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Harrah's Resort Atlantic City is fined $65K for failing to detect thefts by...
ATLANTIC CITY — New Jersey gambling regulators have fined Harrah's Resort Atlantic City $65,000 for allowing underage gambling, failing to detect thefts by a cashier and leaving cash boxes from three...
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Christie says if N.J. gives more funding to Meadowlands Xanadu, changing...
NUTLEY — Gov. Chris Christie is occasionally critical at his town hall meetings. The teacher’s union is often a target. The commissioners of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Authority have been the object...
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Tea party group submits proposed N.J. legislative redistricting map to...
Map minimizes the number of counties divided into several districts, a requirement which has recently been ignored; See the map View full sizeBayshore Tea Party TRENTON — A tea party group is...
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Acting education chief Cerf says Parsippany superintendent salary battle is...
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie's education chief says a dispute with a North Jersey school district over a superintendent's pay has been partially resolved. Acting Education Commissioner Chris Cerf...
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N.J. health commissioner confirms she plans to step down, citing 'urgent...
Christie praised Alaigh's 14-month tenure, singling out 'her principled implementation of a scientifically-based medicinal marijuana program' Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerDr. Poonam Alaigh,...
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GOP legislators start efforts to repeal early release program in N.J. prisons
Gov. Christie blamed the program for 2 killings in Jersey City, Camden allegedly committed by inmates released ahead of schedule. Noah Addis/The Star-LedgerState Senator Diane Allen (R-Burlington) is...
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N.J. Supreme Court committee recommends censure for retired Superior Court...
TRENTON — A committee of the state Supreme Court has recommended censure for retired Superior Court Judge Steven Perskie who it said belatedly recused himself from a case that involved his former...
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Task force created to assess N.J.'s nuclear power operations in wake of Japan...
TRENTON — A new state task force will assess current nuclear power operations in New Jersey and determine if there are any early lessons to be learned from the crisis in Japan that are applicable...
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N.J. unions start advocacy group free of cash caps to fight Christie's...
TRENTON — Unions in New Jersey are forming an advocacy group free from fundraising and spending limits to fight GOP Gov. Chris Christie's efforts to cut taxes and restrict collective bargaining. The...
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Bayshore tea party group offers redistricting commission their version of...
TRENTON — They call it "The People’s Map." The Bayshore Tea Party on Friday submitted its own proposal for what the state’s 40 legislative districts should look like. Sean J. Spinello, an attorney and...
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N.J. Assembly speaker requests audit of selection process for school...
Sheila Oliver questions how 10 of 110 proposals were selected Patti Sapone/The Star-LedgerAssembly Speaker Sheila Oliver has asked the state auditor to look into the selection of school construction...
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Christie appears at legislative redistricting meeting
First time Christie has displayed intimate involvement in process Ed Murray/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie has appeared at a legislative redistricting meeting in New Brunswick today. Gov. Chris...
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Gov. Christie makes 'unusual' appearance at commission meeting to draw new...
Democrats criticize direct role in map meeting NEW BRUNSWICK— Gov. Chris Christie, who has begun a vocal push for Republicans to take control of the Legislature, made a surprise appearance Sunday at...
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N.J. state revenue to grow by more than $1B next year, non-partisan agency says
This year, revenue is expected to come in about $100 million higher than expected Ed Murray/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie expects revenue to grow next year by about $1.1 billion, which will be...
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Gov. Chris Christie meets in Trenton before town hall meeting Tuesday
TRENTON — After making a surprise visit yesterday at the hotel where a new legislative map is being hammered out, Gov. Chris Christie is in meetings today at the Statehouse. Christie, who has no...
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Postponed N.J. Senate budget committee hearing sparks argument
TRENTON — The chairman of the state senate budget committee postponed a presentation by the state treasurer after he and another lawmaker left for a redistricting meeting. The abrupt postponement...
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N.J. redistricting commission returns to redrawing legislative districts...
NEW BRUNSWICK — Members of the commission to redraw the state’s legislative districts are back at it today, this time without the high profile presence of Gov. Chris Christie. Commissioners are...
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Mitt Romney donates $25K to N.J. Republican Party
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie’s campaign to carve out Republican majorities in the Legislature just got a helping hand from Mitt Romney, who pitched in with a $25,000 donation to the state Republican...
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Christie recruits former N.J. attorney general, Supreme Court justice to...
Move follows judge's report saying governor's cuts in state aid for schools violated N.J. mandate to provide 'thorough and efficient' education Watch video Patti Sapone/The Star-Ledger Peter Verniero...
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More N.J. students pass alternate high school graduation test
Newark-based education group Education Law Center cautions that large numbers of seniors still at risk of not graduating in June Michael Mancuso/The Times of TrentonNotre Dame High School graduate Cat...
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