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Union leader indicted on health care fraud charges

July 24, 2021 10:46 am

Carmine A. Mattia, Jr., a union leader and former Belleville council candidate, was indicted on Friday for his role in a scheme to defraud a telecommunications company by billing them for expensive compounded prescriptions that were medically unnecessary. Acting U.S....

Senate panel approves O’Hearn for federal judgeship

July 23, 2021 9:59 pm

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the nomination of Christine P. O’Hearn to serve as a U.S. District Court Judge in New Jersey on Friday. U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) was the lone Republican to support her nomination....

Pascrell wants DeJoy out as Postmaster General

July 23, 2021 8:45 pm

Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson) repeated his call to dire U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy after the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) called the plan to rebuild the United States Post Office “unreliable data based on unproven assumptions.” “DeJoy’s so-called plan to...

Payne gets award for efforts to support local news

July 23, 2021 4:02 pmJuly 23, 2021 4:03 pm

The Jersey Access Group, an organization that supports local New Jersey news and cable access channels, named Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-Newark) as their 2021 Legislator of the Year for his work dedicated to local news options in New Jersey...

Deployed veterans can recoup college tuition payments under new law

July 23, 2021 2:28 pm

A bill that requires all public colleges and universities in the state to refund fees and tuition to members of the military who had their college education interrupted due to service or deployment was signed into law on Thursday. The...

Menendez hearing addressed pandemic comeback issues

July 23, 2021 11:50 am

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D) held the first “Examining Framework to Address Future Pandemic Risk” hearing on Friday, which aims develop economic plans to deal with future pandemic crises. “I know that imagining another public health crisis of this magnitude...

Group seeks to advance resilient infrastructure investment

July 23, 2021 11:42 amJuly 23, 2021 11:48 am

South Jersey lawmakers have launched the New Jersey Resiliency Institute to boost coast infrastructure to prevent flooding in Atlantic County after the new state budget appropriated $250,000 in seed money. “We are committed to educating coastal communities on the importance...