Murphy Rejects Bipartisan Background Check Bill, Proposes Expungement Reforms
TRENTON, N.J. — A bill that would have prohibited background checks from containing criminal records under expungement was blocked by Governor Phil Murphy today. Gov. Phil Murphy has conditionally vetoed Assembly Bill…
NJ attorney general mandates reforms for state police after investigations reveal misconduct
TRENTON, N.J.– Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin has ordered the implementation of recommended reforms following two separate investigations into the New Jersey State Police (NJSP). Colonel Patrick Callahan has agreed to accept…
Criminals Will Soon Be Identified as Justice-Impacted Individuals Under Social Justice Reforms
TRENTON, NJ – Criminal justice reform in New Jersey has not only been dangerous, but damaging to the real victims of violent crimes throughout the state. Now, a bill in Illinois could…
Phil Murphy’s Juvenile Justice Reforms Are To Blame For Jersey Shore Mayhem
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ—Memorial Day weekend was chaotic at the Jersey Shore, not the best way to start the summer tourism season that depends heavily on families. Instead of images of families walking…
New Jersey LCV Criticizes Proposed Reforms to Open Public Records Act
TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey League of Conservation Voters (LCV) has expressed strong opposition to recent legislative efforts to reform the state’s Open Public Records Act. Ed Potosnak, Executive Director of…
Dogged By Crime Concerns, Dems Walk Back Their Own Reforms Ahead Of 2024 Election
Dogged By Crime Concerns, Dems Walk Back Their Own Reforms Ahead Of 2024 Election Jason Cohen on March 10, 2024 A slew of Democratic enclaves are moving toward tougher crime policies in…
Analysis-Mexican president aims to forge legacy, trap opposition with unlikely reforms
By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The bumper reforms package Mexico’s president stitched together in the dying days of his presidency may fizzle in the legislature but it points to his…
New Jersey Proposes Sweeping Affordable Housing Reforms, Abolishment of COAH
Trenton, NJ – New Jersey lawmakers have introduced a groundbreaking bill that aims to overhaul the state’s approach to affordable housing. The proposed legislation seeks to abolish the Council on Affordable Housing…
US launches disaster relief reforms as climate-driven events rise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday said it was launching the most major reforms to disaster management relief in two decades as climate change-driven extreme weather events, such…
Argentine president calls for extraordinary sessions of Congress to speed up reforms
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine President Javier Milei has issued a decree calling for extraordinary sessions to speed up reforms, reinstate the tax on salaries abolished by the previous government, and modernize…
S&P upgrades Brazil to ‘BB’ following major tax reform
BRASILIA (Reuters) -S&P Global Ratings upgraded Brazil’s long-term ratings to “BB” from “BB-” on Tuesday following the approval of a landmark tax reform, which the agency said reinforced the country’s pragmatic track…
Thousands of Slovaks continue protesting government’s criminal law reforms
By Radovan Stoklasa BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – At least 15,000 people demonstrated in Slovakia’s capital on Tuesday as protests grew against plans of Prime Minister Robert Fico’s government to fast-track criminal law changes…
Factbox-Main elements of the EU fiscal reforms now under negotiation
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union finance ministers will discuss changes to the EU’s fiscal rules on Thursday and Friday to reach a deal or bring positions closer on a…
New Zealand to introduce RBNZ reforms, lift cigarette sale ban
SYDNEY (Reuters) – New Zealand’s new government will introduce legislation to reform the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s mandate and lift a ban on the sale of cigarettes to future generations within…
EU trailing UK capital market reforms, Frankfurt bourse official says
By Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro LONDON (Reuters) – The EU is falling behind Britain in tapping into savers’ money to boost the stock market, despite reforms in continental Europe being a step in…
Oman recovering, IMF says, though more reforms required
DUBAI (Reuters) -Oman’s economic recovery is continuing, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday, adding that while it expects growth to rebound in 2024 after a slowdown this year on the…
EU urges reforms, single market in Western Balkans to boost membership bids
TIRANA (Reuters) – The European Union wants to bring six Western Balkan countries closer to membership of the bloc but wants them first to implement reform and create their own single market,…
Analysis-Tunisia faces rising pressure, record IMF delay over lack of reforms
By Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON (Reuters) – Tunisia reached a preliminary deal with the International Monetary Fund a year ago on a $1.9 billion loan programme, but 12 months later it has…
US Treasury pushing development banks for progress on next phase of reforms by April
By Andrea Shalal MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department is pushing the World Bank and regional multilateral development banks to complete work on new rules for leveraging shareholder capital commitments…
IMF sees signs China stabilizing, says reforms can boost medium-term growth
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it sees some signs of stabilization in China’s economy from recent data, but believes the country can accelerate growth over the medium term…
New Jersey Assemblywoman Pushes for Child Care Reforms as Federal Aid Expires
TRENTON, NJ – Assemblywoman Aura Dunn is spearheading a legislative effort aimed at averting a crisis in New Jersey’s child care sector, set to worsen after federal pandemic support ends on September…
China central bank adviser proposes structural reforms to revive economy
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China has limited room for further monetary policy easing, and it should pursue structural reforms such as encouraging entrepreneurs rather than counting on macroeconomic policies to revive growth, a…
Nigeria’s GDP growth slows to 2.5% y/y in Q2 as reforms get under way
By Chijioke Ohuocha ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s annual economic growth rate slowed to 2.51% in the second quarter, data showed on Friday, hurt by a fall in oil production amid a series…
G20 agrees to work on WTO reforms ahead of key meet early next year
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Group of 20 nations has agreed to work on reforms to the World Trade Organization ahead of the watchdog’s key ministerial meeting in February next year, the…
Minneapolis police agree to court-enforced reforms 3 years after George Floyd protests
By Rachel Nostrant (Reuters) – Three years after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and a month after federal investigators found widespread racial discrimination by city law enforcement officers, a…
US House to weigh bill allowing older pilots, other aviation reforms
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote next week on legislation to raise the mandatory commercial pilot retirement age to 67 from 65 and…
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