Just as Hurricane Harvey wrapped up its devastation of Houston, Irma got into line behind it and quickly built into the strongest Atlantic hurricane in recorded history. Now, the Category 5 storm Maria leaves behind widespread destruction on the Caribbean island of Dominica, and it’s now taking aim at Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.…
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New Jersey Democrat One Percenter Murphy: Free College Tuition…But Who Pays for It?
A report in the Star Ledger today said New Jersey Democrat Phil Murphy wants to provide New Jersey residents with free college tuition if he becomes governor of New Jersey in two months. It’s as if Democrats in the most taxed state in the United States are playing a game of “break the bank” with the taxpayers. Does New Jersey need more government spending? Murphy, the billionaire one percenter representing the Democrats in New Jersey, apparently thinks we do.
TRENTON — Democratic nominee for governor Phil Murphy on Monday formally announced a plan to offer tuition-free community college to all New Jerseyans. “We simply do not have the workforce that we need,” said Murphy, standing on the sidewalk of the Trenton Junior College & School of Industrial Arts and flanked by U.S. Sen. Cory Booker,…
Newark cop from Ocean County arrested for 3rd time in 2 years
NEWARK — A city police officer has been suspended without pay after being arrested last week — the third time he has been arrested in the last two years. Peter Chirico, a 21-year veteran of the Newark police department, was arrested in the early morning hours of Sept. 11 on aggravated assault charges stemming from a…