Month: April 2022

THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY: Help For Unemployment Claims


Dorothy Philbin | CNBNews

TRENTON, NJ (April 27, 2022)(CNBNewsnet)–In New Jersey the Democrats and Republicans are actually working together on the unemployment problem.  They might as well hold up signs reading “election year, our friends and we want your vote.”

Many State Senators have formed a new committee to investigate the Department of Labor have said the same things.  The residents they represent, every single one, complained that they never got through on the phone and no one ever called them back. They heard everyday “There is no one [at the Dept of Labor] to talk to. After weeks of being ignored the claimants would go to their state representatives for help.  State Senator Michael Testa (R-CM) claims to have helped thousands and thousands of people and finally had to dedicate staff just to do the job of the Department of Labor.

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THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY: $19 Per Month Charities Part II

Dorothy Philbin | CNBNews

GLOUCESTER CITY NJ (April 21, 2022)–Every year I buy a subscription to the Walnut Street Theatre and one of my favorite things to do is scan the list of supporters.  Last year I noticed that one of the financial supporters was The Shriners’ Hospital.  I think most everyone has seen the ads for Shriners’, a boy named Alec is in a wheelchair and shows you the adorable blanket you will get if you give $19 per month.

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