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U.S. Sen. Menendez speaks out against deal to overhaul pension, health...
TRENTON — United States Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) spoke out against a pension and health benefit deal on public workers struck by Republican Gov. Chris Christie and the Democratic leaders of the New...
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Gov. Christie to delay implementing N.J.'s medical marijuana law
The governor said he wants assurance from the U.S. government they won't prosecute anyone for working in the program Watch video John Munson/The Star-LedgerTy Hull, the owner of a medical marijuana...
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PolitiFact New Jersey: Gov. Christie's claim about wealthy people leaving the...
Taxes are so bad in New Jersey that they're driving billions of dollars in wealth to other states, and Democratic governors are to blame for the losses between 2004 and 2008, according to Gov. Chris...
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N.J. Senate committee approves health, pension benefit reform despite union...
TRENTON — Irate public employees converged on the Statehouse by the thousands Thursday tooting horns, carrying signs and disrupting a Senate hearing, but the show of force failed to break a...
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Two Christie appointees join Highlands Council in rejecting local plan for...
Gov. Chris Christie’s choices made an immediate impact at their first Highlands Council meeting last night, as Hackettstown’s plan became the first to be rejected. Two Christie appointees, council...
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Christie's proposal would give private companies unprecedented control of...
TRENTON — Private companies may soon gain unprecedented control of five failing New Jersey public schools if a proposal unveiled last week by Gov. Chris Christie is approved by the Legislature. Fewer...
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Norcross firm clears hurdle to build Evesham heliport
EVESHAM — The Evesham Township Planning Board has approved a proposal to build a heliport despite objections from a nearby hospital and residents. Permission for the landing area was requested by the...
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TRENTON — Advocates for medical marijuana, long at odds with Gov. Chris Christie, were fuming at him today, a day after he said he's waiting for assurances from federal authorities that people...
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Sweeney says State Police should drop charges against protesters arrested at...
Senate President says rank-and-file were largely respectful but leaders outside were not Watch video TRENTON — The State Police should drop all charges against the protesters arrested at Thursday's...
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Chris Christie claims executive privilege on alleged emails with Fox News...
Gov. Christie visited Roger Ailes at his upstate N.Y. home for dinner last summer AP file, Star-Ledger fileFox News Chairman Roger Ailes, left, admits to meeting with Gov. Chris Christie, but the...
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Gov. Christie to hold town hall meeting in Bergen County
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie will hold his 20th town hall of the year in Bergen County on Wednesday. The event will take place at the Fair Lawn Recreation Center and doors will open at 9:45 a.m. The...
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NJEA plans to protest move to curtail N.J. worker benefits by marching across...
TRENTON — The state's largest teachers union plans to crank up their protests next week as lawmakers move to curtail public worker benefits. The New Jersey Education Association has scheduled a march...
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TRENTON — A New Jersey assemblyman is calling on a union leader to resign for comparing Republican Gov. Chris Christie to Adolf Hitler during a Statehouse rally. Communications Workers of America vice...
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Democrats fight part of new benefits bill that prevents public employees from...
Thousands of public employees would pay out of pocket for care in N.Y., Pa. Watch video TRENTON — Democratic legislators mounted a challenge today to eliminate a controversial section of the pension...
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N.J. Democrats to introduce millionaires tax bill
TRENTON — The way state Sen. Ray Lesniak and several other Democrats see it, public employees are about to dig deeper into their pockets to bail out New Jersey’s fragile economy, and they want...
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Gov. Chris Christie hopes to quickly usher in law making Xanadu's $200M in...
Economic Development Authority did not have legal right to give 'American Dream at Meadowlands' the financial incentives Watch video Last month, Gov. Chris Christie stood inside the partly finished...
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Winners and losers are emerging in N.J. public worker pension reform battle
TRENTON — The struggle to legislate higher pension and health benefits contributions for 500,000 public workers in New Jersey is shaking up the political status quo: Organized labor is attacking its...
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Revolutionary War reenactors to lead N.J. public worker union protest march...
Calling it the 'Second Battle of Trenton,' the marchers hope to disrupt key votes on bills to cut pension, health benefits TRENTON — Members of state public employee unions will imitate our...
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PolitiFact New Jersey: NJEA's claims about Christie's tax breaks for...
Education funding — or the lack of it — is a non-stop war of words in New Jersey. The New Jersey Education Association has taken its side of the battle to the airwaves, putting out videos and other...
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Gov. Chris Christie's administration has been called the most disciplined in...
Christie relies on a fiercely loyal cadre of confidants who aren’t afraid to tell him what they think behind closed doors Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie during a June 7 town hall...
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