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President Obama, Congressional leaders reach a debt deal
Congress must still OK agreement that would avert nation's first-ever financial default and cut $2.2 trillion from federal spending over next decade Chip Somodevilla/Pool via BloombergPresident Obama...
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Senate President Stephen Sweeney creates website to show how much aid N.J....
TRENTON — New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney wants residents to see with a few mouse clicks whether the state is living up to its obligation to fund their public schools. The South Jersey...
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Former N.J. health commissioner to join Randolph-based health care think tank
TRENTON — New Jersey's former state health commissioner is headed to a health care think tank. Dr. Poonam Alaigh has joined the Randolph-based Common Sense Institute of New Jersey. Alaigh stepped down...
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PolitiFact New Jersey: Democrat-backed One New Jersey claims N.J. has lost...
A PolitiFact New Jersey investigation has found that spokesman used the wrong data to reach that conclusion, and rates his claim False. Tim Farrell/The Star-LedgerThe state has added jobs since Gov....
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TRENTON — A nonprofit to help needy people pay their utility bills and another to help buy supplies for cancer patients make the top and bottom of the latest list of most asked-about charities, the...
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Gov. Christie is 'relieved' deal reached to raise nation's debt ceiling
Christie said Republicans and Democrats were more interested in posturing for cable television than fixing the problem Watch video HASBROUCK HEIGHTS — Gov. Chris Christie said he was "relieved" that...
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Gov. Christie plans doctor visit following last week's breathing problems,...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS — Gov. Chris Christie, in his first public appearance since leaving the hospital on Thursday after suffering from breathing problems, said he's feeling "fabulous." Christie was on...
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$100 home cooling discount coming for disabled and senior citizens, Gov....
The money is part of a federal program and is scheduled to be distributed in mid-August. HASBROUCK HEIGHTS — Gov. Chris Christie announced that 182,000 households with seniors or disabled residents...
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N.J. Supreme Court accepts committee's recommendation on retired judge's censure
TRENTON — The state Supreme Court today censured former Superior Court Judge Steven Perskie, a big name in New Jersey’s political and legal worlds for four decades, for his handling of a case...
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2 Wanaque residential developments do not need to comply with 2004...
WANAQUE BOROUGH — Two residential developments in Wanaque Borough do not need to comply with environmental rules under the state Highlands Act, a Superior Court panel ruled today. In 2009, the two...
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Debt ceiling deal won't have a big impact on New Jersey in near term
New Jersey doesn't depend on federal revenue as much as other states Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerState Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff is shown in this January file photo. The bipartisan debt...
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More N.J. voters support same-sex marriage than oppose it, poll says
TRENTON — More New Jersey voters support same-sex marriage than oppose it, according to a poll released today. The poll, by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling, found 47 percent of voters wanted...
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President Obama signs U.S. debt bill after final Senate vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate emphatically passed emergency legislation today to avoid a first-ever government default, rushing the legislation to President Barack Obama for his signature just hours...
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Nude photos of Cumberland County freeholder surface on GOP activist website
Update: Cumberland County freeholder Louis Magazzu plans to resign CUMBERLAND COUNTY — A New Jersey politician is under fire for sending a woman nude photos of himself that have shown up on a GOP...
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N.J. must create new sergeant selection process in U.S. Department of Justice...
If the settlement is approved, N.J. will be required to pay $1M to black and Hispanic officers the DOJ says were harmed by the promotion process Noah K. Murray/The Star LedgerA group of Newark police...
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Camden County to form regional police department
The city of Camden, county and state officials reached an agreement to create the new force, which could be a cost-saving model for N.J. Watch video TRENTON — The city of Camden, county officials and...
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Gov. Chris Christie touts bipartisanship in Newark park project
NEWARK — It’s long been an unfulfilled vision, taking more than two decades, but today Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. joined Gov. Chris Christie and other officials to kick off...
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N.J. auto insurance rates on the rise again
Christie administration is proposing rules to cap medical treatment payments in accidents Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerThomas Considine, the commissioner of the Department of Banking and Insurance,...
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PolitiFact New Jersey: Newark Mayor Cory Booker says U.S. lags behind other...
There's at least one area where the United States is not the world's leader, according to Newark Mayor Cory Booker. The United States is tied for ninth place among 36 countries analyzed by a Paris,...
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Countywide police force proposal gains ground as Camden signs on
The regional force is likely be the first of its kind in the state; Somerset and Morris Counties are considering similar arrangements. Watch video TRENTON — Overwhelmed by rising crime and massive...
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