Thursday, February 28, 2013
Should the White House and Congress fail to come to terms on budget cuts, sequestration would trim significant dollars from disaster recovery.
The numbers above show the federal employees in New Jersey by county in 2012, according to the latest figures from Eye on Washington, a DC-based lobbying firm that tracks federal employment. The interactive graphic compiles data from the Office of Personnel Management, Federal Employment Statistics and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. What it doesn't offer, however, is a look at how pending sequestration could impact the state's federal employees and the ongoing Hurricane Sandy recovery effort. Some officials say it's too soon to tell what impact sequestration cuts, which will total approximately $85 billion, could have, though the outlook isn't promising. New Jersey and Gov. Chris Christie are leaning on the federal government to cover the…
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
The governor's proposed budget includes about $40 million in Sandy-related supplemental aid.
New Jersey’s recovery following Hurricane Sandy will come, officials and legislators at Tuesday’s budget introduction at the Statehouse in Trenton said, just don’t expect the state to pay for it. In Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed $32.9 billion budget, only about $40 million has been set aside for Sandy-related recovery, all of it coming in the form of supplemental aid. Its intended use will only be as a stopgap during the process of the state’s securing aid for various recovery efforts. The negligible sum will have little impact on the state’s budget, according to New Jersey Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff. Instead, the state will lean on the federal government to cover the costs of New Jersey’s recovery, which is expected to reach tens …
Friday, August 5, 2011
Family Planning Center of Ocean County sees 600-700 Toms River women per year
"Shared sacrifice." That is the rallying cry of budget-cutting politicians throughout New Jersey during these tough economic times. But as many in the Ocean County community are finding out, "shared sacrifice" is not always the reality of state budget cuts. Kathy Fisher has worked at the Family Planning Center of Ocean County for 36 years in various positions. She is now the acting-president and CEO. The last couple years, she says, "have been the absolute toughest" of her career. That is because the 2011 New Jersey budget completely eliminated state funding for family planning centers. A budget line that allocated $7.4 million dollars for basic reproductive healthcare services was "zeroed out" by Gov. Chris Christie in July 2010, and …
John Hay
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