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Mercer County, local officials come together to discuss use of American Rescue Plan federal funds State legislators, Mercer County commissioners, Mercer County mayors and administrators gathered virtually to discuss their aspirations for federal funds from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act. Organized by the Capital City Area Black Caucus, the discussion on April 24 centered on how Mercer County government and municipal officials would hope and plan to utilize the federal funds. As of April 27, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has not provided specific guidance yet on how the feder...

NJ Turnpike could send $2B to NJ Transit if this agreement passes Updated 2:43 PM; As NJ Transit officials are hoping for more people to return to the workplace to boost revenues, the agency could get a cash infusion totaling $2 billion from the NJ Turnpike Authority, under a funding agreement commissioners are scheduled to vote on next Tuesday. The authority’s board is scheduled to vote April 27 on a new agreement with the state treasury department to allow the authority to provide a subsidy totaling about $1.22 billion over three years. Annual funding toward NJ Transit was included as pa...

Slow progress for plan to allow bigger storm fines for utilities A bill identified as a priority by the head of the Board of Public Utilities that would increase the fines electric companies face for mishandling storms took just one step through the process before most of the Legislature went on recess. Utility companies that don’t meet standards can be fined $100 a day. The “Reliability, Preparedness and Storm Response Act” would crank that up to $25,000 per violation, up to $2 million per storm, and has been endorsed by the Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee. ...

TRENTON — Eight bills aimed at easing access to transportation for people with special needs such as autism advanced Monday in the Assembly. With little dissension, the Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee passed eight bills directing steps to be taken by NJ Transit and the state Department of Transportation and Department of Human Services. The Senate companions for the bills haven’t yet been taken up. Get our free mobile app “These are really important initiatives to increase the freedom and the ability to travel for individuals with disabilities,” said Jaco...

Gov. Murphy and NJ Transit: When will he learn? | Editorial Updated Mar 01, 2021; Gov. Murphy’s budget speech included a fist-pumping vow to “lean into the policies that can fix our decades-old inequities,” and the scenario that began to unspool in every nodding head was that he was going to finally take sure steps to help New Jersey Transit turn the corner. Instead, it looks like much of the same terrain. While Murphy suggested it was time to seize policies that “will supercharge our reemergence” from the pandemic, he offered nothing but business as usual for this bedraggled mass ...