Attorney Scott Salmon argues New Jersey’s Sore Loser Law bars presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from appearing on the ballot as a third-party candidate ..read more

Existing home sales fell 5.4% in June and median home sales reached its highest level on record. The post U.S. home prices hit a record high as sales fell. Here’s how housing experts explain the trends appeared first on New Jersey Monitor ..read more

Harris said she and Netanyahu had a “constructive” meeting and that she expressed to the prime minister “serious concern about the scale of human suffering in Gaza.” The post VP Harris meets with Netanyahu to discuss Israel-Hamas war in Gaza appeared first on New Jersey Monitor ..read more

Fare hikes closed a fiscal cliff at NJ Transit, and a tax on businesses will bridge next year's far larger funding gap. The post NJ Transit approves $3B budget amid outcry over fare hikes appeared first on New Jersey Monitor ..read more

Staffing agencies and business groups argued the law is unconstitutional, but the three-judge panel said they weren't convinced. The post Appeals court rules in favor of New Jersey temp worker law appeared first on New Jersey Monitor ..read more

Sen. Joe Cryan said he has questions about whether prosecutors with the Attorney General's Office are “rushing to judgment.” (Edwin J. Torres/NJ Governor’s Office) A state lawmaker is again calling for an outside review of a department in the state Attorney General’s Office after prosecutors this week asked a judge to dismiss their indictment of a Paterson police officer who had been accused of shooting an unarmed man. Sen. Joe Cryan said he has questions about whether prosecutors with the office are “rushing to judgment.” “We have an attorney general searching for headlines instead of f ..read more

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 24: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House on July 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. The president addressed reasons for abruptly ending his run for a second term after initially rejecting calls from some top Democrats to do so, and outlined what he hopes to accomplish in his remaining months in office. (Photo by Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden explained his decision not to seek reelection during a prime-time address from the Oval Office on Wednesday, saying now is the time to turn over power to the next generatio ..read more

The presidential emergency board creates a 120-lockout on job actions by locomotive engineers, but a strike could come in months. (Fran Baltzer for New Jersey Monitor) President Joe Biden named three members to a presidential emergency board that will oversee the latest round of negotiations between NJ Transit and a locomotive engineers union that has been working under an expired contract since 2019. The board’s creation begins what could be an eight-month period before the engineers walk off the job. The union voted to approve a strike last August. Elizabeth Wesman, a former president of th ..read more

More than 1.3 million New Jerseyans will be eligible to use the free tool during the next filing season. (Getty Images) Filing federal taxes will be easier and cheaper for New Jerseyans after officials announced the state will partner with the IRS on the new free electronic tax return program the agency launched this year.  U.S. Department of the Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo and Gov. Phil Murphy told reporters Wednesday that Direct File will be available to all 50 states in 2025, with Adeyemo saying New Jersey was one of the first states to sign up. Adeyemo said Direct Fi ..read more

The Educational Services Commission of New Jersey failed to report contract awards and lacked documentation for contracts worth millions, the comptroller found. (Courtesy of the Comptroller's office) One of the largest cooperative purchasing systems in the state awarded contracts worth roughly $14.6 million without properly following New Jersey procurement laws, the Office of the State Comptroller said in a new report released Wednesday. The Educational Services Commission of New Jersey, a procurement cooperative that secures anything from utilities to cleaning supplies to computers for ..read more