By Pamela Lampitt • COURIER-POST • August 29, 2010

Just like you, I opened the paper recently and read some outrageous news.

State Comptroller Matthew Boxer recently released a report saying that one in six state government funded phone lines goes unused, wasting nearly $3.2 million in taxpayer money each year. In one extreme case, the state even continued to pay for a mobile phone for an employee -- six years after that employee had resigned.

Imagine that -- the state footing the bill for six years, with literally nobody on the line.

That's unconscionable.

I hear from hard-working New Jersey families in my district each and every day. From Audubon Park to Cherry Hill to Winslow and everywhere in between, I have heard one very common theme -- people are sick of government wasting their hard-earned tax dollars.

By Donald Norcross- Courier-Post- August 26, 2010

Today we celebrate an important milestone in our nation's history. It is Women's Equality Day and the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which produced a freer, fairer and more just American nation by providing women with the right to vote.

The pioneers of the 19th Amendment understood that by respecting and empowering women our society becomes stronger, more prosperous and more just. Over the last 90 years, women have made enormous strides, and we now find female leaders at every level and in every sphere. With every step women have taken forward, our country has moved alongside them.

By Nathan Koppel and Ashby Jones- WALL STREET JOURNAL- August 25, 2010

State lawmakers around the U.S. are struggling to decide if teenage "sexting"—the practice of sending nude or sexually suggestive photos by cellphone—is a serious crime, or juvenile folly run amok.

About 20 states have enacted or proposed measures that deal with teenage sexters. Generally, the legislation is aimed at treating minors in a more lenient fashion than if they were prosecuted under existing child-pornography or child-exploitation laws, which include the possibility of prison time and sex-offender status.

Since May, states including Arizona, Connecticut, Louisiana and Illinois have enacted laws that impose relatively modest penalties against minors who sext, while maintaining harsher penalties for adult offenders.

PRESS RELEASE- August 24, 2010

(VOORHEES)— On the heels of a report from the National Association of Realtors showing a 27.2 percent drop in July home sales, Assembly Budget Chairman Lou Greenwald on Tuesday again noted how Gov. Chris Christie’s veto of legislation to create a state homebuyer tax credit will hurt New Jersey’s economy.

The legislation (A-1678) is designed to create thousands of new jobs and boost economic growth in New Jersey.

“This report means more bad news for New Jersey families,” said Greenwald (D-Camden). “At a time when home sales are plunging and unemployment is rising, we need a tax credit like this to jump-start New Jersey’s economy and create jobs. Clearly, the governor’s veto was shortsighted and wrong.”

According to the report, existing home sales dropped 27.2 percent nationally in July.