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Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
New Jersey lawmakers weigh in on wildfire preparedness
TRENTON, N.J. (PIX11) — The Jones Road wildfire is prompting some Trenton lawmakers to speak up. 'The biggest public safety and environmental crisis our State is facing today is wildfire,' said Republican Assemblyman Michael Inganamort, who this week called on the Assembly Environmental Committee to convene for a hearing on wildfire preparedness. More Local News 'Whether you have an arsonist or an accidental fire, our forests should not be going up in flames to the speed and the degree that they are,' said Inganamort (R-NJ 24th District). It wasn't long after the Jennings Creek wildfire along the New York-New Jersey border last November that Inganamort initially called for a hearing. He says he's also going to be introducing legislation to increase the amount of prescribed burns, which can help slow the spread of a wildfire. 'I think we need to more proactively manage our forests and the best way to do that is through controlled prescribed burns by professionals who know what they're doing,' said Inganamort. Republican State Senators Parker Space and Latham Tier are also making a call for a hearing, a sentiment supported by Republican Assemblyman Greg Myhre, who represents Lacey, Barnegat, and Waretown. 'It's more important than ever,' said Myhre (R-NJ 9th District). 'We got unlucky and lucky at the same time with this one. So we don't want the next one to be worse than this.' More: Latest News from Around the Tri-State Meanwhile, Democratic Assemblyman James Kennedy expresses concerns about potential federal funding cuts impacting wildfire preparedness. He told PIX11 News in a statement, in part: 'For the federal government to suggest a reduction to these critical firefighting resources is deeply concerning. These brave individuals face life-threatening situations. Now is not the time to scale back – every time an alarm sounds, we want to ensure that we give firefighters every possible tool and resource to protect both lives and property.' -Assemblyman James Kennedy (D-NJ 22nd District). Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
New Jersey lawmaker proposes small town rescue plan
CHESTER, N.J. (PIX11) – From Milltown to Dunellen to Lambertville, small towns are part of the fabric of New Jersey. One State lawmaker is announcing an effort to help them in a package of separate bills he calls the Small Town Rescue Plan. Before he was a State Assemblyman, Mike Inganamort was the Mayor of Chester Township in Morris County. While he was in office, he says a volunteer fire company built a pavilion in a township park, a project that got delayed, he says, when the State stepped in and said the pavilion slightly exceeded its impervious coverage limitation. 'This pavilion behind us was the genesis of this whole small town rescue plan,' said Inganamort (R-NJ 24th District). 'Tremendous amount of red tape. This pavilion took years upon years to put in. It shouldn't have taken that long.' He's introduced legislation to, he says, ease limitations similar to this. Another bill in his plan would look to bring extra State aid to municipalities under the Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Act. He's working on the legislation with its first prime sponsor, Assemblywoman Tennille McCoy. 'It's going to directly benefit towns by increasing state aid, which would ultimately allow municipalities to lower property taxes for their residents,' said McCoy (D-NJ 14th District). Another bill Inganamort is pushing would exempt qualifying small businesses from being taxed on their first $50,000. 'It doesn't matter where the small business is located. The first $50,000 of small business income should be tax-free in the State of New Jersey,' said Inganamort, 'that's a great sure-fire way to incentivize small businesses.' These bills have been introduced and are awaiting to be scheduled in committee. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
