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Report: NJ Denying Fishing Permits to Child Support Delinquents

May 26, 2025 Tarun

New Jersey is reportedly taking a hard stance against people delinquent on child support payments by blocking them from getting fishing permits.

The reported action comes as state officials work to enforce financial responsibility among residents, according to a Shore News Network article published Sunday.

The outlet continued:

The New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, in collaboration with the Department of Human Services, has implemented a policy that cross-references fishing permit applicants with the state’s child support enforcement database. Those found to owe more than $1,000 in overdue child support are automatically flagged and denied a permit until their payments are brought current.

The policy, quietly rolled out in early 2025, expands on existing measures that already block hunting licenses and other state-issued permits for child support delinquents. According to the Department of Human Services, over 15,000 New Jersey residents are currently behind on child support by at least $1,000, with some owing tens of thousands.

The New Jersey Fish and Wildlife website states, “Completing the Child Support Certification is required when purchasing a hunting or fishing license or related permit or registration,” noting individuals must complete it every year.

The Network article said the states of New York and Pennsylvania have similar restrictions.

Meanwhile, law enforcement in New Jersey has apparently been working to round up people who owe child support, Tap into Wayne reported Saturday.

The outlet said, “Seventeen dead-beat dads and one dead-beat mom” were apprehended during a child support enforcement operation by the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office.

“In total, these 18 individuals owe approximately $549,959 in child support payments,” the report said.

Click here to view images of the suspects whom law enforcement apprehended.

In a statment, Passaic County Sheriff Thomas Adamo said, “During the two-day initiative, sheriff’s officers and detectives successfully apprehended 18 fugitives, including one individual wanted for Endangering the Welfare of a Child. It should be noted that one of the fugitives attempted to evade arrest by fleeing, but with assistance from an area resident, was apprehended.”

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What’s next for New Jersey congresswoman charged after skirmish outside ICE facility

May 21, 2025 Tarun

What’s next for New Jersey congresswoman charged after skirmish outside ICE facility – CBS News

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Federal prosecutors have charged Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey with felony assault after a skirmish outside a Newark ICE facility where the city’s mayor was arrested earlier this month. Scott MacFarlane has more.

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Electricity demand expected to jump by more than 75% by 2050 as costs rise, report says

May 21, 2025 Tarun

A dramatic demand for electricity, coupled with a rise in costs, could create massive energy challenges for the United States over the next two decades, a new report released Tuesday by ICF found.

The global consulting and technology services company predicted that electricity demand could jump at least 25% in the next five years and as much as 78% by 2050 — findings that far outpace historical trends over the past two decades. Such growth could have a significant impact on both the reliability and affordability of electricity, the report said. Retail costs are also expected to rise; by 2050, costs passed onto the consumer could double, ICF found.

“This is a pivotal moment as rising demand creates urgent challenges for the grid,” said Anne Choate, ICF executive vice president for energy, environment and infrastructure in a statement.

The U.S. could struggle with increased electricity demand due to rising temperatures and the growing use of emerging technologies, bearing down on an overloaded system. The report found that in Texas, nearly one-third of the expected increase is attributable to large load sources, such as cryptocurrency mining operations. Data centers, building electrification and semiconductor manufacturing, along with electric vehicles, account for 35% of the projected load through 2040 in 13 mid-Atlantic and Midwest states as well as Washington, D.C.

Electric grid operators across the U.S. have been sounding the alarm in advance of elevated summer temperatures after record-breaking heat last year. The World Meteorological Organization said in its annual State of the Global Climate report that 2024 set a new global temperature record, averaging over 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The National Weather Service released a report last week predicting hotter-than-normal temperatures across the United States from June through August.

PJM, one of the country’s largest electric grid operators, serving 67 million people in states including North Carolina, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Michigan, warned customers in a news release that the system will be experience a high peak demand this summer.

“This outlook at a record peak heat scenario reflects our years-long and mounting concerns as we plan for enough resources to maintain grid reliability,” said Aftab Khan, PJM’s executive vice president of Operations, Planning & Security, in a statement. The operator stressed it had adequate resources to respond to the demand and said it is planning for unusual scenarios and will react to them to “protect the electricity supply.”

Electricity costs are also expected to rise and outpace inflation, with experts predicting a jump of 6% in 2025 — an average of $784 per household for the summer period. That would mark a 12-year record, according to a new analysis from the National Energy Assistance Directors Association. Households are not only expected to have to pay higher prices for electricity, they will likely consume more of it than they did last summer because of the need for more cooling.

NEADA Executive Director Mark Wolfe told CBS News’ MoneyWatch, “when electricity prices go up, they tend to stay high. “

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Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. Cara began her career on the crime beat at Newsday. She has written for Marie Claire, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. She reports on justice and human rights issues. Contact her at cara.tabachnick@cbsinteractive.com

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Rep. Carter Introduces Bill to Penalize Dem Reps. Who Mobbed NJ ICE Center

May 14, 2025 Tarun

Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) introduced a bill that would strip three Democrats of their House committee assignments over their involvement in a riot at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center.

Carter, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Georgia, introduced a resolution on Tuesday to strip Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) of their committee assignments after they stormed and allegedly trespassed at the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility, Fox News reported.

“The radical left has lost their minds – they would rather raid an ICE facility to defend criminal illegal immigrants than represent their own constituents,” Carter wrote in a post on X. “The three Democratic members involved in this stunt do not deserve to sit on committees alongside serious lawmakers.”

Carter’s resolution calls for Watson Coleman to be removed from the Committee on Appropriations, for Menendez to be removed from the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and for McIver to be removed from the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Small Business.

Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba has announced that her office is “undertaking a thorough investigation” regarding the incident that occurred at Delaney Hall on Friday, in which Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (D) was arrested for allegedly criminally trespassing at the ICE detention facility.

Habba explained that Baraka had “committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself” from the ICE detention center.

Baraka’s arrest came after he had joined McIver, Watson Coleman, and Menendez to “conduct federal oversight of” Delaney Hall, which was leased for “$63 million annually from a private prison group,” according to PIX11 News:

Delany Hall was leased for $63 million annually from a private prison group known as The GEO Group. The city of Newark is suing for more inspections, claiming ICE has not indicated how many detainees it has in the building — which can only house 1,000 people.

During an interview on CNN, Watson Coleman claimed that “nothing happened,” adding that if anything, the Democrats were “pushed and shoved.” In response, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shared a video in a post on X, showing Democrats pushing and shoving law enforcement officials.

“Members of Congress storming into a detention facility goes beyond a bizarre political stunt and puts the safety of our law enforcement agents and detainees at risk,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. “Members of Congress are not above the law and cannot illegally break into detention facilities. Had these members requested a tour, we would have facilitated a tour of the facility.”

In a statement on Friday, DHS explained that “as a bus of detainees was entering the security gate” at the ICE detention facility, “a group of protestors, including two members of US Congress, stormed the gate and broke into the detention facility.”

DHS has also released the mugshots and criminal records of several of the detainees being held at Delaney Hall, which include alleged MS-13 gang members and detainees who have multiple felony convictions and felony arrests.

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