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Oil rigs off the Jersey Shore became increasingly unlikely Wednesday when President Joe Biden announced a pause in new oil and gas drilling as part of his efforts to combat climate change.
Nearly a year after being approved by federal lawmakers, financial relief is being handed out to New Jersey's battered fishing industry.
Months after the pandemic rocked New Jersey's fishing industry, millions of dollars in federal coronavirus relief is set to finally flow to the anglers that need it.
The postmaster general's plan to restructure the U.S. Postal Service three months before the election amounts to a "sabotage" that is an attack on democracy, Rep. Frank Pallone said Tuesday.
The Democratic congressman called on President Donald Trump's administration to end an overhaul that has put in jeopardy timely deliveries of prescription medicine, Social Security checks and, perhaps, mail-in ballots.
In advance of an election in which the coronavirus pandemic will be a major campaign issue, New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. and other top House Democrats issued a scathing report Thursday laying the government's failure to control the virus at the feet of President Donald Trump.
Sayreville and Old Bridge marina owners' tireless efforts to have Cheesquake Creek dredged are finally paying off.
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-6th) announced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a contract for the dredging, which is expected to begin as early as August and take one month to complete.
Burnham Dredging Co. of Salem, Massachusetts, will complete the project.
Health care was the No. 1 issue two years ago, when Democrats captured four Republican-held House seats in New Jersey and U.S. Sen.
Last Friday, the Trump Administration filed a brief with the Supreme Court asking it to torpedo Obamacare, wipe out coverage for 23 million Americans, and strip protections from 130 million more with pre-existing conditions.
House Democrats led by two New Jersey lawmakers on Wednesday introduced legislation to expand the Affordable Care Act at the same time that President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to kill it.
The death of George Floyd at the hands of police and the protests that followed have sparked demands for a congressional response.
The U.S. House plans to consider legislation such as requiring bias training, tracking the use of deadly force, and banning racial profiling.