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By DMUAdmin News & Releases Shirley K. Turner

06 Mar: Turner Bill Would Help Make College Textbooks More Affordable

TRENTON � A measure sponsored by Senator Shirley K. Turner, which would help regulate the ordering and sale of college textbooks was approved today by the Senate Education Committee.

�While it�s no secret that the cost of textbooks is ever-increasing, it is important that schools don�t �break the bank� when choosing required texts for classes,� said Senator Turner, D-Mercer, who chairs the Senate Education Panel. �Technology changes and improves, new scientific findings are made, and those discoveries are among the reasons why textbooks are constantly being updated. Schools bookstores must make sure that the cost they charge for textbooks is reflective of the price they pay to buy them from the publishers. Schools cannot use marked-up book prices to profit off of our students.�

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By DMUAdmin News & Releases Ronald L. Rice Shirley K. Turner

15 Mar: Turner/Rice Measure To Create Joint Committee On Affordable Housing Becomes Law

TRENTON – Legislation sponsored by Senators Shirley K. Turner and Ronald L. Rice to create a new joint committee in the Legislature to monitor the State’s efforts in providing affordable housing to its residents became law today.

“The shortage of affordable housing is a widespread problem throughout the entire state,” said Senator Turner, D-Mercer. “This law will help us thoroughly examine the state’s affordable housing crisis and create a foundation to build a substantial amount of additional affordable housing units to meet our growing need.”

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By DMUAdmin News & Releases Ronald L. Rice Shirley K. Turner

08 Jan: Turner/Rice Measure To Create Joint Committee On Affordable Housing Approved By Senate

TRENTON – A proposal by Senators Shirley K. Turner and Ronald L. Rice that would create a new joint committee in the Legislature to monitor the State’s efforts in providing affordable housing to its residents was approved by the full Senate today by a vote of 38-0.

“New Jersey’s widespread affordable housing shortage is now becoming an affordable housing crisis,” said Senator Turner, D-Mercer. “A study released just this week said that half of all Jersey renters can’t afford a basic two-bedroom apartment. That means that we are not doing enough to help over half a million of the most vulnerable New Jerseyans have a clean, safe and affordable home.”

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By DMUAdmin News & Releases Richard J. Codey Shirley K. Turner

16 Oct: Turner Measure Would Create Joint Committee On Affordable Housing

TRENTON – A proposal by Senator Shirley K. Turner to create a new joint committee in the Legislature to monitor the State’s efforts in providing affordable housing to its residents was approved today by the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee.

“New Jersey has a widespread affordable housing shortage that in some communities is approaching crisis proportions,” said Senator Turner, D-Mercer and a leading Senate advocate for more affordable housing. “Ask New Jersey families trying to get by on low-wage jobs or seniors living on fixed incomes about their struggles to pay the rent each month and it becomes obvious that we need to do more about the cost of living in New Jersey.”

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