Back to School Blues: Governor Murphy’s Funding Formula Devastates New Jersey Students Causing Anger, Fear and Anxiety in Many Underfunded Districts
Governor Phil Murphy’s S-2 Funding Formula Leaves Schools Closed, Unexpected Mergers, Teachers Without Jobs, Overcrowded Classrooms and No Money in its Wake As the school bells ring across New Jersey this fall…
Virgin Orbit extends worker furlough, continues funding talks -CEO
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) – Billionaire Richard Branson’s cash-strapped Virgin Orbit Holdings will extend an unpaid furlough for most of its employees as talks seeking new funding continue, the company’s chief executive…
New Jersey seeking funding to promote responsible fatherhood
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey legislators are concerned about promoting responsible fatherhood in the state and want to establish a 23-member council to promote it. The newly proposed New Jersey Council on…
High & Dry: Banking crisis to further choke funding for cannabis sector
By Mrinalika Roy (Reuters) – The global banking turmoil threatens to squeeze U.S. cannabis companies already struggling with meager funding sources by drying up support from regional lenders and tightening fundraising from…
Musk denies report on SpaceX’s plans for new funding from Saudi, UAE
(Reuters) – Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of SpaceX, on Friday denied a media report from earlier this week that said investors from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were planning…
Dem Lawmaker Threatened To Withhold University Funding Over Conservative Speakers, Watchdog Argues
Dem Lawmaker Threatened To Withhold University Funding Over Conservative Speakers, Watchdog Argues Alexa Schwerha on March 22, 2023 Democratic Pennsylvania state Representative La’Tasha Mayes requested that University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Patrick Gallagher cancel…
Current funding for Ukraine should last for much of the year – Blinken
By Patricia Zengerle and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reassured members of Congress on Thursday that the billions of dollars already approved for Ukraine should last…
Bed, Bath & Beyond’s stock under $1, snarling additional funding
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Lance Tupper NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc edged higher in midday trading Tuesday but the stock remained under $1, leaving the home…
Gopal funding bill falls short to ‘save’ Jersey Shore school funding slashes by Murphy
TOMS RIVER, NJ – An emergency school funding bill is being criticized as election time political theater by a prominent North Jersey legislator. A bill introduced by Monmouth County Democrat Vin Gopal…
US funding stress metric hits three-month high as crisis rattles regional banks
LONDON (Reuters) – A market-based indicator of stress in the U.S. banking system jumped on Monday to its highest in three months, as turmoil engulfed regional lenders following the collapse of Silicon…
Oroho Statement on Partial Restoration of School Funding
Statement from Senate Republican Leader Steven Oroho on legislation that would partially restore school funding that's being cut in Gov. Phil Murphy's FY 2024 State Budget proposal.…
HR startup Rippling raises $500 million in fresh funding after SVB collapse
By Krystal Hu and Niket Nishant (Reuters) -HR and payment software startup Rippling said on Friday it has raised $500 million in a new funding round initially intended to help customers make…
Taxpayer Advocate Says $80 Billion IRS Funding Boost Does Not Do Enough To Help Taxpayers
Taxpayer Advocate Says $80 Billion IRS Funding Boost Does Not Do Enough To Help Taxpayers Lorenzo Prieto on March 16, 2023 A key office within the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that advocates…
Biden Admin Announces First Half Of $1.5 Billion In Funding For ‘Clean’ Hydrogen
Biden Admin Announces First Half Of $1.5 Billion In Funding For ‘Clean’ Hydrogen John Hugh DeMastri on March 15, 2023 The Biden administration announced $750 million in funding for research, development and…
‘All-Out War’: Biden’s Budget Would Balloon ATF Funding To Nearly $2 Billion, Up 50% From Obama Admin
‘All-Out War’: Biden’s Budget Would Balloon ATF Funding To Nearly $2 Billion, Up 50% From Obama Admin Bronson Winslow on March 15, 2023 If President Joe Biden’s budget is approved, the Bureau of Alcohol,…
GOP Senator Leads Bill Banning The Pentagon From Funding Abortion Travel
GOP Senator Leads Bill Banning The Pentagon From Funding Abortion Travel Micaela Burrow on March 15, 2023 Republican Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is leading a bill to overturn a Department of Defense…
Biden seeks new funding for air traffic controllers, Amtrak
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Monday released details on a new proposal calling for more funding for more air traffic controllers and to speed modernization efforts after…
Biden’s Budget Proposes Massive Funding Increase For Federal Crackdown On Guns
Biden’s Budget Proposes Massive Funding Increase For Federal Crackdown On Guns Bronson Winslow on March 9, 2023 President Joe Biden’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2024 proposes increasing funding to the FBI,…
Biden Proposes Increasing ‘Critical Aid’ To Palestinians Despite Growing Concerns Of Funding Terrorism
Biden Proposes Increasing ‘Critical Aid’ To Palestinians Despite Growing Concerns Of Funding Terrorism Kate Anderson on March 9, 2023 President Joe Biden released his proposed budget Thursday for the 2024 fiscal year…
Biden’s Budget More Than Doubles Funding For Offshore Projects, Potentially ‘Putting American Fisherman Out Of Business’
Biden’s Budget More Than Doubles Funding For Offshore Projects, Potentially ‘Putting American Fisherman Out Of Business’ Katelynn Richardson on March 9, 2023 Biden’s budget allocates $60 million to expand the National Oceanic…
U.S. Supreme Court seeks funding boost to protect the justices
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court is asking Congress to approve $5.9 million in new funds to bolster the protection of the nine justices following threats and protests that…
Sen. Tom Cotton Introduces Bill To End US Funding Of Palestinian ‘Martyr Payments’
Sen. Tom Cotton Introduces Bill To End US Funding Of Palestinian ‘Martyr Payments’ Kate Anderson on March 8, 2023 Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas introduced a bill to eliminate “Palestinian ‘martyr…
Mercuria leads funding round for engine tech firm ClearFlame
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – U.S.-based ClearFlame Engine Technologies has raised $30 million in a funding round led by global energy trader Mercuria and with backing from new investors including miner…
Biden proposes to raise taxes on high earners to avert Medicare funding crisis- WaPo
(Reuters) – The White House will propose raising taxes on people earning more than $400,000 and reduce what Medicare pays for prescription drugs in a bid to keep the program stable, the…
Monmouth County lawmakers declare suburban school funding crisis in New Jersey after miserly Murphy budget
TRENTON, NJ – The 2023-24 budget proposed by Governor Phil Murphy seeks to slash tens of millions of funding from school districts where parents generally didn’t vote for the governor, the suburbs.…
After meeting with OC GOP Chairman on school taxes, Murphy slashes school funding in Ocean County
TOMS RIVER, NJ – A secret meeting held in Red Bank between New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, New Jersey State Senator Vin Gopal and Ocean County GOP Chairman George Gilmore was alleged…
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