More Money Murphy Proposes $242 Million Increase to NJ Transit

Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposed $37.4 billion budget plows $242 million more into NJ Transit, but advocates said it was unclear if it would avoid a possible fare increase. Added funding for the…

Trump Moves to Strip Illegal Harboring Sanctuary Cities of Federal Grants

The Trump administration has requested Congress move to strip sanctuary cities of federal grants in the spending bill due by the end of next week, a government official said Tuesday. The official…

Murphy’s Uber New Tax Increase Plan Includes Tax on Uber

Gov. Phil Murphy unveiled an ambitious progressive agenda Tuesday when he pulled back the curtain on his $37.4 billion state budget proposal. The spending plan is a $2.7 billion jump over the…

Murphy Makes Good on Tax Increase Promises by Raising Sales Tax in New Jersey

Gov. Phil Murphy is set Tuesday to unveil his first state budget proposal that will include more than $1.5 billion in new revenue from taxes and closing loopholes, including a small spike…

AG must fork over $1.3M to former detective who filed whistleblower suit

The New Jersey Attorney General’s office will have to abide by the terms of a $1.3 million settlement it agreed to in order to end a whistleblower suit from a former detective.…

ICYMI: Terror Charges for Threat to Shoot Up Anti-gun Rally

A man has been charged with making terroristic threats after allegedly warning he was going to “shoot up” a march calling for stricter gun laws due to be held in Washington. Shane…

Point Pleasant Man Admits to Planning Bomb Attack to Support ISIS

by OAG, NJ TRENTON– A Point Pleasant, New Jersey, man today admitted that he planned to construct and use a pressure cooker bomb in New York on behalf of the Islamic State…

Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation Makes Million Dollar Pledge to Ocean Medica Center

BRICK-Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center Foundation is pleased to announce a $1 million commitment from the Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation of Toms River to support the hospital’s new Graduate Medical…

Hardee’s Coming Back to New Jersey!

After being sued by Roy Rogers who opened across the street, Hardee’s is finally coming back to the Jersey Shore. The restaurant is being built in the Bay Harbor Stop and Shop…

Three Charged with Stealing $1.3 Million from South Jersey Funeral Home

by BCPO Three Charged With Stealing Money From Moorestown Funeral Home. Entrusted with running the operation, they allegedly stole $1.3 million Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Moorestown Police Department Chief Lee R. Lieber…

Off-Duty New Jersey State Trooper Uses Tourniquet to save Man’s Life on AC Expressway

by NJSP As Troopers, we need to be ready if we encounter life and death situations–on or off-duty. And whether you just graduated the academy or are a 10-year veteran, we must rely…

Menendez Expands Foreign Policy Beyond Dominican Republic Flights; Talks Tough on Trump, North Korea

New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez, whose most notable foreign relations activities included plane rides to the Dominican Republic with his now imprisoned partner, Dr. Salomon Melgen, says has concerns with President Trump’s ability to…

Murphy, other N.J. politicians make last pitch against Trump oil drilling proposal

WASHINGTON — Gov. Phil Murphy and the entire 14-member New Jersey congressional delegation stood in unison Friday in opposition to President Donald Trump’s proposal to open the Atlantic Coast to offshore oil…

Trump Wants to Make Schools Safe by Arming School Teachers

The White House on Sunday vowed to help provide “rigorous firearms training” to some schoolteachers and formally endorsed a bill to tighten the federal background checks system, but backed off President Trump’s…

Video Shows Fatal Helicopter Crash Into East River

https:// /JJmagers/status/972974463175286784 A Liberty Helicopters aircraft crashed into the East River Sunday. The helicopter was carrying photography tourists around the city before the pilot issued a mayday call. A photo below shows…

What Caused the Deadly East River Helicopter Crash?

Five passengers were killed after a helicopter chartered for a private photoshoot crashed into New York City’s East River on Sunday, only the pilot survived, authorities have confirmed. According to the Federal…

Report: 5 Killed in NYC helicopter crash

A helicopter has crashed into New York City’s East River, killing two passengers and critically injuring three others. Police say a sixth person, the pilot, freed himself and was rescued by a…

Can a friend’s tragic death help pass domestic violence law?

Eileen McCay is hoping change will come from tragedy. Her close friend Colleen Brownell and Brownell’s stepsister, Alysia McCloskey, deserve it, she says. The two were at McCloskey’s home in Collingswood on…

Ocean County Sheriff’s officer injured in single-car crash

An Ocean County Sheriff’s officer was injured Saturday night when he swerved out of the way of another vehicle on a state highway in Tom’s River, the Sheriff’s department said Sunday. The…

Police: Howell Stalking Suspect Planned to Rob Women at Knifepoint; Seeking Witnesses

by Howell Police Department On March 9, 2018, Tristan Reyes, 19 of Howell, was arrested by Howell Township Police Department Detective Corporal Nancy Carroll #182 and Detective Robert Ortenzi #604 and charged…

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