitter and TV records
(Entertainment/Movies)

... the highest percentage of all households with televisions at 60.2 percent, according to the Wall Street Journal. Super Bowl XLVI was watched in 47 percent of U.S. households with a TV, as opposed to 45 ...

19. Key to N.J. tax relief: Revamp urban education, abolish state income tax
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY MURRAY SABRIN COMMENTARY Governor Christie wants to reduce the state income tax by 10 percent, a cut that would benefit all taxpayers, especially upper income individuals and households who pay ...

20. Gov. Christie is like Whitman: Bad income tax cut proposal is history repeating itself
(Opinion/Commentary)

... time did the income tax cut exceed the average state increase in property taxes. For more than 90 percent of households, the income tax cut was less than the average increase in property taxes. The ...