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#new-jersey

The bill, S4834/ A6235, requires cyclists to register any class of electric bicycle with New Jersey's Motor Vehicle Commission - the Garden State's version of the DMV - and obtain liability insurance for class 2 electric bicycles. The legislation's smooth passage through Trenton drew alarm from cycling advocates, who successfully lobbied against an even more backwards version of the legislation that would have applied its requirements to bikeshare networks.

More than $18 million was distributed through the second round of the Electric School Bus Grant Program, supporting the purchase of 53 battery-electric school buses and associated charging equipment. The program, authorized in 2022 and financed through the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities' Clean Energy Fund, provides up to $45 million over three years to replace diesel school buses with zero-emission alternatives. Grant recipients include school districts and private transportation contractors located across northern, central, and southern New Jersey.

Despite BMW's ubiquity in the U.S. marketplace, the manufacturer has only really been selling cars Stateside for fifty years. That's not a lot - especially compared to domestic brands like Ford. An integral part of any operation is its home base. In this case, we're talking about BMW's North America headquarters, which has gone through several different iterations since the 1970s. Five decades of progress - and sales - meant that the organization would regularly outgrow its old digs.

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The team at American Holidayscompiled a list of eight must-see spots that will help explain and elaborate on The Boss' legacy. Start your pilgrimage in Freehold, New Jersey, at 39 1/2 Institute Street, the modest white house where Springsteen grew up in the late 1950s, and where his first glimpses of small-town Americana began to take shape.

Republicans are identifying voters who are less likely to turn out by examining their voting histories in off-year elections. Operatives are also poring over lists of voters the Trump campaign identified as less dependable heading into the 2024 election. The operatives plan to then reach those voters through phone-banking and digital and social media ads. In New Jersey, some money is being spent on mailers.

Every year is election year in the US, but the contests of 2025, which reach their climax on Tuesday, will be especially revealing. These off-year battles a smattering of governors' races, statewide referendums and the election of a new mayor in the country's biggest city will tell us much about the national mood 12 months after Americans returned Donald Trump to the White House and one year before midterm contests that could reshape the US political landscape.

Statewide, New Jersey has seen about a 20% drop in volunteers, declining from more than 30,000 volunteers in 2010 to just under 25,000 by the end of 2024, according to the state's Department of Community Affairs. Within individual departments, some of the numbers plunged significantly. "In 2005, I happened to run the numbers this morning, Pennsauken had 150 volunteer members," Pennsauken Fire Chief Jonathan Hutton said. "Today, we have 16 [volunteers]."

The Bridge Project, which already runs similar programs in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, said the goal is to give children more stability and take some financial pressure off new parents. It comes amid a crushing affordability crisis that's squeezing parents of young children who are struggling with child care and food costs, and as federal cuts threaten to strip benefits from many low-income households.

all personnel are to lockdown until further notice.

ENTEN: Why should people nationally care? Why am I saying it's a flashing red siren for Republicans? If the same party has won in New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial races, dating back since 1989, guess who won the U.S. House the following years? Six out of seven times, the same party wins nationally and they win the U.S. House of Representatives if, in fact, they win in both Virginia and New Jersey.

Kathy Denman claimed on TikTok that she wasn't allowed to leave a Jersey Shore cafe without forking over her license and credit card info after her 3-year-old daughter broke a pricey table.

"We are just in a very high seismically active period. We're as active as California right now."

The argument escalated and eventually turned violent when the suspect allegedly stabbed Mohammad in the chest and slashed Abed in the arm when he tried to intervene.

Alvi Limani, a 20-year-old Staten Island man, has been charged in a fatal hit-and-run crash in New Jersey, marking another incident amid his troubled past.

Extreme heat returns with feels-like temperatures near 110 degrees in parts of New Jersey, prompting an extreme heat warning and a heat advisory across the region.

Hōp, a new Cambodian restaurant, is hosting a pop-up series in Industry City featuring grilled beef skewers, fried noodles, and rum-based drinks throughout August.

The revamped SALT deduction changes are poised to help long-time homeowners, many of whom are middle-class and have benefited from rapid appreciation in recent years. With the passage of the reconciliation bill, these high-tax state residents will benefit from the higher $40,000 SALT cap, a welcome bit of news for these homeowners.

"They require the supervision of a 2-year-old because they don't always understand danger. It's pretty stressful on a regular basis."