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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, 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…

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…