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Sweeney makes Senate changes
Steve Sweeney Newly installed Senate President Steve Sweeney is making changes to the upper chamber, some apparently based on who supported him for president. Shirley Turner is out as chair of the...
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Caps no bar to raising property taxes
Steve Sweeney How well did Corzine's 4 percent cap on property taxes work? The Star-Ledger examined the data and found nearly a third of the state's 566 municipalities went beyond the cap with the...
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Sweeney: Losing jobs to (gasp!) Massachusetts
Steve Sweeney Gannett New Jersey newspapers had the Senate President in for a talk and one of the questions was after the state's finances are in place, what are the three top legislative priorities...
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Sweeney: No tax hike, no budget
Steve Sweeney Senate President Steve Sweeney says Gov. Christie’s budget won’t get through the Legislature unless it contains an income tax hike on the wealthy. He told the Philadelphia Inquirer,...
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Police and fire say they are different
Steve Sweeney Police and firefighter unions have filed a lawsuit to challenge the changes recently made to their pension and health benefits. The unions contend police and firefighters should be...
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A lesson for Sarlo
Paul Sarlo Senate President Steve Sweeney says he will hold a vote to try to override Gov. Christie's promised veto of the millionaire's tax. A bunch of Democrats questioned whether that were a good...
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Budget passed, pols show true selves
Louis Greenwald Gov. Christie's first budget has been passed. At 1 a.m. today the Assembly signed off and sent it to the governor who plans to sign it today. It has to be in place by midnight tomorrow....
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Christie vetoes property tax cap
As expected, Gov. Christie conditionally vetoed the Legislature's 2.9 percent property tax cap. A conditional veto means the Legislature doesn't have to start over with a new bill. This comes on the...
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Burzichelli’s right, NJSIAA not to be trusted
Burzichelli Assemblyman John Burzichelli says there is no reason to trust the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s response to a State Commission of Investigation probe that found...
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Sweeney: The mayors were duped
Steve Sweeney Gov. Christie and Senate President Steve Sweeney are at odds over reforms to help halt the spiral of property tax hikes. Christie wants a hard 2 percent cap on arbitration rewards,...
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A program that works as planned
Steve Sweeney Finally, something in state government that works as it is supposed to. Senate President Steve Sweeney says that the paid family leave contribution rates will be cut in half next year...
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Let’s see who has the courage to do it
Alex DeCroce Assembly Republican leader Alex DeCroce opened his mouth and inserted his boot big time. In discussing his desire to lower unemployment insurance, DeCroce said unemployment benefits are...
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DRBA wants to raise tolls
Steve Sweeney The Delaware River & Bay Authority wants to raise toll hikes on the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Senate President Steve Sweeney says the state Authorities Unit should look at the...
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No raises for high level state officials
GOP legislative leaders and Gov. Christie's office say they won't make appointments to a seven-member commission that sets salaries for officials from the governor on down. What does that mean?...
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