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Measures 49 and 50 put weighty issues on Tuesday’s statewide ballot — issues that long have aroused residents’ passions.
To sweeten the property tax relief measure on the Jan. 29 ballot, legislators have embraced a concept known as portability, allowing residents to take their capped tax savings with them when they move. It could be the measure’s undoing.
Whether you’re talking about its lush, rain-drenched lawns or its pro-earth policies, Seattle ranks among the greenest of American cities. But to experience the beauty of the Emerald City, a gas-guzzling, air-polluting car is pretty much the only way to see it.
An interview with New Jersey Republican chairman Tom Wilson
Over the past two weeks, we have endorsed 18 candidates for seats in the state Legislature and six candidates for county positions. Some are Republicans, some are Democrats. Some are incumbents, some are challengers. But they all share one thing in common: They offer voters the best chance for fundamental change — change that is desperately needed in Trenton and in Freehold, the Monmouth County seat.
Democrats will try to defy historical trends and strengthen their hold on the Legislature while Republicans hope to restore a measure of political balance to New Jersey government in statewide elections Tuesday.
For weeks, TV viewers have been greeted by images of unhappy folks who share their fears of depleted retirement savings, seized property and vanished inheritances.
Voters should approve state propositions 1-16 on the Nov. 6 ballot
An energy company has agreed to pay a $15,000 fine to a state ethics watchdog agency for failing to properly disclose spending $5 million to defeat a ballot measure last year that would have taxed crude-oil production in California, officials said Friday.
The Carthage Fire Protection District would be expanded to include the northern half of Carytown, if voters there approve a proposal on Tuesday’s election ballot.