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New Jersey governor signs budget boosting taxes on companies making over $10 million
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a $56.6 billion budget moments before midnight Friday, hiking taxes on high-earning corporations to help the state's transit agency while spending billions on education and other programs. The Democrat-led...
1,900 New Jersey ballots whose envelopes were opened early must be counted, judge rules
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A state judge on Friday ruled that some 1,900 mail ballots in a New Jersey county whose envelopes were prematurely opened should be accepted and counted. Superior Court Judge Michael J. Blee ruled from the bench in the case involving 1,909 mail ballots in...
New Jersey State Police 'never meaningfully grappled' with discriminatory practices, official finds
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey State Police didn't do all they could to prevent discriminatory policing practices from their ranks, the state's comptroller said in a new report issued Tuesday. The report found that while the state police regularly issued lengthy reports on racial...
MLB extends Draft League through 2030 season and announces plan to expand to eight teams
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball extended the MLB Draft League through the 2030 season and announced plans to expand by two teams to eight. The Draft League launched in 2021 following the reorganization that trimmed the minor leagues and it started play with six teams that had...
A rabbi serving 30 years to life in his wife's contract killing has died, prison officials say
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey rabbi serving a decadeslong sentence in a 1994 murder-for-hire plot targeting his wife has died. Fred Neulander, 82, was pronounced dead shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday at a hospital in Trenton after he was found unresponsive in his cell in the...
Workers sue to overturn law that exempts Atlantic City casinos from indoor smoking ban
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Frustrated at having unsuccessfully agitated for over three years to get lawmakers to ban smoking in Atlantic City casinos, workers on Friday tried a new tactic. They filed a lawsuit to try to overturn a law that leaves casino workers as the only ones not covered by the...
