Tag: New Jersey

New Jersey Congressmen Push Legislation to Bar New York City Congestion Taxes

Proposed federal legislation would bar congestion taxes on New Jersey residents driving into Manhattan’s “Central Business District” south of 60th Street. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) wants to use the proceeds of the congestion taxes to help fund its capital projects. But U.S. Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Chris Smith (R-N.J.) want to put the…


New Jersey Governor’s Mask Mandate for Schools Draws Backlash From Republican Lawmakers

New Jersey Republicans in both houses of the Legislature have criticized the new executive order issued by Gov. Phil Murphy that reinstated indoor mask mandates at schools for the upcoming school year. “Mandating masks in schools has more negatives than positives,” Republican Assemblyman Brian Bergen said about the measure announced on Friday. “The governor’s new…


New Jersey Reverses Course to Reinstate K-12 School Mask Mandates

Students, teachers, and staff in New Jersey’s K-12 school will be required to wear face coverings when the fall semester begins, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Friday afternoon. “We understand that students learn best in a classroom setting and remain committed to having our schools open for full-time, in-person instruction this fall,” said Murphy at an…


New Jersey GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Opposes Vaccine Mandate

A Republican candidate running for governor of New Jersey in November and challenging the incumbent Democrat told a local PAC in July that he supports medical freedom and vaccine choice while opposing mandatory vaccinations or vaccine passports. Jack Ciattarelli, a Republican candidate for the governor of New Jersey, said in an interview with New Jersey…


49 Fully Vaccinated New Jersey Residents Have Died From COVID-19

About four dozen fully vaccinated people in New Jersey have died with COVID-19, health officials say. Forty-nine deaths among the population have been recorded since December 2020, the New Jersey Department of Health confirmed to The Epoch Times. Some 5,300 people who had not gotten a vaccine also died with COVID-19. The 49 deaths come…


New Jersey Hospital System Fires Employees Who Refused to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine

A hospital system in New Jersey announced this week that it fired six employees who refused to comply with the company’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. RWJBarnabas Health (RWJBH) said 99.7 percent of its employees, or 2,979, at the supervisor level and above have either gotten fully vaccinated or been approved for a medical or religious exemption…


New Jersey Hospital System Fires Employees Who Didn’t Get COVID-19 Vaccine

A hospital system in New Jersey says that it has fired six senior employees who didn’t comply with the company’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. RWJBarnabas Health (RWJBH) said 2,979 staff members, or 99.7 percent, at the supervisor level and above have either been fully vaccinated or been approved for a medical or religious exemption or a…


Mask Mandate for Children Is Not Backed by Science: New Jersey Senators

New Jersey senators held a hearing last week to explore whether the science supports forcing children to wear face masks in schools amid growing concerns regarding the efficacy and negative effects of these masks. Scientists testified about the effectiveness of masks in preventing the spread of COVID-19, a disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist…


As People Flock to Theme Parks This Summer, Series of Accidents Plagues Popular Rides

By Maxwell Adler From The Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Headlines across the country have been abundant with news of shocking theme park accidents in the last several weeks, some of them fatal. Last month, a Tennessee boy got caught under a Missouri coaster and was seriously injured. And in early June a woman died from…


Trump’s NJ Golf Club Pays $400,000 Fine Over Fatal 2015 DUI Crash

A golf club in New Jersey that is owned by Donald Trump has agreed to pay a fine related to a fatal car accident that happened in 2015 when a guest who was under the influence of alcohol crashed his vehicle after visiting the club. The Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck on Wednesday settled the…