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Gov. Christie declares regional cap-and-trade initiative ineffective,...
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie Thursday declared the nation’s first regional cap-and-trade program designed to reduce air pollution a failure and promised to pull New Jersey out of it by the end of the...
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Gov. Christie seeks to change health benefits of state workers through...
TRENTON — After asserting for months that state employee health benefits will be overhauled through legislation, Gov. Chris Christie’s office is now seeking the changes through collective bargaining...
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Rev. Jesse Jackson to rally in N.J. for state union workers
TRENTON — The Rev. Jesse Jackson will be in New Jersey for union rallies two days next week. The AFL-CIO is bringing in Jackson for a series of pro-collective bargaining rallies. Union workers are...
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N.J. voters would pick Obama over Christie in presidential race, poll says
TRENTON — If Gov. Chris Christie ran for president in 2012, he would lose to President Barack Obama in New Jersey, according to a Rasmussen poll released today. The poll found 49 percent would back...
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Proposed law would ban N.J. public colleges from paying commencement speakers
Kean paid John Legend $25K, while Rutgers paid Toni Morrison $30K John O'Boyle/The Star-LedgerGrammy award winning singer John Legend at the Kean University 2011 commencement. He earned $25K to speak...
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More lawmakers opposed to forcing N.J. workers to pay more for health...
TRENTON — Opposition hardened Friday toward plans to change state employee health benefits through legislation, a day after Gov. Chris Christie acknowledged that he had begun negotiations with the...
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Lake Hopatcong Commission invests additional $12K in weed harvesting
MOUNT ARLINGTON — It’s a bit of a gamble. Backs against the wall, the Lake Hopatcong Commission has decided to go ahead and invest a few of its remaining dollars so it can begin this season’s weed...
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Decline in N.J. pollution control raises environmental concern
The review comes on the heels of a decision by Gov. Christie to pull out of a regional environmental initiative Amanda Brown/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie last week decided to pull out of a...
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Gov. Christie's battle over scrapped ARC tunnel costing N.J. $225K a month in...
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie’s fight with the federal government over abandoning a train tunnel under the Hudson has already cost New Jerseyans more than $1 million in legal fees and interest,...
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Fate of employees uncertain as New Jersey Network public television station...
TRENTON — New Jersey officials are completing a deal to give New Jersey Network’s television operation to a new nonprofit corporation run by WNET Channel 13, the PBS flagship station based in New York...
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N.J. Senate Republicans discuss strategy following state Supreme Court...
TRENTON — New Jersey Senate Republicans have been asked to consider taking a unified position on public education that includes removing the Supreme Court from school funding decisions and granting...
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Head of N.J. State Police is up for re-appointment
TRENTON — The Senate Judiciary committee is set to consider whether to re-confirm the long-time head of the State Police. Col. Rick Fuentes, 60, was first appointed in 2003 by Gov. James E. McGreevey....
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Rev. Jesse Jackson to lead Camden rally for state worker unions
CAMDEN — The Rev. Jesse Jackson is on a solidarity tour across New Jersey to support union workers and oppose cuts to public services by Gov. Chris Christie. Jackson's tour will start with a...
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Gov. Christie's Supreme Court nominee gets confirmation hearing following...
Anne Patterson has sat on the sidelines while Christie and State Senate President Stephen Sweeney tangled publicly over the makeup of the state's highest court Star-Ledger file photoGov. Chris...
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Poll shows half of N.J. voters have no opinion of U.S. Sen. Menendez
A year and a half before he faces re-election, half of New Jersey voters still have no opinion of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) Twenty-two percent of Garden State voters have not heard of...
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After Irvington suspected neglect case, legislator reconsiders home-schooling...
Weinberg to study whether monitoring home-schooled children is worth fighting for File photoChristiana Glenn, the Irvington girl who authorities said died of complications from an untreated broken...
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Rev. Jesse Jackson warns Camden crowd of 'toxic wind' wiping out workers'...
CAMDEN — The Rev. Jesse Jackson today warned a crowd of union workers and their supporters gathered in Camden that a “toxic wind” was blowing across America to wipe out collective bargaining and the...
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Gov. Christie to meet with Iowa GOP donors who want him to run for president
PRINCETON TOWNSHIP — Gov. Chris Christie is planning to meet with top Iowa Republican campaign contributors who want him to run for president. Christie is set to meet today with energy company...
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Christie befriends upstart Democrats in Hudson County
Governor moves in on longtime political stronghold led by nemesis Menendez Saed Hindash/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie discusses matters with West New York Mayor Felix Roque after swearing him in...
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Two anti-gun groups voice concern over Gov. Christie's Supreme Court pick
TRENTON —Two groups that have campaigned against gun violence in New Jersey's cities say they are troubled by the legal trail of Gov. Chris Christie's Supreme Court nominee. Products liability lawyer...
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