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U.S. Senate passes bill to delay flood insurance rate hikes
The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to delay planned increases in flood insurance rates that many homeowners believe would price them out of t ...
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Senate inches closer to vote on flood insurance delays
The U.S. Senate voted Monday to advance legislation that would delay increases to flood insurance rates that many homeowners believe woul ...
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New Jersey drops grant contractor, but keeps housing advisors
New Jersey has ended its contract with the Louisiana company that processed applications for the state’s main Sandy reco ...
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Christie ‘pocket vetoes’ bill to regulate elevating shore homes
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie chose not to sign several bills that sought to regulate certain types of rebuilding after Superstorm S ...
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Sandy grants find their way to victims but the wait list is long
The first floor of Margaret Quinn’s home in Toms River, N.J., sits mainly empty. A borrowed couch and her old, warped dining room table ...
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ListenFederal audit begins on contract process for N.J.’s ‘Stronger than the Storm’ ads
Federal officials are looking into how New Jersey awarded the contract to create ads for last year’s “Stronger than the Storm” camp ...
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ListenAfter Sandy, NJ Transit plans new, higher storage yard
File this under lessons learned from Superstorm Sandy: New Jersey Transit is moving forward with a plan to build a storage facility for i ...
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Calculating sea level rise predictions and measuring the impact close to home
New Jersey must take sea level rise predictions into account when rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy – but how are those predictions ...
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ListenWashington demands taking rising seas into account for post-Sandy projects
As Jersey Shore towns ask Washington for money to bankroll post-Superstorm Sandy infrastructure plans, they’re being told to take r ...
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Menendez: Vote to delay flood insurance rate hikes could happen late Jan or early Feb
The term “Biggert-Waters” may not be regularly tossed around at cocktail parties — except perhaps on certain parts of the Jersey Sh ...
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By the numbers: How much Sandy aid is going to low-and moderate-income families?
New Jersey is largely on track to meet the targets it set for helping low- and moderate-income families recover from Superstorm Sandy wit ...
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Sandy grant data suggests racial disparities
Black and Latino applicants for Sandy aid in New Jersey are more likely to be rejected for recovery grants than white applicants, accordi ...
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