GOP lawmaker targets AI romance with bill banning artificial intimacy apps

TRENTON, NJ – Assemblyman Paul Kanitra introduced legislation Thursday to prohibit artificial intelligence systems that simulate intimate or romantic relationships. Filed as Assembly Bill 6246, the measure is titled the Authentic Relationships…

New Jersey’s ‘Tariff Transparency Act’ would make retailers show how Trump’s tariffs affect prices

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey lawmakers are proposing new consumer disclosure rules that would require stores and online sellers to tell shoppers how much of an item’s final price comes from federal…

Cops must show you their faces before arresting you, new law in New Jersey demands

New Jersey bill would require police to reveal faces and ID before detaining or arresting TRENTON, NJ – A newly introduced bill in the New Jersey Senate would require law enforcement officers…

McGuckin Bill Seeks to Remove Municipal Electric Utilities from New Jersey’s Overreaching Regulation Body

TRENTON, NJ – A measure introduced in the State Assembly seeks to exempt municipal electric utilities from regulation by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU), ending the state’s authority to…

Bill would expand New Jersey’s human trafficking law to target anyone profiting from exploitation

TRENTON, NJ – A new proposal before the New Jersey Legislature would broaden the state’s definition of human trafficking to include anyone who profits financially from the crime — even if they…

Dating App Meetup Turns into Rape as Suspect Captured by Virginia Police

Charlottesville, VA – A Maryland man has been charged with multiple felonies following a months-long investigation into an alleged sexual assault involving a dating app encounter. The suspect was accused of using…

Guatemalan man admits to smuggling scheme and fraud in Ohio child assault and custody case

CLEVELAND, OH – A Guatemalan man unlawfully living in the United States has pleaded guilty in federal court to directing a 14-year-old girl to cross the border illegally and lying to U.S.…

New Jersey Man Thought He Was Meeting 14-Year-Old Online, Instead He Found an Undercover Cop

Trenton, NJ – A Sussex County man has been convicted of attempting to sexually assault someone he believed was a 14-year-old after being caught in an undercover sting operation. Larry M. Noel,…

New Jersey Bill Would Force Companies to Pay Elected Officials to be Double Dippers

TRENTON, NJ – Political corruption has been normalized in New Jersey. Now, one state legislator wants to mandate the most despised form of political corruption in the Garden State, double dipping. A…

New Jersey Wants to Force Private Corporations to Put More Women, Minorities on Executive Boards

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey lawmakers are advancing a proposal that would require publicly traded corporations based in the state to ensure their boards of directors reflect New Jersey’s racial and gender…

New Jersey Lawmaker Wants to Allow Inmates Ability to Choose Prison Gender

TRENTON, NJ – A bill introduced in the New Jersey Assembly would mandate that transgender inmates in state prisons be housed according to their gender identity rather than the gender assigned at…

New Jersey Santa performer nabbed in child exploitation probe

Trenton, NJ – He checked his file list and checked it twice before uploading photos of children on the internet. Now, this New Jersey Santa performer is getting more than coal in…

Illegal Alien in New Jersey Among Two Charged with Crimes Against Children

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Federal immigration authorities announced the arrests of two convicted foreign nationals in separate operations in New Jersey and Texas, both of whom were convicted of crimes against children and…

QuickChek sells winning $120K ticket in Monmouth County

Newark lottery player wins $120K share of Jersey Cash 5 jackpot Trenton, NJ — A lucky lottery player in Essex County matched all five numbers in Monday’s Jersey Cash 5 drawing, securing…

Lawmaker blasts Democrats’ 10 Craziest and Dangerous Bills Being Pushed During Murphy Lame Duck Session

TRENTON, N.J. – Republican Assemblyman Paul Kanitra released a fiery video this week accusing Democratic lawmakers of using the state’s lame-duck legislative session to rush through what he called “the 10 most…

N.J. Democrat proposes free state healthcare coverage for undocumented immigrants

TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblywoman Garnet R. Hall (D–Essex, Union) has introduced legislation that would make New Jersey one of the first states in the country to offer full, state-funded healthcare coverage to…

Mikie Sherrill Affordability Plan Includes a Million Dollar Transition, Doubling Previous Governors

TRENTON, N.J. – Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill’s transition team faced harsh backlash Monday over a proposed 62 percent increase in its transition team budget, a move critics say contradicts her campaign’s promise to…

Turnpike, Parkway, 287 delays cause traffic headaches during Tuesday morning commute

NEWARK, N.J. – Commuters faced a rough Tuesday morning across New Jersey as multiple crashes, delays, and road hazards clogged major highways during rush hour. Just before 8:45 a.m., a crash on…

Ex‑teacher jailed as detectives uncover multiple juvenile victims

Former Highlands School District teacher charged as investigators search for more potential victims Pittsburgh, PA — A former teacher in the Highlands School District is facing a series of serious child‑sex charges…

Mikie Sherrill, Dems Secretly Plotting to Raise New Jersey Sales Tax, New Jersey Assemblywoman Claims

TRENTON, N.J. – A new Republican-backed bill to slash New Jersey’s sales tax to 6 percent has set off a political clash, with Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia accusing Democratic leaders and New Jersey…

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