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5 days ago · Kamala Harris wins New Jersey, as expected, in White House race. BY Dana DiFilippo - November 5, 2024. New Jersey Rep. Andy Kim makes history as first Korean American elected to Senate. BY Dana DiFilippo - November 5, 2024. Polls in New Jersey close in one hour. BY Mark J. Bonamo, Dana DiFilippo and Daniel O'Connor - November 5, 2024.
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5 days ago · BY: Ashley Murray - November 7, 2024. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday reassured the nation that democracy won despite his party’s resounding election losses, and promised his accomplishments will live on, in brief remarks from the White House. “I know for some people, it’s a time for victory, to state the obvious.
Andy Kim says his win has changed Jersey politics ‘forever.’ Let’s …
4 days ago · Terrence T. McDonald. November 8, 2024 12:53 pm. Sen.-elect Andy Kim holds hands with his son Austin during his victory party in Cherry Hill on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. (Ed Murray for New Jersey Monitor) New Jersey Democrats had a terrible Election Day, but a bright spot for them occurred with Rep. Andy Kim’s victory in the U.S. Senate race.
Members of the public chime in on lawmakers’ push to redesign …
5 days ago · Witnesses urged lawmakers on a special legislative committee regarding ballot design to adopt office-block ballots and cautioned against adding much information to the ballots at the panel’s second hearing Thursday.. The hearing, which was the first to accept the public’s testimony on how to redesign New Jersey’s ballots, follows a …
More than 1.9M New Jerseyans have voted in advance of Election …
Nov 4, 2024 · New Jersey has just over 6.7 million registered voters, according to the latest state data. That means voter turnout already is at 29%, one day ahead of the general election. Democrats have cast more advance votes than any other party, Dubicki found. Of ballots already recorded, more than 863,500 came from Democrats, 556,000 from Republicans ...
Nearly 250K turned out on first weekend of early in-person voting …
In 2022, first-day early voting turnout reached 26,658. The swell in turnout has caused lines at some early polling centers. Early in-person turnout was highest in Bergen County, the most populous county in New Jersey. There, 24,447 residents cast votes at an early polling center. But turnout in Monmouth (23,952) and Ocean (23,521) counties was ...
New Jersey minimum wage will rise to $15.49 on Jan. 1
Oct 8, 2024 · 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 ...
Moody's boosts N.J.'s credit outlook, citing pension payments and ...
Aug 15, 2024 · 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 ...
Gov. Murphy signs record-setting $56.6B state budget
Jun 28, 2024 · Gov. Phil Murphy signed the $56.6 billion annual spending bill Friday after the Legislature approved it in votes divided largely along party lines, two days ahead of a deadline that would have forced a state government shutdown.. The budget, the largest in state history, calls for New Jersey to spend $2.1 billion more than it takes in but maintains full funding of the state’s pension ...