Government has a long conflicted record on tobacco use. The harms of smoking have been well-known since the 1960. Instead of banning cigarettes, though, government greatly increases taxes on them, delivering state and federal revenue windfalls from addicted smokers.
The first offshore wind projects were canceled because the economy shifted and inflated costs. It's started to shift back and the case for offshore wind energy remains strong.
As the announcement of his federal indictment loomed, Sen. Menendez claimed victory for a major federal appointment and declared a $334 million pension bailout for a NJ Teamsters local.
America is a great place to be a consumer, but like every marketplace ever, buyers must beware. The better businesses are at getting money out of consumers, the better consumers must be at protecting themselves.
Years ago, The Press had an executive editor who banned reporters from using the terms “South ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥â€ and “North ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥," requiring them to say southern or northern New ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ instead. Imagine how he’d react now, when state government has ordered the creation of a new region, Central ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥.
Ohio has joined a growing number of states where voters have smartly responded to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade by building abortion access protection into their state constitutions. Ohio's "Issue 1" ballot measure actually goes far beyond access to abortion.
The skies are quiet again over South ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥. The region’s regular, informal air show — the 177th Fighter Wing of the New ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Air National Guard — has deployed overseas again.
Allowing food trucks many advantages of established businesses (which bear the full brunt of New ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ regulation and pay property taxes!) would undermine them and be unfair.
The small compromise on Atlantic County's immigration resolution is good. National reform requires a wider view of immigration and fairer treatment of all stakeholders, in the U.S. and abroad.
The best reason for not endorsing candidates is that it interferes with people doing what’s best for their governments and themselves.
Flexible, cost-effective and abundant hydrogen can store surplus clean energy from N.J. offshore wind and solar, and supply electricity to the grid when they can't.
Where abortions are legal, including in New ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥, allowing them to be done by qualified midwives is safe and sensible.
An extension for Deem Enterprises to make a plan is OK, but the company shouldn't get another one unless it proves it has arranged the financing needed.
If the CRDA can’t come to terms with a supermarket company, maybe it should consider having the city and state open a government owned and operated grocery in Atlantic City.
Gov. Phil Murphy and President Joe Biden have ordered a ban on the sale of gasoline-powered cars as of 2035 if not sooner, part of their effort to force a quick switch to electric cars on the auto industry and American drivers.
Just in time for Halloween, Pleasantville's presumed dead Lakes Bay project has been jolted back to life, reaching a goal sought for two decades.
The adventures of the governments and private companies creating a new offshore wind energy industry in America are continuing and far from finishing. The favorable conditions before the pandemic have crumbled in the face of higher costs for financing, for sourcing components and for securin…
Priority for federal grants should help 5 South ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ towns with current work and with future projects to strengthen them against storms and flooding.
The N.J. Legislature should take seriously and pass more of the adjustments to bail reform recommended by the Joint Committee on Criminal Justice Reform.
Bidders know the state badly wants an A.C. supermarket and most of its terms. We expect a compromise on subsidies within months.
Public workers indicted or convicted would face consequences under bills in the Legislature. That's a good idea, as is giving the public a say on the issues.
Since neither insurers nor policyholders anticipated the risk of government-ordered shutdowns, not considering it part of pre-pandemic policies is fair.
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Seniors and disabled residents, and their family and friends, should make sure they're taking advantage of casino-funded benefits that could improve their quality of life.
Teachers and their politicized union, the New ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Educational Association, have spent many years attempting to buy elections, sometimes successfully, sometimes not.
The Democratic Party's unified opposition to Menendez this time before he is tried seems to be counting on a new version of politicized justice.
Cape May County needs a deal that cuts its nursing home costs and still appeals to a quality operator for Crest Haven.
The New ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Office of the Attorney General apparently has found in the courts what the New ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Judiciary couldn’t find — evidence of illegal bias in the operation of Millville Municipal Court.
Aaron Rodgers' recent injury underlines the risks associated with playing football on artificial turf.
NJ can get substantial revenues and jobs in the liquified natural gas industry by creating an LNG port on the Delaware River in Gloucester County.
East Coast elected leaders should use the offshore wind delay to plan for ports and manufacturing facilities to serve the whole region.
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