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Governor Murphy Press Conference (Thomas P. Costello/Gannett)
NEW JERSEY – Gov. Phil Murphy has vetoed two bills – one of which would have extended unemployment insurance payments while Congress was debating a stimulus bill – while signing 14 more into law.
Murphy vetoed a bill on Thursday evening that would have extended unemployment insurance payments by eight weeks and continue job-sharing furlough programs, saying the bill overlaps with actions taken recently by Congress. But he also questioned the legislation s legality.
The veto also comes as state officials announced on Friday that a number of New Jersey residents have experienced a lapse in benefits because the Trump administration let programs expire. Robert Asaro-Angelo, commissioner at the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, said those people impacted are now automatically going onto the state s extended benefits.
History to bolster Franklin’s resurgence
Franklin. The borough’s once-booming downtown is ready to flourish once again. Eddie Mindlin (now 94) with his mother on Main Street around 85 years ago Eddie Mindlin today with Chief Fred Babcock on the left, and Franklin Borough s Town Historian, Phil Crabb, on the right The Zinc Company The underground room (you can see the surface sunlight in the upper right) where the miners got on and off the Man Cages
Franklin was once home to a booming mining business underground while on the surface, a tight-knit, multi-cultural community bustled on Main Street and at its beloved Neighborhood House. Now, Franklin-loving folks are coming together to revive its history and renovate its downtown.