Category Archives: New Jersey News

An investigation is ongoing in the September 4, 2021, death of a New Jersey man and another passenger in the same car who were killed on Friday night in a head-on collision on the Northway in Chestertown about 20 miles north of Lake George. New York State Police said on Sunday that Matthew G. Huff,Continue reading “Drunk driver killed Westfield man”

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is adding four sites to the National Priorities List (NPL) including Pioneer Metal Finishing Inc. in Franklinville, New Jersey where releases of contamination pose significant human health and environmental risks. EPA is also proposing to add another 13 sites and is withdrawing a previously proposedContinue reading “New Jersey has one of 4 new Superfund sites”

Efforts to detect, pursue and disrupt environmental crimes have not been proportionate to the cost of $281 billion per year that society pays for these offenses, according to Lisa McCormick, a citizen activist who has called for better law enforcement, international cooperation, and other reforms to take away financial benefits from such behavior. “Money launderingContinue reading “Lisa McCormick seeks effort to prevent, disrupt & prosecute environmental crimes”

Activist Lisa McCormick said progressive Democrats should boycott the election rather than reward Wall Street millionaire Governor Phil Murphy, who approved $17 billion in new corporate welfare but refused to use his power to use New Jersey’s share of the $350 billion American Rescue Plan state and local fiscal relief fund to provide additional paymentsContinue reading “Progressive activist slams Murphy for cutting off benefits for 400,000 jobless workers”

Activist Lisa McCormick said progressive Democrats should boycott the election rather than reward Wall Street millionaire Governor Phil Murphy, who approved $17 billion in new corporate welfare but refused to use his power to use New Jersey’s share of the $350 billion American Rescue Plan state and local fiscal relief fund to provide additional paymentsContinue reading “Progressive activist slams Murphy for cutting off benefits for 400,000 jobless workers”

by Abinash Mohanty Forty-four percent of children experienced poverty for at least two consecutive months, also known as episodic poverty, between 2013 and 2016, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report. This rate was nearly triple the episodic poverty rate for individuals ages 65 and over. The new report, Dynamics of Economic Well-being: Poverty, 2013-2016, includesContinue reading “Almost half of US children lived in poverty”

Democrat Lisa McCormick says the United States should change the rules so that the presidential candidate with most votes win, noting that twice in recent years, the second-place candidate became president despite America’s fundamental belief in majority rule. While smaller states that gain disproportionate power under the existing winner-take-all Electoral College system might resist anyContinue reading “In the last 6 elections, there were 2 second-place Presidents”

The White House announced Saturday that President Joe Biden will visit Manville, New Jersey, and the New York City borough of Queens on Tuesday, to view the damage caused by Tropical Storm Ida. The storm has killed at least 25 people died in New Jersey alone plus 14 more in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, andContinue reading “President Joe Biden will visit New Jersey”

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd released information about the murders of four people Sunday morning in unincorporated Lakeland, Florida, where a gunman wearing body armor went on a shooting rampage. In a “bizarre occurrence,” four people were killed, including a baby, during a “shooting rampage” in Lakeland early Sunday morning, according to Judd, who saidContinue reading “Ex-Marine behind a massacre in Florida claims he communicates with God”

Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck alerted residents to beware of price gouging and consumer fraud following the declaration of a state of emergency in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Ida. Officials said New Jerseyans recovering from the after-effects of Hurricane Ida should not be faced with price gouging from those who try to take advantageContinue reading “Attorney General warns of price gouging”

Rebecca Kolins Givan, a labor expert in the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations, discusses vanishing unemployment benefits, the labor shortage, unions and the challenges facing teachers and health care workers. COVID-19 cases are surging and unemployment benefits are ending as we head into Labor Day. The Delta variant is pushing the U.S. to aContinue reading “The State of Labor in America”

Poison control centers are seeing a dramatic surge in calls from people who are self-medicating with ivermectin, an anti-parasite drug for animals that some falsely claim treats COVID-19. According to the National Poison Data System (NPDS), which collects information from the nation’s 55 poison control centers, there was a 245% jump in reported exposure cases from JulyContinue reading “Overdoses on anti-parasite drug for animals blamed on coronavirus misinformation”

New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) customers are advised that the North Bergen Licensing Center will be closed until Tuesday, Sept. 7. The Hudson County facility was flooded due to the impacts from Tropical Storm Ida and was closed today, Friday, Sept. 3. Repairs are still in progress and will last through the holiday weekend.Continue reading “North Bergen MVC Center closed for flood cleanup”

A New Jersey man faces multiple charges in the monstrous slaying of two men at a hotel in Bedford, New Hampshire after what might give Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican nominee for New Jersey Governor, a Willie Horton moment. Authorities didn’t say what they suspect motivated the accused killer, Theodore Luckey, a 42-year-old ex-con and sexContinue reading “Is the man charged with two New Hampshire murders Gov. Phil Murphy’s Willie Horton?”

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed an interim plan to address groundwater contaminated with radium at the Welsbach/General Gas Mantle Superfund site located in Camden and Gloucester City, New Jersey. EPA is taking public comment on its plan and will host a virtual public meeting on September 8. Welsbach Company of Gloucester CityContinue reading “EPA to tackle radium at NJ Superfund site”

President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order directing government agencies to conduct a declassify documents related to the FBI’s investigation of 9/11. The order requires that Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Justice Department release the declassified documents to the public over the next six months. “When I ran for president, I madeContinue reading “Biden orders disclosure of FBI’s 9/11 probe”

A New Jersey man who was released from state prison on orders from Gov. Phil Murphy is accused of killing two men at a hotel in New Hampshire, where he now faces a first-degree murder charge in one of the deaths. The horrific slaying of the two men in New Hampshire after the alleged killerContinue reading “Murphy released prisoner charged with 1st-degree murder in NH slaying”

by Ann Oliva Congress should act now, through the Build Back Better Act, to make historic improvements in housing assistance for people experiencing the greatest hardships. The current system of housing assistance was insufficient long before the COVID-19 pandemic increased the number of people struggling to pay the rent. As Congress crafts recovery legislation, policymakersContinue reading “Congress can fix housing, end homelessness”

Tom Kean continues to top the leader board as New Jersey’s favorite living ex-governor while Chris Christie is stuck in the cellar, according to a recent Monmouth University Poll of state residents. New Jerseyans were asked their views of the nine people who have served as the state’s chief executive since 1982. The poll also finds thatContinue reading “Chris Christie is the most unpopular ex-governor, remembered most for scandals”

President Joe Biden declared that an emergency exists in the state of New Jersey and ordered federal assistance to supplement local response efforts due to conditions resulting from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. “The President’s action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster relief efforts”, the WhiteContinue reading “Biden approves New Jersey emergency declaration after heavy rain, flooding”