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Gov. Christie claims credit for tax windfall, but others disagree
MONROE (Middlesex County) — Gov. Chris Christie took credit Wednesday for an unexpected surge in state revenue, although an independent expert and the state treasurer attributed the windfall to rising...
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Frank Lloyd Wright house placed on top 10 list of endangered historic sites...
TRENTON — The state’s historic preservationists are, by nature, a proud and picky bunch. So when they heard that one of New Jersey’s four known homes designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright might be...
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Gov. Christie's proposed income limits would cut Medicaid for working poor
If approved, the change would affect only new applicants and virtually everyone in the program now would continue to receive health benefits Watch video Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie...
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N.J. Assembly panel to vote on bill banning cosmetic use of Botox by minors
TRENTON — An Assembly panel will consider a bill today to ban cosmetic use of Botox by minors. Botox, a brand name for a type of botulism toxin, is commonly used in adults to smooth out wrinkles. But...
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Unemployment rate in N.J. holds steady at 9.3 percent
State added 14,000 last month Eliot Caroom/The Star-LedgerNew Jersey Institute of Technology students line up at a job fair in this March 2011 file photo. TRENTON — New Jersey's unemployment rate held...
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With state revenue up, N.J. Senate to vote on bill to restore millions to...
Gov. Chris Christie eliminated $7.45 million in grants last year because he said the state could not afford them Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerOverall view from the Senate gallery prior to a Statehouse...
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Gov. Christie signs bill requiring all new public employees to move to N.J....
TRENTON — New Jersey to new public workers: You wanna work here, you gotta live here. Gov. Chris Christie announced today he signed a bill (S1730) into law that will require public workers hired after...
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Bill that would ban cosmetic use of Botox for minors advances in N.J. Assembly
TRENTON — An increasing number of teenagers nationwide are turning to Botox to improve their looks, studies show, a practice some state lawmakers say is disturbing enough to ban. An Assembly panel...
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Gov. Christie says deregulation is key to N.J. economic comeback
NEW YORK — Deregulating the private sector is crucial to New Jersey’s financial recovery, Gov. Chris Christie told an economic forum here today, and boasted that in his first year in office he cut...
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Gov. Christie nominates former federal attorney to be insurance fraud prosecutor
TRENTON — Another former federal prosecutor is joining Gov. Chris Christie’s administration. Ronald Chillemi, a Bergen County resident who spent nine years as an assistant U.S. attorney, was nominated...
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N.J. State Police sergeant faces drunken driving charge days after agency...
Joseph Lettieri is accused of drunken driving after leaving the scene of an accident Tom Wright-Piersanti/The Star-LedgerAn N.J. State Police car sits at a crime scene in this May 2011 photo....
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N.J. Sen. Weinberg dials into Gov. Christie's radio program to ask for...
TRENTON — State Sen. Loretta Weinberg, who has publicly sparred with the governor before, called into Gov. Christie's radio program today to make a pitch for women's health funding. Weinberg...
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Gov. Christie gets surprise phone call during radio talk show from N.J. Sen....
The call was about vote to restore funding for family planning clinics Star-Ledger File PhotosState Sen. Loretta Weinberg made an unexpected phone call to Gov. Chris Christie during the "Ask the...
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Gov. Christie to speak at Princeton about making N.J. more business friendly
PRINCETON — Gov. Chris Christie is heading to Princeton this evening to tell students what he'd like to do to make New Jersey better for business. Christie often says that tight regulations and high...
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New poll: Christie would trail Obama by 8 percentage points in hypothetical...
TRENTON — In a hypothetical presidential match-up, Gov. Chris Christie trails President Barack Obama by 8 percentage points, according to a Rasmussen poll. In the poll of 1,000 likely U.S. voters,...
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N.J. fights Army Corps of Engineers' $379M plan to deepen section of Delaware...
Environmental chief says dredging from Philadelphia to Delaware Bay could send millions of tons of contaminated sediment to creeks, wetlands Star-Ledger fileA Waste Management trash bin lies in the...
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N.J. Human Services police chief suspended without pay, faces termination
TRENTON — Facing a lengthy list of offenses including "creating a disturbance on state property'' and "notoriously disgraceful conduct,'' Long-time Human Services Police Chief Raymond J. Brennan today...
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Gov. Christie defends his ability to say no, governmental budget cuts in...
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie recounted what he considers his fiscal accomplishments to a packed house at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School this afternoon, touching on the 2 percent...
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N.J. chief justice discusses new programs and budget cuts, but avoids topic...
Nowhere in Rabner's talk did he address Christie’s criticism of the school funding issue, nor his attacks on Justice Barry Albin Noah K. Murray/The Star-LedgerN.J. Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart...
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Gov. Christie to visit Cherry Hill for town hall meeting
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie will make another stop in his town hall tour next week, this time in Cherry Hill. It will be the governor's 18th town hall this year. Doors for the event on Tuesday will...
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