Corruption Junction 7
Sort of a yawner on the corruption prosecution front last week -- headlined by Camden school officials sentenced for stealing thousands in public dollars, though none are going to jail. On Thursday,...
View ArticleCar sales in Jersey down 36 percent
Not that anyone needs more proof there's a deep recession, here's a number that illustrates how bad it continues to be: The Motor Vehicle Commission says the number of new car sales in January in the...
View ArticleRequests from dedications
Under a state law passed in 2003, all the increased revenue from fee hikes being proposed by the state Motor Vehicle Commission would have to go to the MVC. However, most of the $1.1 billion in fees...
View ArticleState furloughs are underway
Though the Corzine administration and the state's biggest labor unions are still battling over the details, New Jersey's budget-balancing furloughs of state employees have begun. Today's the first day...
View ArticlePay more, get less?
Among the complaints from motorcyclists who unsuccessfully fought the more-than-doubling of their annual registration fees is this: They say they're being asked to pay more at a time when the services...
View ArticleMore amnesty possible, next time for drivers
Still counting the money raised when tax scofflaws were allowed to settle up back taxes while avoiding penalties and half the interest the state was owed, state officials are now thinking about making...
View ArticleAssembly setup, 12.03.09
Seven Assembly committees meet today. They'll take up 37 bills, from which two essentially are duplicates of other bills due up today that will probably be merged together. There's also a discussion...
View ArticleUPDATED: State closing facilities this weekend due to snow
State officials have announced the following closures for this weekend, in anticipation of the snowstorm: All state Motor Vehicle Commission facilities -- agencies, regional service centers and...
View ArticleMVC surcharge amnesty kicks off Tuesday
The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission announced today that an amnesty program will run from Tuesday, June 15th through July 30th, enabling drivers who owe the state can pay back their surcharges or...
View ArticleMotor vehicle inspections go emissions-only in two weeks
Motor Vehicle Commission chief administrator Raymond Martinez announced this morning that mechanical inspections of cars in New Jersey will end at the end of July. As part of Gov. Chris Christie's new...
View ArticleNew MVC hours kick in tomorrow
Motor Vehicle Commission agencies' hours change, starting tomorrow. MVC agencies will be open Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., rather than close at noon. But the agencies won't be open on Mondays at...
View ArticleDaily Quickie, 09.07.10
It's Tuesday, September 7th, 2010, and post-summer state political news jumps quickly out of the gate ... The Assembly Appropriations Committee holds a hearing into the mistake on the state's Race to...
View ArticleDaily Quickie, 10.07.10
On this Thursday, October 7th, 2010 in state politics & government ... Senate committees meet. Senate Legislative Oversight Committee holds a hearing regarding the Race to the Top application...
View ArticleCoastal MVC offices closing; all Sept. 1 expirations extended
Motor Vehicle Commission offices in Atlantic, Cumberland, Monmouth, Ocean and Salem counties will close at 4 p.m. today until further notice, Gov. Chris Christie announced this morning. Authorization...
View ArticleStill some scattered closings for MVC stations
TRENTON -- All state Motor Vehicle Commission facilities are open on a normal schedule today except for some locations still affected by flooding or poor road conditions, according to the MVC. MVC...
View ArticleMVC facilities reopen in Randolph, South Brunswick
All state Motor Vehicle Commission agencies and inspections stations are open on a normal schedule today except for those in Paterson and Wayne, according to the MVC. That means agencies that still had...
View ArticleDaily Quickie, 09.08.11
In New Jersey politics and state government on Thursday, September 8th, 2011 ... Gov. Chris Christie hosts the New Jersey Conference of Mayors' fall summit at Drumthwacket, the state-owned governor's...
View ArticleDaily Quickie, 09.28.11
It's Wednesday, September 28th, 2011 ... Gov. Chris Christie headlines two California fund-raisers benefiting the New Jersey Republican State Committee -- a luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel,...
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