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As reported by NJ.com, New Jersey has pledged $4 million to equip every New Jersey State Trooper and thousands more local police officers with body cameras as demand for the technology rises in the wake of several high-profile police-involved shootings in the United States.
Body cameras, though increasingly ubiquitous in policing, are not yet…
As reported in NJ.Com as well as NJSpotlight, the State of New Jersey recently told thousands of union members whose contracts expired June 30, 2015, that they won’t be receiving annual incremental pay increases while there’s no new deal in place. In the past, State employees have received their annual increases if their performance…
Yesterday, NJ.COM reported that Governor Christie was prepared to roll out sweeping pension legislation that would overhaul the way in which teacher pensions would be funded in the State of New Jersey. Presently, teachers pensions in the State of New Jersey are funded by the State and not the School District or Municipality that employs…
As reported in NJ.Com, The Boards of Trustees of New Jersey’s largest pension funds plan to launch a probe into how the state awards fees incurred in managing pension fund investments. The Public Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees voted to conduct a forensic audit of the fund’s expenses, following a similar vote by the…
As reported by Politickernj.com, after the New Jersey Supreme Court announced it would hear a case from Governor Chris Christie’s administration over the State’s decision to cut $1.6 billion from this year’s slated payment for the public pension and benefit, it drew a somewhat muted reaction from one union leader who has vocally opposed…
As reported by NJ.com, the New Jersey Supreme Court agreed to decide whether Governor Chris Christie broke the law when he slashed $1.6 billion from this year’s payment into the public worker pension system. Christie’s administration, which had previously indicated it would file in the Appellate Division, last week asked the Supreme Court to…
As reported by NJ.com, Governor Chris Christie’s treasurer said that the administration has reached out to lawmakers to comply with a judge’s order to work together to restore $1.6 billion to this year’s pension payment, but stressed that actually doing that would mean lots of budget pain for New Jersey residents. A State Superior…
To follow up on of one our previous posts, NJ.com has reported that the New Jersey Assembly passed several bills yesterday to combat the revenue shortfalls plaguing the State’s finances and scrutinize corporate tax breaks. The legislation would force the Governor to collaborate on revenue forecasts and plan for shortfalls, clearly identify any new source…
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’…
