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The Army's top political appointee has directed the service to launch a rare additional review in a case for the nation's highest award for combat valor, the Medal of Honor, after the Defense Department inspector general's office found errors in how the case was handled the first time. Army Secretary Mark T. Esper directed a panel known as the Senior Army Decorations Board to again review the case of a Cpl.
Hunterdon County Prosecutor Anthony P. Kearns III, and Warren County Prosecutor Richard T. Burke announce the recent Security and Risk Mitigation training attended by law enforcement members, faith based leaders, and support staff. The purpose of the training was to promote safety and security for houses of worship.
A House committee takes up a bill today, sparked by outrage over relaxed restrictions on Cuba, that would require the White House to tell Congress what it is doing to extradite killers who have fled the United States. The bill is named in honor of Walter Patterson and Werner Foerster, victims of killers who escaped New Jersey prisons and are believed to be living in Portugal and Cuba.
As the House Democrats run ads trying to tie him and other congressional Republicans to GOP's unpopular presumptive nominee, businessman Donald Trump, Garrett takes solace in the fact that the Democratic presidential candidate isn't that well-liked either. With former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also the bearer of negative approval ratings, Garrett is making sure voters in his district know that his Democratic challenger, Josh Gottheimer, wrote speeches at the White House for her husband, President Bill Clinton.
Gov. Chris Christie proposes his "fairness formula" at Hillsborough High School in Hillsborough N.J. The proposal would disperse state aid equally across all the school districts and potentially reduce property taxes in some areas. 6/21/16 fumed after Senate Republicans blocked action on legislation to ban those on the terrorist watch list from buying weapons.
Presidential, Congressional races highlight Tuesday's primary The action in Central Jersey's primary election will be in the GOP race for the 7th Congressional District Check out this story on mycentraljersey.com: http://mycj.co/1sY3mpS General Manager/Editor Paul Grzella previews the stories we're working on for the weekend's editions of the Courier News, Home News Tribune and MyCentralJersey.com. U.S. Representative Leonard Lance worked at the QuickChek store location in West Amwell, NJ on Wednesday, June 1 as part of a National Association of Convenience Stores In Store event that enables elected officials to experience first-hand the community experience at their local convenience store.