Women in New Jersey still make, on average, 80 cents for every dollar a man makes doing comparable work.  But the Democrat-controlled legislature has a plan to address this.

Less than a month after the election, Texas and Ohio became the first states to pass Draconian anti-abortion laws, indicating the extent to which Republican state legislators are reading the national election result as a green light to begin chipping away at civil liberties—and as always, the reproductive rights of women are a favorite target.  If Sussex County’s delegation to New Jersey’s legislature has its way, New Jersey will be among them.

Citing terror attacks and ambushes on law enforcement officers as examples, State Sen. Steven Oroho is calling for a return to capital punishment in New Jersey, which suspended the practice (not used for decades prior) in 2005 and legislatively abolished it in 2007.

On Monday, Gov. Chris Christie vetoed legislation that would have allowed striking workers to collect unemployment benefits while their employers are in violation of labor contracts or agreements.

The rift in the Sussex County Republican Party continues to widen over the replenishment of New Jersey’s Transportation Trust Fund.

“This is the same thing I’m going to have to do, over and over and over again,” Steve Oroho was reported as saying (NJ Herald, 23 Oct.) after the state senator met with Mayor Nicholas Giordano of Franklin, a fellow Republican.

“This” was successfully convincing Giordano to retract his stated demand for Oroho’s resignation or recall in light of the senator’s sponsorship of a bill that includes a hefty hike in the state’s gas tax.

Over the past several years, Assemblywoman Gail Phoebus has touted her enthusiastic support for bringing New Jersey Transit rail service to Sussex County. But when it comes to funding that service, Phoebus acts like an ostrich with its head in the sand.

New Jersey State Senators Steve Oroho (R) and Paul Sarlo (D) crafted a bi-partisan compromise to save the Transportation Trust Fund. They jointly proposed to increase the gas tax and lower the estate tax.

The Transportation Trust Fund fiasco is hard to understand unless you look at it as a naked power play by lame duck Governor Chris Christie.

GOP State Senator Steve Oroho seeks input for proposed legislation to make construction and maintenance of highway infrastructure more cost efficient. Last night, he gathered local elected officials at the Lafayette House looking for suggestions.