New Jersey

Slavery reparations may be coming to the Garden State.  Lawmakers on Thursday introduced new legislation that would create a task force to explore slave reparations.  The legislation attempts to “achieve a sense of social and economic justice&#82...

New Jersey lawmakers are considering a new bill that would prevent cell phone companies from selling your data to third party organizations.  The data that is often sold includes the actual location of the cell phone user, which can be sold to various ...

Congressman Jeff Van Drew has sponsored new federal legislation that would require cable companies to disclose the total price of your cable bill, including all of the little fees that come along for the ride.  Van Drew says the issue is important in h...

New Jersey may not only ban all flavored vaping products, but menthol cigarettes as well.  State lawmakers are reportedly working on legislation that would prohibit the sales of both products in the Garden State.  A draft of the legislation would allow...

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed an executive order on Wednesday that opens the door for a publicly run bank in the Garden State.  New Jersey would become only the second state in the union to do so.  The order requires a commission to be formed ...

Federal flood insurance rates will not be going up for at least another year.  The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that proposed rate hikes that would have started next October 1st have been delayed for another year.  Senator Robert Menen...

Gasoline prices dropped by a penny over the past week in our area.  In Cape May County, the average price for a gallon of gas is now $2.59.  We are right at the state average, and three cents lower than the national average. The post GAS PRICES DROP BY...

Did you turn on your phone Thursday morning to find a weird text sent in the middle of the night?  You are not alone.  Major carriers including Verizon verified that text messages sent in February finally arrived to recipients during the early morning hours on Thursday.  Thousands of people in New Jersey got these strange …

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Did you turn on your phone Thursday morning to find a weird text sent in the middle of the night?  You are not alone.  Major carriers including Verizon verified that text messages sent in February finally arrived to recipients during the early morning hours on Thursday.  Thousands of people in New Jersey got these strange …

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New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney says there is no reason to sugarcoat Tuesday’s election…his party, the democrats, lost.  Sweeney told reporters that he was surprised Governor Murphy didn’t have an identical take on the elect...