Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman issued the following statement regarding Governor Corzine’s last minute decision to withdraw the nomination of Mayor Robert F. Holtaway for a position on the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council. Sena...
Data to be Used for State Planning Purposes Kept Secret Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R-Somerset) continued to call on Governor Jon Corzine today to release the results of a Rutgers study provided to the State Planning Commission that projects future population, employment and housing num...
The New Jersey Taxpayers Alliance has announced that State Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R-Somerset) is a recognized “Taxpayer Champion” who has never failed to champion taxpayers in the fight to make the state more affordable and Trenton more accountable. The Al...
The Senate Republican caucus announced today that they have unanimously voted to keep their strong leadership team in place for the next year. In addition, the senators also unanimously agreed to cast their votes for Senator Tom Kean as the next Senate president...
Fully Staffed Commission Will Release the Secret Rutgers Housing Study Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman, a member of the Senate Environment Committee, called today on Governor Jon Corzine to fulfill his obligations and fill the five longstanding vacancies on the State Planning Commission. Th...
Senators Philip Haines (R- Burlington) and Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R-Somerset) have drafted legislation that would address the ill-advised Appellate Division court decision, Homes Of Hope, Inc. vs. Ea...
Our Communities, Our Schools, Our Taxes – Not Trenton’s and Not the Court’s Senator Kip Bateman said he will pursue every possible legislative action to make irrelevant the absurd and outrageous appeals court ruling that towns can be forced to accept construction of affordable housing even when ...
Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R-Somerset) issued the following statement today after the U.S. Labor Department issued a report that showed New Jersey continues to have the highest unemployment rate in the region. “The numbers speak for themselves. Gove...
Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman issued the following statement after the New Jersey Legislature passed the fiscal 2010 budget without a single Republican vote in either house: “New Jersey residents are suffocating under the weight of state and local taxes,” Senator Bateman, deputy Republi...
Morningstar Review: “Despite this plan’s ‘best’ moniker, it lands firmly in our Worst category” Senator Kip Bateman (R-16) responded this morning to a new report by Morningstar that ranks New Jersey’s 529 college savings plan among the five worst in the nation. Morningsta...
Legislation sponsored by Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R-16) requiring Assisted Living Facilities to have a defibrillator on site and employees trained to use it was recently signed into law by Governor Corzine. Th...
Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman, a member of the Senate Education Committee, criticized the Corzine Administration’s policy that forbids local boards of education from lowering school taxes even if they are able to find savings in the school budget. Read...
Republican Senate Leader Tom Kean announced today that Deputy Republican Conference Leader Christopher “Kip” Bateman will take a new seat that has been created on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Read the rest of Kean: Bateman to Join Judiciary Committee (112 words)
New Study Contradicts Flawed COAH Housing Projections Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman, a member of the Senate Environment Committee, insisted today that the Corzine Administration immediately release the study on housing growth presented to the State Planning Commission by a Rutgers Uni...
Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman called on Governor Corzine to immediately suspend the flawed COAH program until known problems with the program are corrected. De...
