Senator Kip Bateman (R-16), the sponsor of legislation (S-2039) that would enact comprehensive reform to the state’s civil service laws, released the following remarks on his effort to reform outdated laws that tie the hands of elected officials and drive up property taxes:
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Program Gives Children in Failing Schools a Chance to Succeed
Senator Tom Kean (R-21), the sponsor of the Opportunity Scholarship Act (S-1872/A-2810), released the following remarks on the legislation:
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During a meeting of the Assembly Budget Committee yesterday, Assembly Republican Budget Officer Joseph Malone (R-30) asked New Jersey Treasurer David Rousseau if he thought New Jersey is overtaxed.
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Senator Joseph Pennacchio, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after the committee chair denied him his right to question the state Treasurer about why he has refused to provide a full accounting of the state’s disastrous losses on an ill-advised investment in now-bankrupt Lehman Brothers:
