WKNJ Newscast


February 10, 2012

Good afternoon, it’s Friday, February 10, 2012 at 2:10 o’clock and you’re listening to 90.3 WKNJ-FM, Union, New Jersey, and I’m Abdul Chambliss with the news.


In Local News

In Trenton, NJ, Governor Christie’s plan to spend $300 million dollars less on Medicaid in this year has hit a dead end with the federal government saving $107 dollars in their budget. The Committees chairman Vincent Prieto stated that the plan is to establish deeper cuts that could hurt over 1.25 million poor and disabled people that depend on Medicaid for their own health care and housing benefits.

Last year in October the Obama administration refused to accept the state’s request for $107.3 million dollars, that would help pay for low-income people on Medicaid who were turned down for disability insurance. Spokesperson Nicole Brossoie, for the State Department of Human Services, feels that the impact of it all is unclear to her. New Jersey is now rethinking the strategy on Medicaid when now federal revenues and costs for programs too expensive. Again, as of last year the National Governor’s Association wrote Kathleen Sebelius a letter asking her to repay state debts, but she responded by saying that she did not have the power to do so. Ray Castro addressed that the federal government was the cause of the whole problem, and by hopefully with the help of the congressional delegation, it can be fixed at the federal level.



In Sports

The New Jersey Devils ended their winning streak when they were beaten by the St. Louis Blues with the score 4-3. Apparently some Devils fan thought that the last score by the Blues would result in an overturn, but it was not the case, so it went to overtime. Down at Rutgers, the football team is in a jam. CBS sports reported that the Mountaineers are offering to pay the team $20 million dollars to join the Big 12 this fall, but this deal however is causing the team to rush completing their schedule.