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Credit: 3D Animation Production Company from Pixabay File photo They warned “winter is coming” and said then-President Donald Trump’s administration deserved “shame” for not sending New Jersey more robust federal aid. Democrats who control both houses of the state Legislature last year said they needed an emergency borrowing issue — bypassing the constitutional mandate for voter approval — as a “last resort” to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Their goal: address what Gov. Phi...

Murphy budget would spend more on N.J. unemployment upgrades after 11 months of problems. Is it enough? Updated Feb 24, 2021; Badly needed upgrades could be coming to New Jersey’s aging unemployment infrastructure, Gov. Phil Murphy vowed Tuesday as he proposed his latest state budget. Under the $44.8 billion spending plan, $7.75 million would go toward modernizing the unemployment system run by the state Department of Labor, which has received more than 2 million initial filings and distrib...

NJ senators want prisons chief gone amid abuse scandal There are growing calls for Gov. Phil Murphy to fire the Department of Corrections commissioner amid a probe of accusations of abuse by corrections staff against inmates at the states women’s prison. All 25 Senate Democrats have called for Marcus Hicks to immediately resign as DOC commissioner following the suspension of 30 employees at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women along with a new internal investigation stemming from a ...

Online Sign-Up For Vaccines In Mass. Proves Frustrating For Many Seniors A health care worker prepares to administer a dose of the Moderna vaccine. Jessica Rinaldi / Boston Globe via Getty Images Vaccine Sign-Up | Jan. 27, 2021 On the first day that Massachusetts residents age 75 and over could sign up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, many seniors were left frustrated and without appointments, either because their only option was an online registration system they don’t have access to, or ...

Unfortunately, despite the determination of Senate Republicans to move this process forward, no substantive action has been taken by the Senate Democratic Majority to understand how the flawed policies of the Murphy administration could be improved to better protect the tens of thousands of seniors, veterans, and residents with disabilities who live in LTC facilities across New Jersey. To date, nearly 8,000 residents and staff of our nursing homes and veterans homes have died, with the loss of ...

Florida businessman convicted of $1BILLION Medicare fraud spent NYE dancing at his daughters wedding days after Trump commuted his 20-year prison sentence citing his declining health Philip Esformes was among the slew of convicts pardoned by President Trump in the final days of his presidency  Esformes, 51, was convicted on 20 criminal counts in a $1billion Medicare fraud scheme in 2019  The healthcare executive was sentenced to 20 years in prison but only served 4 White House claimed the mo...

Albert Pirro had been among those expected to be on the list issued in the early hours of Wednesday morning. But when he was not, his ex-wife lobbied Trump directly.

New Jersey Republicans, still awash in Trumpian tropes, send mixed messages on unity and compromise with the Biden administration.

Here is a look at all 143 people President Donald Trump granted pardons or commutations to on the final day of his presidency.

19 Jan 2021 President Donald Trump announced late Tuesday night that he had pardoned and commuted the sentences of 143 people in the final hours of his presidency. The president issued 73 pardons and 70 commutations. The list included pop culture figures including rapper Lil Wayne, who was pardoned, and Kodak Black, whose sentence was commuted. The president also pardoned several Republicans, including former Deputy National Finance Chair of the Republican National Committee Elliott Broidy, for...