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Gov. Murphy signs bill tweaking senior citizen tax cut program
Nov 1, 2024 · Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill Friday making a series of technical changes to three state tax relief programs.. The bill seeks to align Stay NJ — a tax credit program that promises to cut seniors’ tax bills in half, to an indexing cap of $6,500, beginning in 2026 — with the senior freeze and Anchor property tax rebate programs.
Assembly welcomes two new members to fill vacancies
10 hours ago · The Assembly added two new members Thursday to fill vacancies left when two former state lawmakers were sworn in to their new offices. Assemblyman Al Abdelaziz (D-Passaic), a former Paterson councilman and the longtime Paterson Democratic chair, was sworn in to replace Benjie Wimberly, who left the Assembly to fill …
Gov. Murphy signs another tax incentive expansion into law
1 day ago · With little fanfare, Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday signed legislation that expands more generous tax incentive terms to three additional cities, limits the state’s ability to take back excess tax credits, and requires commercial developers facing low occupancy to cede their incentives back to the state.
Transplants to N.J. would get temporary tax break under Rep.
2 days ago · Rep. Josh Gottheimer, one of six Democrats hoping to win their party’s nomination for governor in June, visited the Park Ridge headquarters of a snack maker Wednesday to pitch his plan to lower taxes for New Jerseyans. Gottheimer (D-05) proposed temporary tax cuts for people who move here from ...
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Jan 17, 2025 · Trump inauguration moved inside U.S. Capitol amid predictions of Arctic blast BY: Jennifer Shutt - January 17, 2025 WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday he will move his inauguration inside the U.S. Capitol building, instead of holding it on the terrace overlooking the National Mall, citing weather forecasts for frigid temperatures.
Judge declines to pause affordable housing law pending trial
Jan 2, 2025 · A Superior Court judge declined to pause the implementation of an overhaul of New Jersey’s affordable housing system passed last spring, roundly rejecting a challenge from towns that argued they would face harm if a law they claim is unconstitutional was allowed to take effect.. Judge Robert Lougy on Thursday found the 26 towns that sued to invalidate the law failed to show they would be ...
Bills advance to revamp primary ballots, raise threshold to seek …
Dec 19, 2024 · New Jersey’s county line is one step closer to history, with Assembly lawmakers Thursday approving a bill that would retool New Jersey’s primary ballots in a 70-1 vote.. But the measure could face additional changes when it eventually moves through the Senate, which has not yet taken up the lower chamber’s bill.
Minimum wage for most New Jersey workers rises to $15.49
Jan 1, 2025 · New Jersey’s hourly minimum wage rose to $15.49 Wednesday, completing its first inflation-adjusted increase following a five-year phase-in that brought the state’s wage floor to above $15. The roughly 2% increase to the minimum wage comes after years of sharper increases that raised New Jersey ...
Message for poor NJ Transit riders: Fixes are coming … eventually
Oct 25, 2024 · From left, Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner and NJ Transit CEO/President Kevin Corbett are joined by Reps. Mikie Sherrill, Josh Gottheimer, Frank Pallone, Andy Kim, and Rob Menendez outside the New Brunswick train station on Oct. 23, 2024.