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Gov. Christie to give policy speech at Princeton University
PRINCETON — Gov. Chris Christie will give a policy speech at Princeton University on May 20, after speaking last week at Harvard University about his education proposals. The speech, at 5:45 p.m. in...
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N.J. animal rights advocates support bill allowing courts to extend...
TRENTON — Lawmakers today heard testimony in support of a bill that would allow courts to extend restraining orders to family pets, a provision supported by domestic violence groups, animal rights...
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N.J. Assembly panel considers bill outlawing photographing children without...
Judiciary Committee did not vote on bill, members acknowledge it may be overly broad, may not stand up to constitutional scrutiny Star-Ledger fileThe Assembly Judiciary Committee, pictured below in a...
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Gov. Christie to co-host show on WFAN later this week
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie often uses his favorite baseball team, the last-place Mets, for a political analogy, or just to bemoan their record. On Friday, Christie will brandish his sports...
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U.S. appeals court orders that Carl Lewis be placed on N.J. Senate primary...
TRENTON — A federal appeals court has ordered that Olympic track and field star Carl Lewis be included on the ballot for the June Democratic primary. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia...
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More N.J. homes to get weatherized through federal program
Thousands more homes than originally planned will be weatherized under a federal stimulus program, state Community Affairs Commissioner Lori Grifa said today before an Assembly committee. Though the...
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N.J. lawmakers question Christie's refusal to restore $1.7B cuts to public...
TRENTON — An Assembly hearing on the state's law and public safety budget took a sharp turn into constitutional questions when legislators pressed Attorney General Paula Dow on Gov. Chris Christie's...
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N.J. lawmakers targeting people who photograph children without parental consent
Parents want to shield their kids from strangers, but some say the law would step on constitutional rights. Star-Ledger File PhotoSome parents are pushing for passage of a state Assembly bill that...
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N.J. Assembly committee advances bill to extend domestic violence laws to pets
TRENTON — Every day, family pets are targets in homes where there is domestic violance, animal advocates say. And the emotional trauma of their suffering extends to their owners, who often choose not...
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N.J. attorney general faces questions on Christie's threat to defy Supreme...
TRENTON — A late afternoon Assembly budget hearing flared into an all-out constitutional debate Thursday when legislators asked Attorney General Paula Dow to settle the predominant legal question in...
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Gov. Christie was told of Osama bin Laden killing before it was publicly...
TRENTON — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he received word about the death of Osama bin Laden 90 minutes before it was publicly announced. Christie was at a New York Mets-Philadelphia Phillies...
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Gov. Christie's 'tool kit' reform package stalls in the Legislature
Governor, Democratic legislators blame each other as property taxes keep increasing Martin Griff/The Times of TrentonN.J. Gov. Chris Christie holds a town hall meeting at Hollow Brook Community Center...
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Dozens rally in support of Princeton gay couple facing deportation
NEWARK — Gay rights groups rallied outside the federal building in Newark this morning as Josh Vandiver and Henry Valandia prepared for a hearing before a federal immigration judge that could end with...
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Ex-biotech chief John Crowley does not confirm U.S. Senate bid
PARSIPPANY — Prospective U.S. Senate candidate John Crowley made his first public appearance today since cutting back his role at his biotech company to focus on "public policy, civic service, and...
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Carl Lewis dealt another blow in N.J. Senate run after state Supreme Court...
Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno had kicked Lewis off the ballot, ruling he did not meet the residency requirement Brian Donohue/The Star-LedgerNine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis is headed to court to...
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N.J. Senate candidate served jail time for deceptive business practices
TRENTON — A New Jersey state Senate candidate acknowledges spending time in jail for deceptive business practices and says he doesn't think his past is relevant to the race. In 1994, Thomas W. Greto...
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N.J. officials create advisory panel to monitor operations at Oyster Creek...
TRENTON — State environmental officials have created an advisory panel to review operations at Oyster Creek, the nation's oldest nuclear power plant. Department of Environmental Protection...
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New rules will force N.J. law enforcement to beef up training, publicize...
Attorney General Paula Dow announced the new policy on internal-affairs investigations today after complaints that N.J.'s guidelines were too lax Martin Griff / The Times of Trenton New Jersey State...
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U.S. District Court judge to decide whether Carl Lewis can run for N.J. Senate
TRENTON — The fate of Carl Lewis’s state Senate candidacy now rests with a federal district court judge. The state Supreme Court on Friday declined to take up an appeal by the Olympic track and field...
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Binational gay couple from Princeton celebrate deportation postponement
NEWARK — Josh Vandiver and Henry Velandia somberly stepped through the metal detectors at the Peter W. Rodino Federal Building in Newark on Friday afternoon with tensed shoulders. Once through...
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