New Jersey on Wednesday July 01, 2009

NJ: N.J. makes financial literacy a graduation requirement
By Megan DeMarco, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Credit score. Personal bankruptcy. Balancing a checkbook. A series of recent moves by state officials could ensure those will not be foreign terms to high school students as they head off to college.
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NJ: New Jersey ushers in fiscal year with added, higher taxes
By John Reitmeyer, The Star-Ledger (Newark)
Happy fiscal new year, Jersey residents. New Jersey's fiscal year begins today, and with that comes higher taxes for smokers, high-income earners and businesses. Next month, hard alcohol and wine drinkers will pay more.
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NJ: Corzine OKs vote-by-mail legislation
By Tom Hester Sr., newjerseynewsroom.com
No New Jersey voter will ever again actually have to go to town hall, the firehouse or neighborhood school and stand in line to vote under legislation signed Tuesday by Gov. Jon Corzine.
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NJ: Poll finds Christie leading Corzine
By The Associated Press, The Record of Bergen County
A new poll finds Republican challenger Chris Christie ahead of Democratic incumbent Jon Corzine in New Jersey's race for governor.
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NJ: Law likely to eliminate non-operating school districts
By Rita Giordano, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Twenty-six small school districts that do not operate schools most likely will be eliminated under legislation signed yesterday by Gov. Corzine.
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NJ: N.J. gets OK to establish vehicle emission standards
By Tom Hester Sr., newjerseynewsroom.com
New Jersey has received approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to establish greenhouse gas emissions standards for motor vehicles as part of a federal effort to prevent climate change, Gov. Jon Corzine announced Tuesday.
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NJ: N.J. workers union OKs furloughs, raise freeze
By Jonathan Tamari, The Philadelphia Inquirer
The largest state employee union has ratified a deal calling for nine unpaid furlough days in the new fiscal year and delaying a scheduled raise for 18 months.
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NJ: Local agencies get $4,000 to target aggressive driving
By Chris Megerian, The Star-Ledger (Newark)
The state is distributing $4,000 grants to 75 law enforcement agencies this month as part of a campaign to crack down on aggressive driving.
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NJ: N.J. Assemblyman introduces legislation to improve consumer health care transparency
By Staff Reports, The Star-Ledger (Newark)
Assemblyman Joseph Cryan has introduced legislation to improve consumer health care transparency and knowledge by regulating doctor profiling programs and establishing a health care patient ombudsperson.
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US: Colorado the least obese state
By Lauren Neergaard, The Associated Press, The Denver Post
WASHINGTON—Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.
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