Sussex County’s leading Trumpette, state Sen. Steve Oroho, thinks barring refugees and immigrants from majority-Muslim countries who have already gone though extensive vetting, usually over years, and sending them packing is a great idea.

The fallout from New Jersey’s newest tax on petroleum products, which raised the price of gas by 23 cents per gallon and can even go higher, continues to fall.  And some of those kicking back the hardest are Republicans.

On Saturday, more than 2 million people clogged streets throughout the world demonstrating for women’s rights: to reproductive choice, to self-determination, to parity with men.  On Monday, Stephen Oroho, Sussex County’s Republican state senator, let New Jersey women know he wasn’t listening.

Former county Freeholder and state labor commissioner Harold J. Wirths, a former Chris Christie cabinet member who currently holds a position with the state Parole Board, has thrown his hat into the ring and announced he will run in the Republican primary for an assembly seat in 2017.

Last November New Jersey residents faced, overnight, a 23 cent increase in the cost of a gallon of gas, thanks to a tax, heartily endorsed by Sussex County’s state Sen. Steve Oroho, that brought the state from having one of the lowest gas prices to one of the highest. The tax is flexible and could rise under certain conditions.

People convicted of domestic violence will now be required to surrender any guns they currently own, and are prohibited from obtaining a permit to obtain a firearm, thanks to Bill S2483 signed by Chris Christie on Monday.

Here is what's really going on with Oroho's gas tax ...

If you’re one of Sussex County’s tens of thousands of commuters who spend more than an hour on the road getting to and from work, the $0.23 cent increase in the gas that took effect in November might have bit into your holiday cheer.

No worries! According to state Sen. Steve Oroho, who bucked even much of his own party to support the increase, new tax regulations that took effect on Sunday will help cushion the pain.

In 2017, New Jersey voters will decide if the governor and state lawmakers can balance the budget by raiding environmental settlements.

Almost 1 million workers in New Jersey labor for the minimum wage of $8.38 an hour, well below what it costs to provide basic support to a single adult. But relief won’t be coming while Chris Christie is still in office.