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White House Declares These 5 NJ Counties Disaster Areas During January Nor'easter White House Declares These 5 NJ Counties Disaster Areas During January Nor'easter
White House Declares These 5 NJ Counties Disaster Areas During January Nor'easter President Joe Biden offered federal funding to five New Jersey counties declared disaster areas after being heavily affected by a winter storm last January, White House officials announced. Cape May, Morris, Ocean, Sussex, and Warren were made eligible on Wednesday to receive assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures. The Jan. 31 to Feb. 2 storm buried northern areas under several feet of snow while communities along the Jersey Shore were severely damaged by the tides. Additional designations may be made …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Grewal Joins Opposition To Federal Denial Of Health Care Proposal Grewal Joins Opposition To Federal Denial Of Health Care Proposal
Grewal Joins Opposition To Federal Denial Of Health Care Proposal New Jersey's Gurbir S. Grewal has joined a multi-state coalition of Attorneys General in urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to withdraw a proposed “conscience” rule that would allow health care institutions to deny medically necessary care to patients on the basis of “religious, moral, ethical or other reasons.” New Jersey receives more than $11 billion in federal health care funding annually – funding that Grewal said could be terminated under the proposed rule if HHS determines the state has failed, or even “threatened” to fail, to comply with the rule’s requirem…

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by Jerry DeMarco