That’s enough to keep state’s 12 seats in House of Representatives. But work on redrawing maps is months away
A significantly higher population count for New Jersey allows the state to keep its current complement of 12 U.S. House members and also puts the state 10th in line for gaining an additional representative, according to Monday’s release of 2020 census data.
The U.S. Census Bureau counted 9,288,994 people living in New Jersey as of April 1, 2020. Another 5,499 mostly military and their family members from the state were living overseas, for a total of 9,294,493 used to apportion seats in the House of Representatives.
Benito Torres knows too well the difficulties of everyday life in New Jersey without a driver s license.
An undocumented Mexican immigrant living in Millville, Torres has gotten several summonses over the years for driving without a license.
He needs to drive to get to the furniture warehouse where he works. And there are other hang-ups as well: A side job as an auto mechanic is harder because he has struggled to exchange tools at hardware stores without a license. Even buying a beer after a hard day s work is more complicated without a standard ID.
“I’ve been here 17 years, and since the first day I got here, I have wanted to have a driver’s license,’’ he said. He s in the process of legalizing his status, he said, but that may take months.
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MILLVILLE, N.J. – Benito Torres knows too well the difficulties of everyday life in New Jersey without a driver s license.
An undocumented Mexican immigrant living in Millville, New Jersey, Torres has gotten several summonses over the years for driving without a license.
He needs to drive to get to the furniture warehouse where he works. And there are other hang-ups as well: A side job as an auto mechanic is harder because he has struggled to exchange tools at hardware stores without a license. Even buying a beer after a hard day s work is more complicated without a standard ID.
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Rep. Josh Gottheimer announces the formation of a new congressional caucus to fight for restoring the full federal deduction for state and local taxes. Surrounding him are other founding members of the caucus.
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President Joe Biden spent his first week in office taking action to address economic inequality. But a recent study says that restoring the federal deduction for state and local taxes something strongly supported by Gov. Phil Murphy and other Democrats could make things worse.
The argument over economic inequality provides yet another hurdle for proponents of restoring the deduction. Already, they have faced blowback because the tax break disproportionately helps the rich, even though plenty of middle-class homeowners in New Jersey and other high-tax states would benefit as well.