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What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week – 03/09/2024 – Defend the Open Public Records Act
We will take a different approach with this week’s State Matters and focus on bills from State Assemblyman Danielsen and State Sarlo that seek to destroy OPRA. Haven’t you heard about it? You aren’t alone, as they are trying to cram these changes through at the speed of light. Here is a timeline of events that occurred this week leading...
NJ Is Rallying to Stop State Sen. Sarlo’s & Assemblyman Danielsen’s Age of Darkness
NJ Is Rallying to Stop State Sen. Sarlo and Assemblyman Danielsen from Destroying the Open Public Records Act Since discovering that Sen. Sarlo has teamed up with Assemblyman Danielsen to usher in a new age of Darkness through a second attempt to gut OPRA, organizations in NJ are rallying a defense. We first want to credit Krystal Knapp and the Jersey Vindicator for breaking...
BHCW Starts Petition To Stop State Senator Sarlo from Ushering in an Age of Darkness
State Senator Sarlo sponsors the second Bill Intended to Destroy the Open Public Records Act in Under a Year and We Need Your Help to Stop Him Senator Paul Sarlo is Sponsoring a Bill that Would Destroy the Open Public Records Act. According to the Jersey Vindicator, some of the Provisions of this Bill include: -The bill guts fee-shifting by...
What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week – 03/02/2024
NJ Schools Best in Nation?, Blood Tests for DUI, Apprenticeship Programs Get 8 Million Dollar Boost, Many Districts Win Big & Others Lose in Budget, Kevin Walsh Up for Another Term at OSC Are NJ Schools Really “Best In Nation” ? NJ Education Report As you can see from the graph, from 2003-2013, the era of NCLB [No Child Left...
Kevin Walsh – Government Accountability Jedi – Deserves Our Help
Kevin Walsh is NJ’s Acting State Comptroller, and his appointment is being held up by two Senators connected to a South Jersey Party Boss who doesn’t even live here any more and was on the wrong end of Mr. Walsh’s tireless efforts to protect New Jerseyans from corruption and wasteful spending, according to Jersey Vindicator Mr. Walsh has approached his...
What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week – 02/24/2024
Property Taxes Hitting 10k, Age of Consent May Lower for Behavioral Health Services, ACLU Launches Clemency Project, Norovirus is the Latest Craze, Message from Kevin Walsh of OSC, April Eclipse – Where Can You See It? NJ Property Taxes Touching 10k Average NJBiz The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs recently released detailed data breaking down property tax rates and...
What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week – 02/17/2024
Property Taxes May Increase Due to School Aid Cuts, Drug Overdose Deaths on the Decline, Don’t Knock Mississippi, Prisoner Suicides Lead To Questions Towns Facing School Aid Cuts Might Get A Green Light to Increase Property Taxes New Jersey Monitor Senate lawmakers approved a bill Thursday allowing school districts facing state aid cuts in the current or coming school year...
What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week – 02/10/2024
Electric Bills To Rise, Children With Disabilities Not Getting Services the Need, Family Leave Law On Track to be Strengthened, NJ Rehab Services Are a Mess NJ Families Will See Their Electric Bills Increase This Summer From NJ Spotlight Electric bills will rise again this June as a result of an auction overseen by state officials to acquire the power...
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