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网页5 天之前 · New Jersey attorney general sues TikTok, accusing app of exploiting teens for profit. By Sophie Nieto-Munoz - October 8, 2024. One U.S. Senate seat and all 12 House seats are on the ballot this year. See who is running. New Jersey Votes: 2024.
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网页5 天之前 · New Jersey minimum wage will rise to $15.49 on Jan. 1. BY: Nikita Biryukov - October 8, 2024. Annual indexing required under a 2019 law will raise the state's minimum wage by 36 cents for most workers with the start of the new year.
New Jersey minimum wage will rise to $15.49 on Jan. 1
网页4 天之前 · New Jersey’s minimum wage will rise to $15.49 for most workers at the start of the new year, state labor officials announced Tuesday. The 36-cent increase is the first annual inflation adjustment to the state’s wage floor following a six-year phase-in that was meant to bring the minimum wage to $15, though high inflation in 2023 spurred an indexing adjustment that brought minimum hourly ...
Nurses at Newark’s University Hospital approve contract, dodging …
网页1 天前 · Nurses at University Hospital in Newark voted overwhelmingly Friday to ratify a new three-year contract, averting a strike that threatened to cripple care at New Jersey’s only public hospital. The primary sticking point had been the union’s demand for 5:1 patient-to …
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网页2024年8月28日 · Mass deportation would be a logistical disaster, taking decades and costing billions. This country would suffer, too. A bigot lost her election and her brother lost his job. I’m not shedding any tears. BY: Terrence T. McDonald - August 7, 2024. A Jersey City mayoral aide lost his job after helping his sister's hate-filled campaign to be ...
Gun coalition targets New Jersey’s one-gun-a-month law in new …
网页2024年9月27日 · Since the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 declared a constitutional right to carry, gun-rights advocates have targeted New Jersey’s famously tough gun laws, challenging one after the other in court, from its assault weapon ban to a prohibition on guns in sensitive places to a law that allows the state to sue gun makers as a public nuisance.. Thursday, they sued again, taking aim this time at a ...
Moody's boosts N.J.'s credit outlook, citing pension payments and ...
网页2024年8月15日 · In awarding the improved outlook, Moody’s cited economic growth in New Jersey that had outpaced that of other mid-Atlantic states. The ratings agency noted that, while the state budget approved in late June includes a $2.4 billion structural deficit that is expected to bring New Jersey’s surplus down to roughly $6.2 billion, the state’s ...
Task force releases report on Stay NJ tax credit program
网页2024年5月31日 · A task force assigned to review the ambitious property tax relief program called Stay NJ released a report Thursday making recommendations on how to implement the plan — one it’s not clear the state can fund.. The 101-page report details changes to how benefits would be paid out, a timeline change that could cost some residents benefits under the existing Anchor tax relief program, and ...
Changes coming to jury selection in New Jersey
网页2022年7月14日 · The next time you’re selected as a juror in New Jersey, expect more questions, new videos on implicit bias, and maybe even more money. In an effort to reduce bias in jury selection and expand the pool of prospective jurors, the state Supreme Court is adopting 25 changes to the selection process, the court announced Wednesday.. The upgrades to the process derive from recommendations made by a ...
Longshoremen’s dispute could boil into disruptive strike next week
网页2024年9月27日 · A simmering labor dispute between the International Longshoremen’s Association and ports up and down the East Coast could boil over into a disruptive and economically damaging strike next week. The union has sought steep wage increases and protections against automation that could cost its members their …