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New Jersey bill, backed by key leader, seeks more local input on warehouse growth State Senate majority leader’s legislation would require communities near a proposed warehouse to have input but no veto power Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves The growing footprint of warehouses in New Jersey — which is hardly alone in adding massive amounts of logistics space — has spurred the introduction of legislation that could slow its growth. Most significantly, the sponsor of the legislation in...

First-time homeowners are still finding it difficult to buy a home in New Jersey

Reply April 23, 2021 Leaders from New Jersey Farmers Against Hunger and the New Jersey Agricultural Society teamed with members of the Burlington County Board of Commissioners on Friday to break ground on a new land stewardship center at Laurel Run Park. Subscribe The Laurel Run Land Stewardship Center is being established by the New Jersey Agricultural Society as part of a landmark agreement with the County Commissioners that gives the nonprofit organization the use of a 3-acre parcel of the p...

New law boosts benefits for families of workers who died from COVID-19 April 20, 2021 8:29 am Spouses of “essential workers” who contracted and died from COVID-19 will be entitled to expanded benefits under a measure Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law on April 19. The legislation is the latest effort by lawmakers to expand the rights of workers who stayed on the job during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic last year and the waves of outbreaks that have since transpired. One of the state�...

“People’s Bill” advocates say it is key to helping New Jersey residents recover from economic challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Homestead benefits have been frozen in time as state uses property-tax bills from 2006. Property taxes have ballooned 40% since then, but Homestead benefits haven’t budged Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are making a case for halting the state’s long-running practice of using fine print in the annual budget to shortchange thousands of New Jersey homeowners who receive Homestead property-tax relief benefits. A recent NJ Spotlight News story highlighted how Gov. Phil Murphy’s propose...

TRENTON – New Jersey’s state budget is awash in cash for the first time in a generation, but there’s a good chance it won’t last long. The Murphy administration forecasts that it will end the current fiscal year with a combined surplus of $6.34 billion, but its 2022 spending plan uses much of that to offset spending. Next year’s budget has a projected year-end balance of $2.2 billion. Thomas Koenig, the legislative budget and finance officer for the Office of Legislative Services, sai...

Where have billions in COVID aid gone, N.J. lawmakers ask as state gets more from feds Updated 10:02 AM; While New Jersey is about to receive more than $6 billion in federal aid for coronavirus-related relief, state legislators are still looking for more information on where billion of dollars in CARES Act money have already been spent. The April 2020 infusion of $23.46 billion came at a time when the Garden State was at the height of the coronavirus pandemic — skyrocketing unemployment rate...

Burlington Countys Democratic and Republican committees have announced who the parties are backing in the 8th Legislative District Senate and Assembly races. The race to represent the district that encompasses towns across Burlington, Camden and Atlantic counties is expected to be one of the most competitive in the state this November. Republicans are looking to take back the Senate seat from Sen. Dawn Addiego, who will run as a Democrat for the first time since flipping parties in 2019. Th...

Commissioners thank First Lady for COVID rescue plan act as she visits Burlington County   1 / 3  From left: Burlington County Sheriff Anthony Basantis, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, Congressman Andy Kim, Burlington City Mayor Barry Conaway, Burlington City Police Chief John Fine, Burlington County Commissioner Director Felicia Hopson and U.S. Senator Cory Booker were among the officials who greeted First Lady Dr. Jill Biden at the Samuel Smith School in Burlington City.PHOTO COURTESY OF BURLIN...