Katz on Christie
How Christie Will Try Not to Lose Iowa
Matt Katz, New Jersey Public Radio/WNYC
The New Jersey Democrats, independents and minority voters who broke from their traditional political camps to help give Gov. Christie a 22-point reelection victory just 14 months ago ...
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A bill that would mandate screening baby boomers for Hepatitis B has been introduced in the Legislature. But doctors and hospitals contend that the same results could be obtained simply by relying on physicians’ knowledge of their patients. Hepatitis C led to 16,627 deaths nationally in 2010 and has surpassed HIV/AIDS as a cause of death. Three-quarters of the 2.7 million to 3.9 million people with the disease are baby boomers. In most cases, the blood-borne infection was contracted through needle sharing or from blood transfusions or organ donation before screening began after hepatitis C was identified in the late 1980s. The bill sponsored by Sen. Joseph F. Vitale (D-Middlesex) is based on a recommendation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that everyone born between 1945 and 1965 should be screened for the virus. Read moreNJ Spotlight Daily News
January 29, 2015
- Proposed Legislation Would Require Baby Boomers to Be Offered Tests for Hepatitis C
- Doctors and hospitals protest that mandated screening would be expensive and time-consuming
- No Settlement Expected in JCP&L Rate Case at Least Until March, Maybe Later
- Case has dragged on for more than three years, angering consumer advocates, BPU president
- Poll: Do You Think Your School District is Ready for the Rollout of PARCC?
- Next month will see the launch of online testing and student assessment in NJ schools -- done deal, disaster, or something in-between?
- The Christie Tracker: After Iowa, What's Next for NJ Governor's Quest?
- After wooing GOP faithful at 'Freedom Summit," Gov. Christie launches website for new PAC, ‘Leadership Matters for America'
- Crowd’s Small But the Message is Loud and Clear at Hearing on New State Exam
- Educators complain PARCC – and over-testing in general – take too much time away from teaching and learning
- Counting the Cars on the New Jersey Turnpike: Surveillance Revealed
- Justice Department has been scanning license plates, tracking driving habits since 2008
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January 28, 2015
- New Medicare Targets Seen as Big Step in Restructuring How We Pay for Healthcare
- Half of reimbursements for medical services will be based on successful patient outcomes by 2018
- Feds Announce Draft Plan to Allow Drilling for Oil, Gas Off the Mid-Atlantic Coast
- NJ not included in exploration territory, but spills and accidents could directly affect state's tourism and fisheries
- Profile: New Rutgers-Camden Chancellor Promises to Put Faculty Above Politics
- Former University of Maryland law school dean has been recognized as one of the top legal administrators in the country
- Coalition Hopes to Dial Down the Volume of the Debate Over PARCC Exams
- We Raise NJ brings together educators, administrators, and families who think it’s time to move ahead with testing
- Chris Christie Makes His Pitch to Republican Faithful at Political Gathering in Iowa
- New Jersey governor stresses his straight-talking reputation during speech at Iowa Freedom Summit
- Mercer County Democratic Leader Selected to Fill Vacant State Assembly Seat
- Elizabeth Muoio will serve unexpired term of Bonnie Watson Coleman, who was elected to Congress in November
January 27, 2015
- State’s Largest Teachers Union: Families Have Right to Opt Out of New Testing
- NJEA releases results of polls that a large majority of parents believe preparation wastes valuable classroom time
- With Cigna Acquisition, Qualcare’s Unique Insurance Model Could Go National
- Hospital-based company will become subsidiary of insurer with growing NJ presence
- Senate Panel Wants BPU to Pick up Pace on Developing Offshore Wind Power
- Environment and Energy Committee Votes Out bill pushing agency to move ahead on long-stalled Fishermen’s Energy offshore pilot project
- Opinion: Time to Give the ‘Cami-Bashing’ a Rest -- Woes in Newark Go Way Back
- Problems in the city’s troubled school system stretch back decades; the shrill tone of the criticisms of the current superintendent are short-sighted and ill-conceived
- Explainer: Water-Quality Watchdog Getting Ready to Get Back to Work
- The Drinking Water Quality Institute was out of the loop between 2010 and 2014. Is it back in business?
January 26, 2015
- Planners, Environmentalists Worry Restored, Preserved Marshlands Being Put At Risk
- Proposed legislation would combine Meadowlands Commission with Sports and Exposition Authority
- Organ-Donor Sign-Up Process Needs Improvement; Legislation in the Works
- Daughter’s experience while applying for driver’s license prompts state senator to draft bill to ease donor registration
- In Irvington, Residents Rally to Keep Veteran's Home From Bank Foreclosure
- Clifton Beckley struggles to hold on to his home, while foreclosure rates in New Jersey start to trend upward
- The List: Top 10 Lawmakers Influencing Education Policy in New Jersey
- With the governor preoccupied with a potential run for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, the state's lawmakers may play a greater in role in education legislation
- Interim Report Lays Out First Assessments of State's Testing Efforts
- State Education Commissioner Hespe heads up panel, promises to take parents' concerns about overtesting into consideration
- Op-Ed: Applying the Lessons We've Learned about Ending the Scourge of Trafficking
- Super Bowl used to remind people that problem of forced labor and sex trade exists every day of the year
January 23, 2015
- Christie Appoints Emergency Manager to Address Atlantic City’s Ailing Finances
- Governor moves to quell concerns about AC’s sovereignty after naming Kevin Lavin to new post, with Kevyn Orr -- Detroit’s former emergency manager -- as special consultant
- Water, Wastewater Plants Waiting to Tap Into Energy Resilience Bank
- With $150 million in projects in the pipeline and $65 million in funding pool, state may have more takers than it can service
- Families of Developmentally Disabled Again Fight Forced Moves Back to New Jersey
- Revamped bill would let some stay in out-of-state facilities instead of transferring to group homes
- Opinion: Fighting Feds on Climate Change Scores Points for Christie with GOP
- By joining with coal and oil states in opposing EPA’s new rules, the state DEP could help grab the attention of very generous political donors
- Advocates Want DOE to Open New Graduation Guidelines to Formal Public Comment
- Turning requirements into regulations would help ensure that students can take advantage of all paths to a H.S. diploma
January 22, 2015
- Pay More for Medicaid and NJ’s Primary-Care Doctors Add Patients, Study Says
- Garden State shows one of highest increases in physician availability when reimbursement rates are raised, new report reveals
- State Regulators Give JCP&L Go-Ahead for Transmission Line in Monmouth County
- The 16-mile project will run along existing right-of-way, help reduce outages and ease congestion on power grid
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