Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and Governor Phil Murphy. NJGlobe photo by NIKITA BIRYUKOV
The Democrat debate in Trenton over which taxes to raise on New Jersey residents and by how much ended last evening with no deal. Voting sessions scheduled for today in the Assembly and the Senate where cancelled. Legislators were told to report to Trenton on Saturday.
If Governor Phil Murphy, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin do not make a deal that is approved by the legislature by midnight on Saturday, New Jersey’s state government will shutdown for the second consecutive year.
Governor Murphy wants to increase income taxes on millionaires and the sales tax on everybody. Sweeney and Coughlin want to raise taxes on businesses to the highest in the nation, expand the sales tax to internet purchases, real estate sales, and impose a new tax on vacation rental homes and Airbnb rentals.
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Posted: June 29th, 2018 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: New Jersey, New Jersey State Budget, Phil Murphy, Stephen Sweeney | Tags: Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso, Governor Phil Murphy, New Jersey, New Jersey Legislature, news, NJ State Budget, Senate President Steve Sweeney | 1 Comment »
photo courtesy of Freya’s Cat Resuce
Freshman Assemlyman Eric Houghtaling wants to ban New Jersey veterinarians from declawing cats.
The assemblyman from Neptune Township is a member of the Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. The committee passed bill A3899, a bill that prohibits the surgical declawing of cats and other animals, 3-1 with one abstention, on Monday. Houghtaling voted in favor of the bill, which if passed in the full Assembly and Senate and signed by the Governor, would make New Jersey the only state that bans the procedure.
The proposed law exempts declawing cats for therapeutic and medically necessary procedures. Violators, both veterinarians and pet owners seeking the procedure will be subject to a fine of $1000 or six months in jail in the bill becomes law.
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Posted: November 17th, 2016 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Monmouth County, Monmouth County News, NJ State Legislature | Tags: A3899, Assemblyman Eric Hougtaling, Cat declawing ban, Declawing cats, Eric Houghtaling, Freya's Cat Rescue, freyascatrescue.org, Lorraine Valente, Monmouth County News, New Jersey Legislature | 4 Comments »
In a press statement, New Jersey Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto of Secaucus blasts New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for vetoing legislation aimed at reforming the Port Authority. “These vetoes are terribly disappointing news for the people of New Jersey and New York, especially the commuters who get stung by toll…
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