As reported by NJ.com, Governor Chris Christie and New Jersey’s public employee unions will be back in Court in May in a dispute over the Governor’s planned payment into the State pension system next year.  More than a dozen unions have sued the Governor to force him to more than double the $1.3 billion…

On March 11, 2015, we posted a blog wherein Senator Sweeney stated that Governor Christie needed to change his tactics at the bargaining table regarding pension reform and if he instead concentrated on “growing” New Jersey’s economy, additional tax revenue would be created that would result in more money to fund the Public Employees’…

As reported by NJ.com, after tax collections came up short last spring and plunged Governor Chris Christie’s state budget into chaos, lawmakers say bug changes are needed on how the State prepares a spending plan and shares information about it to the public.  Sponsor Gary Schaer (D-Passaic), chairman of the Assembly Budget Committee that…

As reported by NJ.com, police and fire union officials vehemently oppose a proposal that would allow towns to require their ne recruits to live within their borders, with one Newark union leader saying relations between the community and cops has turned toxic.  “You talk about the community.  Right now the community hates us.  Everything…

As reported in the North Jersey News Publication, The Daily Record, Morris County Sheriff Edward V. Rochford has formally been advised by the freeholders and county administrator that a labor contract he privately negotiated with the Morris County Sheriff’s Officer’s union that provides a 20 percent (20%) increase in salaries over three years —…

Yesterday, I received an email from one of our readers, Ed Mecka, from Hoboken, New Jersey, who turned me on to an article regarding the pension crisis that is taking place in Memphis, Tennessee.  The crisis in Memphis has caught the national media’s attention, and an article was printed in the Wall Street Journal a…

As reported by NJ.com, Governor Chris Christie’s administration has filed a formal notice that it will appeal a Court ruling that it broke the law by slashing this year’s payment into New Jersey’s public worker pension system.  A State Superior Court Judge sided with public unions who sued Governor Christie to force him to…

As reported by NJ.com, as Hightstown considers outsourcing its police department to East Windsor, the Council is set to vote on a new police union agreement tonight.  The council vote would ratify the memorandum of agreement with the police officers and execute a collective bargaining agreement for 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.  A separate…

As reported by NJ.com, state lawmakers are pushing dueling proposals to rebuild the public’ trust of investigations into police misconduct as racial tensions continue to flare in Ferguson, Mo., where two police officers were shot and seriously injured.  A State Senate panel discussed a bill that would require special prosecutors to be appointed any…

As reported by NJ.com, Trenton officials are interviewing 18 candidates for the position of police director and 17 candidates for the job of fire director.

Acting Police Director Ernest Parrey, Jr. was brought in to interview for the position he has held since July.  Parrey said he knew when he took the job in…