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		<title>Chris Christie Proposes State Budget, Democrats Blast The Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, before a joint session of the State legislature Governor Chris Christie delivered his Fiscal Year 2013 State Budget Address. It includes a modest increase in state aid to schools and the largest ever payment into the public workers&#8217; pension system, but it&#8217;s two tax-related proposals that are garnering the most attention and Democrats are bashing both of them. The $32.1 billion spending plan is more than $2 billion above [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Giant Carson Nixes Bid For Congress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hall of Fame linebacker Harry Carson has nixed a bid to run for Congress as a Democrat in New Jersey. The 58-year-old retired New York Giant and Football Hall of Famer told The Associated Press in January he had been considering a run against five-term Republican Rep. Scott Garrett in a northern New Jersey district. Carson reportedly told Bergen County Democratic officials late Tuesday that he has decided not to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NJ State Aid Flat, Education Funding Up In Christie&#039;s Proposed Budget [AUDIO]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Governor Chris Christie’s proposed $32.1 billion budget keeps state aid at last year’s levels but increases aid to public schools and colleges. Christie’s proposal includes $212 million more for education. Most school districts would see modest increases in state aid. He will also increase financing for preschool by $14.6 million and school choice aid by $14.2 million. SPECIAL SECTION: Christie’s NJ Budget Address REACTION: Politicians react to Christie’s NJ Budget [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Hike In Jersey&#039;s Minimum Wage Is Considered By Assembly Committee [AUDIO]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Assembly Labor Committee considers a measure tomorrow that would boost the state minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50 an hour, and would require annual adjustments in the minimum wage based on the Consumer Price Index. Supporters say the legislation is absolutely necessary, and it would pump more money into the local economy, but critics insist just the opposite would happen. Stefanie Riehl, Assistant Vice President for the New Jersey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navy Plans to Deflate the Airship and Store at the Mega Base</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Navy explains its reasoning behind temporarily deflating the helium-filled test MZ-3A Airship housed at the Mega Base in Lakehurst. Naval Air Systems Command Center Spokesman Doug Abbotts says the craft recently returned from a mission for the U-S Army conducting 120 hours of testing during the Fall and early Winter months and has no customers presently lined up. He says “what we’re going to do, if we can’t find [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://statehousesteps.com/navy-plans-to-deflate-the-airship-and-store-at-the-mega-base/</link>
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		<title>Online Businesses Offered Tax Incentives To Relocate To Jersey [AUDIO]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An Assembly Committee considers a bill tomorrow that&#8217;s designed to encourage online retail giant Amazon-dot-com, and other big online retail companies, to set up shop in the Garden State. Assemblyman Al Coutinho says the measure would allow e-businesses that build distribution warehouses in Jersey to receive a sales tax holiday until the beginning of September, 2013 &#8211; &#8220;The ones that would come in and make a capital investment -with a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://statehousesteps.com/online-businesses-offered-tax-incentives-to-relocate-to-jersey-audio/</link>
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		<title>Santorum Surges, Obama Leads GOP – Poll [VIDEO]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new survey shows that a surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Barack Obama. The Associated Press-GfK poll shows Obama topping 50 percent support when matched against each of the four GOP candidates and holding a significant lead over each of them eight months before the election. NJ Decides: Presidential Election 2012 INTERACTIVE: GOP [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://statehousesteps.com/santorum-surges-obama-leads-gop-poll-video/</link>
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		<title>U.S. Treasury to Release Corporate Tax Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A senior administration official says that the Treasury Department plans to release information about its forthcoming plan to overhaul the corporate tax system on Wednesday. Administration officials including Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner have been saying for some time that they would soon release broad principles about its plan. The top corporate tax rate is 35 percent, second highest in the world behind only Japan. Few companies pay that rate because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://statehousesteps.com/u-s-treasury-to-release-corporate-tax-plan/</link>
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		<title>Atlantic City&#039;s Steel Pier to Receive $6.1-Million Loan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Atlantic City’s Steel Pier has received final approval for a $6.1 million loan from the state agency tasked with turning around the seaside resort. The pier’s owners will use the money from the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority to renovate and expand the historic site. The three-year project — expected to cost about $102 million — calls for new rides, a midway and a food court. The owners also plan to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://statehousesteps.com/atlantic-citys-steel-pier-to-receive-6-1-million-loan/</link>
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		<title>NJ Among Eight States Receiving Federal Health Care Loan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is awarding loans totaling more than $638 million to start up new health care cooperatives serving eight states. The government says the new nonprofit health insurers will be run by their customers and will be designed to offer coverage to individuals and small businesses. Awards were announced Tuesday for co-ops serving Montana, Iowa, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Wisconsin. They are envisioned as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://statehousesteps.com/nj-among-eight-states-receiving-federal-health-care-loan/</link>
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