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Your Landlord Raised the Rent Again. New Jersey Law Has One Word for You: Unconscionable.
The letter shows up and it is not even a letter. It is a paragraph. Your rent is going up, the new number starts on the first, thank you for being a valued resident. Valued. Like a coupon. And your first question is everybody’s first question: can they just do that? In New Jersey, the…
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Two NJ Property Tax Benefits for Veterans That Nobody Files For
There are two property tax benefits in New Jersey with a veteran’s name on them, and the state does not hand you either one. You have to file. With your town. On paper forms with names like V.S.S. and D.V.S.S.E., which sound like a password a tired clerk made up in 1974. So a lot…
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New Jersey Keeps Your Plate Data for Three Years
Drive to the grocery store in New Jersey today and there is a decent chance a camera read your license plate on the way, logged where you were and when, and filed it away. Not because you did anything. Because you drove. That is how the system is built, it reads everybody, and in this…
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How Much Water Does a Data Center Actually Use?
Somewhere right now there is a town meeting where a guy in a folding chair is standing up to say that a data center is going to drink his well dry, poison the aquifer, and leave his grandkids fighting over a garden hose. I am not making fun of the guy. (I have been the…
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Too Small for a Lawyer, Too Big to Eat: Suing a Bad Contractor in NJ Small Claims Court
Here is the exact spot a lot of New Jersey homeowners end up. The contractor took your deposit, did half the job, or did the whole job like he was mad at your house. You are out a few thousand dollars. You call a lawyer, and the lawyer is kind about it, but the math…
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Where Is My ANCHOR Money? How to Check Your NJ Payment Status
Nobody in New Jersey is Googling the ANCHOR program because they love paperwork. They are Googling it because money was supposed to show up and it has not, or it showed up wrong, or their neighbor got a check three weeks ago and they are standing at their own mailbox like it owes them an…
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VA Disability COLA Explained: How the Annual Increase Works (and What 2027 Brings)
Every October, millions of veterans watch a single number. This year it is 3.6%: the cost-of-living adjustment coming to VA disability compensation for 2027, the largest annual raise since 2023. For a veteran rated at 100% with no dependents, that means about $141.79 more each month, or roughly $1,700 across the year. But the number…
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Phishing Emails Are Now Targeting AI Assistants Alongside People
Barracuda researchers describe phishing emails that hide instructions for the AI assistants reading your inbox.
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New Jersey Cash Rounding Rules: What Happens When a Store Has No Pennies
New Jersey allows businesses to round final cash transaction totals to the nearest nickel when the policy is clearly disclosed. Sales tax is still calculated on the actual purchase price.
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New Jersey Junk Fees: Your Rights and How to File a Consumer Complaint
New Jersey regulators say hidden or misleading mandatory fees can violate consumer-protection law. Here is what to document and how to report a junk fee.
