Sen. Cory Booker (D., N.J.) said the planet “can’t sustain” people eating meat, as the 2020 hopeful aims to become the first vegan president. Booker told the vegan magazine VegNews earlier this month that he became vegan after coming to the realization that eating eggs “didn’t align with my spirit.” While claiming he does not […]
‘Rain Tax’ Likely to Become Reality in New Jersey…
New Jersey is one of the highest taxed states in the country. Now, residents and businesses could be taxed extra … when it rains. Save it for a rainy day. Some of your hard-earned dollars may be taken away as the weather turns ugly and rain drops fall on the Garden State. A new bill […]
Over $500k Spilled from Armored Truck, $300k Still Missing…
More than half a million dollars spilled from an armored truck onto a New Jersey highway, and nearly $300,000 remains missing a day later, police said Friday. East Rutherford police said in a statement that two bags of cash fell from a Brink’s truck near MetLife Stadium on Thursday. One of the plastic bags had […]
An Elaborate Lie…
A New Jersey couple and a homeless man who were at the center of a heartwarming GoFundMe tale were hit with charges Wednesday after a prosecutor claimed the whole story was a hoax. “The entire campaign was predicated on a lie,” Burlington County prosecutor Scott Coffina said, according to The Associated Press. “It was fictitious […]
20,667 Drunken-Driving Convictions Tainted by Bad Breathalyzer Test in New Jersey…
More than 20,000 drunken-driving convictions in New Jersey could be in jeopardy after the state’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that breathalyzer tests used to win those judgments were inadmissible. The unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court stems from criminal charges brought more than two years ago against a State Police sergeant who was accused […]
GOP House Candidate Receives Letter Threatening His Children…
A Republican candidate running for Congress in New Jersey shared a photo of a letter he received that threatened his children and called on him to drop out of the race. Jay Webber, a North Jersey state assemblyman, shared a photo of the letter on Twitter, as well as a photo of a cut-up campaign […]
Six States, NYC Sue DOJ Over Sanctuary City Funding Threat…
A coalition of six states led by New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to block what they characterized as the Justice Department’s overreaching efforts to punish so-called sanctuary jurisdictions by conditioning federal funding on compliance with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The filing of the lawsuit came the same day that […]
NJ School District Votes to Add Armed Officers to 11 Schools…
A New Jersey school board has voted to put armed police officers in all 11 of its public schools following the Florida school shooting. The East Brunswick Board of Education voted unanimously last Thursday to put armed police officers in the schools, the day after a gunman killed 17 people and injured 14 others at […]
Trump Tells New York, New Jersey to Pay for Their Own Damn Rail Project…
It’s rare for a president to pull funding from a sweetheart transportation project. But on the final Friday of 2017, the Trump administration announced that it was backing away from an Obama-era plan to lavish billions in federal aid on the Hudson Tunnel project. Billed as “the nation’s most urgent major infrastructure project” by its […]
New Jersey Man Sentenced for Role in Russian Uranium One Bribe Scheme…
A New Jersey man was sentenced on Monday to a year and a day in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with his role in arranging bribes for the awarding of contracts with Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy corporation, the U.S. Justice Department said. Boris Rubizhevsky, 67, of Closter, New Jersey, was sentenced […]