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Gov. Christie continues to point finger at public unions on morning talk show...
Christie: 'We're not trying to break the unions ... unions are trying to break the middle class in New Jersey' Noah K. Murray/The Star-LedgerGov Chris Christie blasted public unions today saying, "The...
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Expert questions Gov. Christie's ability to withhold aid from Parsippany...
Director of the Institute on Education Law and Policy at Rutgers-Newark says, 'I think the governor has this delusion of grandeur that the legal niceties don't apply to him' Watch video Matthew...
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N.J. Democratic senator proposes bringing back 'millionaires tax'
State Sen. Shirley Turner's bill hasn't been endorsed by Senate President Stephen Sweeney, who decides the fate of legislation in the upper house Noah Addis/The Star-LedgerState Sen. Shirley Turner...
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Gov. Christie to sign Black History Month proclamation
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie will sign a Black History Month proclamation in Trenton on Thursday. At an event at the War Memorial, Christie will join African-American community leaders to sign the...
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Some N.J. Democrats clamor to renew fight with Christie to enact...
TRENTON — One day after Gov. Chris Christie called for givebacks from public workers in his budget address, Democrats said another group should have to share in the sacrifice: millionaires. Although...
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N.J. to restore a fifth of slashed state aid for schools under Gov....
TRENTON — The state would restore, on average, a fifth of slashed state aid for school districts under Gov. Chris Christie’s budget proposal, while towns would receive the exact amount of state aid as...
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N.J. residents were highest-taxed in U.S. in 2009, report shows
Garden State residents forked over 12.2 percent of their income to state and local taxes, marking the third straight year New Jersey was the highest taxed Robert Sciarrino/The Star-Ledger(Left to...
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Report shows progress in eliminating racial profiling by N.J. State Police
TRENTON — For 10 years, the federal government kept the State Police under its oversight, gathering data on how many drivers were pulled over, what percentage were minorities and how police handled...
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Gov. Christie to hold town hall meeting in Senate President Sweeney's home area
WEST DEPFORD — Gov. Chris Christie today will hold his first town hall meeting since unveiling his 2012 proposed budget in the hometown of Democratic State Sen. President Stephen Sweeney. Christie...
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Gov. Christie honors N.J. civil rights leader, pushes education reform
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie signed a proclamation today recognizing Trenton civil rights crusader Edith Savage Jennings as part of a Black History Month event. Christie used the occasion honoring...
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N.J. consultant report calls for elimination of Urban Enterprise Zone program
Report said the program — which redirects local sales tax dollars into urban business districts — is 'bureaucratically cumbersome,' also questions effectiveness of state's film tax credit Saed...
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Without reform, Gov. Christie says N.J. pension system will go broke by 2020
Speaking at a town hall meeting today in West Deptford, the governor said his reforms are necessary if residents want to see their property taxes stay level or go down Noah Addis/The Star-LedgerGov....
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Gov. Christie takes budget war to Senate President Sweeney's turf
WEST DEPTFORD — Taking the battle for his budget right into Senate President Stephen Sweeney’s hometown, Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday began a town hall push to press lawmakers to make state...
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N.J. appellate court sends Council on Affordable Housing rules back for a...
TRENTON — In another blow to the embattled Council on Affordable Housing, a state appellate court Thursday threw out a new set of agency guidelines and ordered a full rewrite. The decision comes after...
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N.J. urged to drop Urban Enterprise Zone sales-tax break
TRENTON — A state consultant’s report calls for scrapping the 30-year-old Urban Enterprise Zone Program, which attempts to rejuvenate distressed commercial districts by charging only half the state...
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Cory Booker discloses $43M in private donations for Newark schools reform
$25M comes from a New York investor, while a venture capitalist gave $10M William B. Plowman/NBC NewsWire via Getty ImagesIn this photo provided by NBC NewsWire, Mayor Cory Booker appears on "Meet the...
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State moves to remove Hackensack train station destroyed by fire from...
HACKENSACK — Officials are moving forward to end a historical designation for a Bergen County railroad station that was destroyed by fire. The Anderson Street Railroad Station in Hackensack was razed...
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N.J. labor unions expected to rally in Trenton in support of Wisconsin public...
Steady decline in union membership could jeopardize their power in a legislative election year Carlos Javier Ortiz/EPAProtesters speak out against a proposed bill by Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott...
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Conservative N.J. lawmaker, tea party activists ask for shared sacrifice...
TRENTON — As public workers and supporters started to gather outside the Statehouse to show solidarity with Wisconsin public workers and protest Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed budget, a conservative...
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Protesters gather in Trenton to show solidarity with Wisconsin public workers
Rain doesn't deter union members from gathering outside Statehouse Megan DeMarco/The Star-LedgerA protester fights off the rain in an NJEA poncho in the foreground, and a sign reads "Cut the fat from...
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