Rodrick Cuts Budget 9% – No Municipal Tax Increase
On June 30th, Mayor Rodrick and the Toms River Township Council presented a budget for 2025 that has a 9% reduction in overall spending while maintaining a zero percent tax increase. The…
Draft law on joint standards for minimum wages in EU passes crucial hurdle
BRUSSELS – The European Union on Tuesday reached a breakthrough on common rules for minimum wages across the 27-nation bloc with a provisional agreement on measures designed to promote collective bargaining and…
San Diego City Council Passes Resolution To Become First ‘Safe Haven’ For Abortion
San Diego City Council Passes Resolution To Become First ‘Safe Haven’ For Abortion Bryan Babb on May 25, 2022 The San Diego City Council passed a resolution Tuesday declaring itself a “safe…
Oklahoma Senate passes near-total abortion ban, would take immediate effect with governor’s signature
(Reuters) – Oklahoma’s Senate on Thursday passed a ban on all abortions, except in cases of medical emergency, rape or incest, that would take effect immediately if the state’s Republican governor signs…
Bill requiring U.S. federal judges to disclose more financial interests passes House, awaits Biden’s signature
WASHINGTON – A bill requiring U.S. federal judges to disclose more about their financial interests passed the House in a rare bipartisan voice vote, sending the bill to President Joe Biden for…
Florida Senate passes bill that would end Disney self-governing status
(Reuters) – The Florida Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would eliminate Walt Disney World’s self-governing status in response to the company’s opposition to a new state law limiting discussion of…
Alabama Passes Bill Baning Child Sex Change Treatments, Jailing Doctors Who Transition Kids
Alabama Passes Bill Baning Child Sex Change Treatments, Jailing Doctors Who Transition Kids Laurel Duggan on April 8, 2022 The Alabama legislature passed a bill Thursday criminalizing sex change treatments for children…
South Carolina Passes Bill To Keep Males Out Of Women’s Sports Over Massive Dem Opposition
South Carolina Passes Bill To Keep Males Out Of Women’s Sports Over Massive Dem Opposition Laurel Duggan on April 6, 2022 South Carolina’s Republican-dominated House passed legislation Tuesday banning males from women’s…
Bill to legalize marijuana passes U.S. House, but faces dim prospects in Senate
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill to end the federal ban on marijuana, which has created legal headaches for users and businesses in…
House Swiftly Passes Key Tax Benefits For Retirement Accounts. Here’s How It Works
House Swiftly Passes Key Tax Benefits For Retirement Accounts. Here’s How It Works Harry Wilmerding on March 30, 2022 The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill Monday providing massive tax benefits…
New Jersey Governor Passes Law Barring Public Investments in Russia
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed a law that forbids public investments in Belarus and Russia in the wake of the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. During that invasion,…
U.S. House passes Ukraine aid, gov’t funding measure
WASHINGTON – A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to approve a $1.5 trillion bill that would provide $13.6 billion in aid for Ukraine and fund the federal…
Congress passes $50 billion U.S. Postal Service relief bill
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to provide the long loss-making Postal Service (USPS) with about $50 billion in financial relief over a decade and require its…
Florida House Passes Bill To Limit LGBTQ Discussions In Schools
Florida’s House of Representatives passed a bill banning classroom discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade Thursday. The legislation also restricts any age-inappropriate discussions of sexuality and…
Florida House passes ban on abortion after 15 weeks, sends bill to Senate
By Gabriella Borter -Florida’s House of Representatives passed a bill to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy late on Wednesday, a measure several Republican-led states are pushing as the U.S. Supreme…
Indiana Teachers Anticipate Mass Exodus From Profession If The State Passes ‘Anti-CRT’ Bill
Indiana teachers are expecting a mass exodus from the education profession if the state passes a bill that will restrict Critical Race Theory-aligned curriculum, the Indy Star reported. House Bill 1134 would…
State GOP Committeewoman Haines passes on censure resolution of Liz Cheney
TOMS RIVER, NJ – At this year’s winter RNC meeting in Utah, the big news of the week was the official censuring of Congresswoman Liz Cheney. The censure wasn’t unanimous. New Jersey’s…
U.S. Congress passes ban on forced arbitration of worker sex abuse claims
By Moira Warburton and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON -The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would ban companies from forcing employees who allege sexual assault or harassment to settle their claims…
‘Threatens Free Expression’: Senate Panel Passes Online Child Sex Bill Critics Say Will ‘Jeopardize Security’
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill Thursday which is intended to curb the spread of child sexual material online, but has drawn the ire of privacy advocates and tech groups. The…
Vehicles stuck in Brick, police warn residents to stay home until storm passes
BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ – Brick Township has received approximately one foot of snow, or more in some areas overnight. Snow drifts driven by high winds could make that accumulation deeper in some…
War era veterans could get civil service preference if new law passes
TRENTON, NJ – Military service members who did not serve in a theater of operation but did serve during a war or conflict may soon be eligible for state civil service preference…
Prince George Police seeking witnesses in Christmas Day crash after victim passes
PRINCE GEORGE, MD – The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit would like to speak to anyone who witnessed or has information on a fatal hit-and-run in Fort Washington on December 25, 2021.…
House Passes Two Democratic Voting Bills – With A Quirk That Allows Them To Skirt One Filibuster Vote
The House on Thursday passed on party lines a combined voting bill tied to a NASA funding bill as part of a plan to force a Senate debate on the measure and…
New Jersey businesses crippled by Phil Murphy’s COVID-19 lockdown could soon see relief if new bill passes
TRENTON, NJ – Senator Michael Testa’s legislation that would provide a COVID-related tax benefit to the state’s small businesses was advanced today by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. Testa’s bill, S-4254, gives…
House Passes Anti-Islamophobia Bill After Boebert Suggested Ilhan Omar Is A Terrorist
The House late Tuesday passed an anti-Islamophobia bill weeks after Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert implied that her Muslim Democratic colleague was a terrorist. The bill was led by Minnesota Rep. Ilhan…
If Congress passes law banning workplace vaccine mandate, Biden says he will veto it
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. President Joe Biden, through his press secretary Jen Psaki this week said that if a bi-partisan measure to block his private workplace vaccine mandate reaches his desk after…
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