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Will Murphy save us from PSEG’s outrageous nuke subsidy? | Moran

Gov. Phil Murphy will soon receive his first truly awful bill from the Legislature, a rush job that provides for a subsidy of $300 million a year to support PSEG’s nuclear power plants in South Jersey. Unfortunately, the new governor is likely to sign it, in part because it is the pet project of Senate President…

Controversial nuclear bailout is headed to Murphy’s desk. Rates could go up

After months of debate, the legislature passed a controversial bill to give the state’s largest utility company hundreds of millions of dollars through a new subsidy that will be paid by Garden State utility customers. The bill, A3724, has come under fire from environmental groups and consumer advocates. It provides a $300 million per year subsidy…

Shore Sheriff Stands Firm: ‘We Will Not Voluntarily Become a Sanctuary County’

Sheriff Bob Nolan of Cape May County, New Jersey, has been on the job for fewer than 80 days — but as a seasoned law enforcement professional of , he hit the ground running. Nolan and the Cape May County freeholders have united in their opposition to becoming a sanctuary state, as New Jersey’s Democrat Gov.…

Chiropractor who hid $182K in wall admits to money laundering, fraud

An Ocean County chiropractor faces up to 15 years in prison after admitting he over-billed insurance companies, laundered the cash and later collected disability while still working, authorities said. Carlo Amato, the former owner of Chiropractic Care Consultants and Accident Recovery Physical Therapy in Lakewood, pleaded guilty to money laundering and theft by deception, the Ocean…

Only in Jersey: family accidentally sent kid to wrong school, now they owe over $10K

Confusion over their address is costing a New Jersey family over $10,000. A woman who lives in Brick, but has a Howell mailing address, has to pay the Howell Board of Education after she mistakenly enrolled her child in the neighboring district. In New Jersey, mailing addresses often do not follow municipal boundaries. The student actually…

Jersey Shore councilman charged with drug paraphernalia: It wasn’t Mine

A municipal official in a New Jersey shore town who said he would resign after police found a hypodermic needle in his vehicle has changed his mind. Spring Lake Heights Councilman Robert Merriken is charged with possessing drug paraphernalia. But he’s maintaining his innocence, telling APP.com that the charge was “ridiculous” and that the needle did…

Medical marijuana in N.J. is now available for chronic pain, anxiety, migraines

Effectively immediately, doctors in New Jersey can recommend their patients use medical marijuana to treat anxiety, various forms of chronic pain, migraines and Tourette’s syndrome. The conditions have been added under the first stage of a wide-ranging expansion of the medicinal marijuana program announced Tuesday by Gov. Phil Murphy . Patients will also pay less to…

Lakewood fraud amnesty offer gets 159 takers who will repay $2.2M

The Medicaid fraud amnesty program offered to Ocean County residents after 26 people were arrested last summer in a massive sweep has resulted in consent agreements with 159 residents who will repay $2.2 million, state officials announced Tuesday. The announcement comes more than three months after the Dec. 12 deadline to enter the Ocean County Recipient…

Your lawmakers used $660K of your money to tell you about themselves. Who spent the most?

WASHINGTON — Your lawmakers in Washington last year spent spent more than $666,000 in taxpayer money on mailings, robocalls and other communications to show you what they’re doing, according to a new report tracking members of the U.S. House. Known as “franking,” the funds go to such things as legislative updates, newsletters and notices about upcoming…