Revisiting Wildwood's Baggy Pants Law

It's been a month since Wildwood, NJ passed the "baggy pants" law. People also need to wear shoes at all times and put on a shirt after 8:00 PM. So how is the law doing?

Supposedly nobody has gotten a ticket yet. Have you been to the boardwalk at Wildwood in the past few weeks? Is the law making a difference, and how do you feel about it? Sound off, New Jersey!

Warrants Needed to Track Cell Phone Data

Today the New Jersey supreme court ruled that police now need warrants to track crime suspects by tracing their cell phone signals. 

With this 7-0 vote, our state became the first in the country to have such a requirement.  Rather than texting your friends to comment, we want to hear what you have to say about this one right here.  Sound off, New Jersey!

Minimum Wage in New Jersey

A new study reported today by New Jersey Policy Perspective found that more than 400,000 low-paid workers in our state would benefit from a ballot measure that would raise our minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.25 an hour. 

We want to hear what you think about this one.  Sound off, New Jersey!

NJ Tourism at Record High

The New Jersey tourism results from 2012 are in, and the numbers may be surprising to all of us hit by hurricane Sandy. 

Despite the mess that the fall months brought us, tourism revenue was more than 40 billion dollars last year, more than the peak prior to the economic downturn several years ago.  Now there's some good news.  Sound off, New Jersey!

Sports Gambling Controversy

The controversy over bringing sports gambling to New Jersey rages on. 

While many tout the additional revenue that sports gambling would bring in, others claim that it would lead to games being fixed.  What do you think?  Sports gambling or no sports gambling?  Sound off, New Jersey!

Synthetic Marijuana Banned

The governor signed a bill to ban synthetic marijuana in our great state. 

We want to hear what you think about this one.  Sound off, New Jersey!

Drug Testing in Middle School?

There is talk of instituting random drug testing in public middle schools in our state.

This is a hot one.  Sound off, New Jersey!

Alien Fish in NJ?

Have you seen the photo of the freaky alien-like fish creature presumably caught in a river New Jersey? 

It went viral on Reddit.  Some have said it's a photoshopped fake, but others are convinced it's real.  Regardless of what you think, we recommend that you stay out of the water for a while.  Sound off, New Jersey!

Governor Vetoes Minimum Wage Increase

Today Governor Christie vetoed an increase in the minimum wage that was passed by the state senate.  Christie's conditional veto made provisions that he would sign the bill if certain changes were made, including limiting the increase to $8.25 instead of $8.50, phasing the increase in over three years, and eliminating a provision tying the wage to inflation.  There's been a lot of chatter about this one, so we know you'll have opinions.  Sound off, New Jersey!