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More Shore
parents opt
out of shots

MICHAEL SYMONS @MICHAELSYMONS_

TRENTON Gov. Chris Christie is working in a highly flammable en-

vironment, with highly combustible materials, as he assembles the

STEPH SOLIS @STEPHMSOLIS

state budget plan that he will roll out Tuesday.

Parents are using the states religious exemption

law to avoid vaccines for their children, and the growing anti-inoculation movement cuts across income,
theological and educational groups at the Shore, new
data show.
The exemptions began growing after 2009, when
the state no longer required proof of religious beliefs.
Several Shore schools have among the highest
rates of unvaccinated children in the state, including
some based in affluent communities.
In the 2013-14 school year, several grade schools
had dozens of students with religious exemptions
from vaccinations, an Asbury Park Press review of

Health care costs for public workers could explode by $410 million.
Pension contributions might be a $2.5 billion accelerant, depending how
a judge rules. The mythical school-aid formula is being shorted by $1
billion. Towns are pushing for $320 million in diverted state funds to be
restored. Theres no money for continuing a transportation program
costing $1.6 billion a year.

See BUDGET, Page A9

See VACCINATE, Page A10

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SUSANNE CERVENKA @SCERVENKA

In a case of a jailhouse death, who is the more believable witnesses: the inmates or corrections officers?
Thats the task for jurors five men and five women from across New Jersey deciding the civil lawsuit in the death of Amit Bornstein.
The presumption might be that jurors would be
skeptical of inmates testimony; their criminal backgrounds might make them seem less truthful.
But that theory doesnt always ring true.
I think that everyone thinks it does, but I dont

See TRIAL, Page A19

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EBOLA, TERRORISM SPELL PERILOUS TIMES FOR GLOBAL AID WORKERS PAGE 1B

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