TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 23 -- Acting Gov. Nicholas Scutari, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2024: Acting Governor Scutari today signed S2876, which will designate the interchange between State Highway Route 42 and Interstate Highway Route 295 as the "Ensign John R. Elliott Memorial Interchange." Back in 2000, Ensign John R. Elliott of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, was a distinguished graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where he e  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 23 -- Acting Gov. Nicholas Scutari, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2024: Acting Governor Nicholas Scutari today signed A4360/S3402, also known as the "New Jersey Design Professional Self-Certification Act." The bill requires the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) to establish a design professional self-certification program. "As the need for quality development grows within our State, it's important that design professionals   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 23 -- Acting Gov. Nicholas Scutari, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2024: Acting Governor Nicholas Scutari today signed S2470/A3930, which amends various parts of statutory law concerning service credit, retirement, and salaries for certain county prosecutors and judges. The bill permits county prosecutors to receive service credit in the Prosecutors Part of the Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) for work as a judicial law clerk in a   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 23 -- Acting Gov. Nick Scutari, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2024: Acting Governor Nick Scutari today signed legislation, A2884/S2070, enabling members of the Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS) to purchase credit for service as a class two special law enforcement officer in New Jersey. Currently, PFRS members can purchase up to 10 years of credit for out-of-state public employment, employment with the U.S. Government, or milit  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 23 -- Acting Gov. Nicholas Scutari, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2024: Acting Governor Nicholas Scutari today signed S2822/A3986 to raise the attorney fee cap in workers' compensation cases from 20 percent to 25 percent, amending existing statute R.S.34:15-64. Attorneys for injured workers are often compensated on a contingency fee basis. The fee cap of 20 percent did not account for additional duties that workers' compensation attorneys  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 23 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: * * * ARRIVE Together Program to Expand by Embedding Mental Health Providers with Tactical and Crisis Negotiation Teams * * * Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced changes to the Use of Force policy for New Jersey law enforcement, revisions that are designed to increase the likelihood of peaceful resolutions to encounters between police and barricaded individuals, w  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 23 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Trip Aims to Promote New Jersey's Film, Technology, and Investment Interests Abroad * * * Governor Phil Murphy will lead a delegation of industry leaders and state representatives on a four-day, three-city economic mission trip to Canada in September. Organized by Choose New Jersey, the delegation is set to visit Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal. The trip will focus on strengthening New Jers  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending Aug. 17, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending August 17, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 232,000, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 227,000 to 228,000. The 4-week moving average was 236,  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * Key to the City of New York Honors Roker's Decades of Contribution to Broadcast Journalism as 'America's Weatherman' * * * New York City Mayor Eric Adams today awarded a Key to the City of New York to legendary New York weatherman, journalist, and best-selling author Al Roker for his decades of contribution to broadcast journalism. To many, Roker is "America's weatherman," nearly 30 years on NBC's national m  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release: A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was indicted on charges that he fraudulently obtained hundreds of thousands of dollars of Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Malak Faltawws, aka "Mark Andrews," 47, of Rutherford, New Jersey, is charged with three counts of wire fraud an  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following statement on Aug. 22, 2024, on the death of Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey: * * * Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. was a dedicated public servant and an unwavering force for good who knew that government is at its best when it is delivering for the people. From his time in City Hall and the State House to his nearly three decades of service in the House of Representatives, Congressman Pascrell fought to improve the li  more