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N.J. Utilities to Issue $25 Bill Credit in August, Seven Months After Emergency Order

N.J. Utilities to Issue $25 Bill Credit in August, Seven Months After Emergency Order

The one-time payment hits in August. It does not lower the underlying rate.Every residential customer of New Jersey's four big...

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How Did Pine Beach Go 13 Months Without a Police Chief?

How Did Pine Beach Go 13 Months Without a Police Chief?

The prosecutor said six months without a chief. The borough's own records show 13.Chief Keith Brown stood before the borough...

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NJEDA Pauses New Applications for $4.6B Aspire Tax Credit Program

NJEDA Pauses New Applications for $4.6B Aspire Tax Credit Program

The authority's CEO says as much as half of each award pays consultants and fees, not construction. Developers with transformative...

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Can New Jersey Help Kill the $111 Billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Megamerger?

Can New Jersey Help Kill the $111 Billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Megamerger?

A federal judge halted the $111 billion deal two days before closing. What the ruling means for New Jersey's $833...

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New Jersey Bans Algorithmic Rent-Setting as Sherrill Signs FAIR Act

New Jersey Bans Algorithmic Rent-Setting as Sherrill Signs FAIR Act

The law makes it an antitrust violation for landlords to use pricing software fed by competitors' nonpublic data. It takes...

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Two Wrong-Way Crashes, Same Half-Mile: Is Route 55 Due for Safety Changes?

Two Wrong-Way Crashes, Same Half-Mile: Is Route 55 Due for Safety Changes?

A man died driving the wrong way on Route 55 near Mantua, the second fatal wrong-way crash on the same...

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No Cause Found in $200,000 Phillipsburg Sinkhole Study as 8 Homes Sit Empty

No Cause Found in $200,000 Phillipsburg Sinkhole Study as 8 Homes Sit Empty

The geotechnical report the town commissioned runs 116 pages and cost nearly $200,000. It does not say why Summit Avenue...

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New Jersey BPU Advances JCP&L Penalty Case, Opens Storm Review

New Jersey BPU Advances JCP&L Penalty Case, Opens Storm Review

The Board advanced a penalty case against JCP&L and opened a storm review, after three years of reliability failures and...

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Sherrill Signs Power NJ Act as Rate Counsel Warns of 40-Year Ratepayer Lock-In

Sherrill Signs Power NJ Act as Rate Counsel Warns of 40-Year Ratepayer Lock-In

The Power NJ Act starts a competitive process for at least 1,100 MW of new nuclear generation. The administration claims...

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Sherrill Administration Split on Enforcing New Data Broker Law

Sherrill Administration Split on Enforcing New Data Broker Law

A law passed in 48 hours imposes the nation's steepest data penalties, but the Governor's office and the Attorney General...

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