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N.J. announces $4.4M resurfacing, roadway repair project on Route 46
PARSIPPANY — The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced today that it will begin a resurfacing and roadway repair project on Route 46 west. The $4.4 million project will mill and repave...
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N.J. bill would require local authorities, boards to maintain websites with...
N.J. report found majority of local agencies don't meet basic transparency benchmarks Watch video Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerSens. Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex), left, and Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth) in...
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Labor attorneys urge Legislature to abandon plan to increase N.J. employees'...
Forty-eight labor lawyers sent letter saying that Christie’s plan to force employees to pay 30 percent of the health costs would eliminate any future ability to negotiate on the subject Watch video...
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Acting education chief says N.J. to hire independent agency to analyze data...
Cerf said that he stands behind the controversial state data, which says 69 percent of charters outperform home districts in language arts Watch video Patti Sapone/The Star-LedgerChristopher Cerf...
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Gov. Christie's poll numbers drop after N.J. budget address
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie’s poll numbers have taken a hit since his budget address two weeks ago, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton poll released this morning. Voters are split on whether they have...
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N.J. advocates place focus on Medicaid cuts, urge funding restorations at...
TRENTON — Advocates for the poor and disabled Monday called on lawmakers to restore funding to several critical programs slated to be cut in Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed $29.4 billion budget. The...
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N.J. Assemblyman rejects parents' plea for more say on kids' vaccinations
Herb Conaway, also a physician, refused to hold a vote. He warned that allowing parents to prevent vaccinations could lead to outbreaks of preventable diseases. Alexandra Pais/For The Star-LedgerA...
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Morris County towns move to control judge appointment, block Christie's pick...
'We don't want any governor to make an appointment ... We did this to save our residents money' Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerN.J. Gov. Chris Christie in this Feb. 15 file photo. MORRIS COUNTY...
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N.J. Attorney General's Office generates 31 percent more revenue in civil...
Litigation pumps nearly $196 million into state's coffers in 2010 Ed Murryay/The Star-LedgerNew Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow, front, applauds at Gov. Chris Christie's budget address last month....
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Plight of addicted, mentally ill discussed in N.J. Assembly hearing
Cost of pension contributions for municipal governments is expected to go up an average of 22 percent this year Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerDebra Wentz speaking at a March 2010 Senate budget...
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Christie sports authority nominee finally gets a Senate hearing
TRENTON — A year after Gov. Chris Christie first nominated him as a commissioner on the Sports and Exposition Authority, former U.S. Rep. Mike Ferguson is finally getting a hearing in front of the...
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N.J. Assembly budget panel hears plea to keep Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital open
TRENTON — The sister of a Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital patient asked lawmakers Tuesday not to close the institution, a move that’s expected to save the state $9 million in the state’s fiscal 2012...
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Mothers of children with visual impairments argue against N.J. plan to cut...
TRENTON — Two mothers who have visually-impaired sons addressed the Assembly Budget Committee this afternoon, delivering emotional testimony about how a proposed cut to the State Commission on the...
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N.J. Democrats refuse Economic Development Authority's request to use $13M...
TRENTON — Democrats today said they were exercising oversight when they refused to approve the Economic Development Authority’s request to allocate $13 million in bond money for business development...
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Gov. Christie calls for Joseph Spicuzzo's resignation from N.J. sports...
'In light of the disturbing allegations ... I call upon you to immediately resign your position, Christie wrote. 'The conduct of one individual commissioner cannot be permitted to cloud the work of...
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Federal judge throws out lawsuit claiming N.J. sports betting ban is...
TRENTON — A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by two state Democratic lawmakers and gaming advocates who claim the ban on sports betting in New Jersey is unconstitutional. U.S. District...
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Ex-N.J. Sen. Joseph Coniglio faces resentencing after appeals court dismisses...
Nearly two years after former state Sen. Joseph Coniglio was convicted on federal corruption charges, a federal appeals court today threw out all but one of the counts against him. The legal victory,...
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N.J. Law Department pulls in $196M, but opens fewer cases
TRENTON —The Department of Law and Public Safety pulled in more money through litigation last year but opened fewer criminal cases, according to an annual report released today. The state also paid...
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Gov. Christie announces Superior Court judge nomination before bar...
TRENTON — Before he announced he would nominate Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll to be a Superior Court judge last week, Gov. Chris Christie took the usual step of asking the New Jersey State Bar...
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N.J. budget proposal would slash jobs of teachers of the blind
All 20 teachers for visually impaired on 10-month contracts would all be laid off; 50 teachers on 12-month contracts would keep positions TRENTON — Teresa Cerutti has taught the blind for more than 25...
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