Governor Chris Christie announced the nomination of David D. Blumenthal, D.C., Ph.D.  (Linwood, Atlantic) to serve on the New Jersey State Board of Education June 27.  Blumenthal is a long-standing chiropractor in the South […]

The Senate approved legislation, S-2091 / A-373 (Rice / Ruiz / Caputo / Diegnan / Spencer), June 30 requiring public elementary and secondary schools in New Jersey be equipped with a panic alarm and […]

The Senate did not take a vote on, S-2154 (Van Drew/Gordon) / A-3081/A-990/A-2091 (Jasey/Eustace/Andrzejczak) June 30 as expected to allow the Administration time to craft a regulatory fix to ongoing concerns regarding PARCC implementation and […]

A New Jersey Appellate Court ruled June 26 that New Jersey’s public employee retirees have a contract right to yearly cost of living or ‘COLA’ increases in their pension benefits, and those adjustments are […]

As the clock ticks to the end of the budget year, the Legislature not only moved the budget as well as several revenue raising items to support their proposal to make next year’s payment, […]

Both houses of the Legislature passed the FY2016 budget June 26.  The Assembly passed the new $34.1 billion state budget bill by a vote of 48-31, the Senate moved the legislation forward in a […]

Yesterday, June 25, 2014, Judge Mary Jacobson denied the interim relief application made by several public employee unions and professional associations, including the NJPSA, in which the Plaintiffs sought to compel the State of […]

The Assembly and Senate are expected to move legislation, (A-3487 (Cryan / S-2265 (Gordon), June 26 that would require the state to pay its pension contribution on July 15, October 15, January 15 and April […]

The full Senate is expected to vote on legislation, S-2154 (Van Drew/Gordon) / A-3081/A-990/A-2091 (Jasey/Eustace/Andrzejczak), June 26 that would establish a new taskforce, Education Reform Review Task Force, to examine the impact of the implementation of the common […]