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Despite rain from Hurricane Irene, State Police say no major problems
EWING — Rain is expected to fall relentlessly from now until 6 a.m., but for now, there are no road closures due to flooding or massive power outages in the state, according to Maj. Edward Cetnar of...
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Higher price on higher education: All 4-year N.J. colleges raise tuition
Last spring, college students across the state held rallies and protests on their campuses calling for a tuition freeze. It didn’t work. Undergraduate tuition and fees will go up between 1 percent and...
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Ex-prosecutor leads crackdown on N.J. scam artists
NEWARK — A day after Thomas Calcagni, the state’s consumer watchdog, vowed to crack down on predatory tow truck drivers, he caught one in the act while at his dry cleaner in Newark. He saw a truck...
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PolitiFact New Jersey: Did some of the 9/11 hijackers use N.J. driver's...
Before taking over four flights on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, the 19 hijackers gathered various forms of identification to carry out their plans. And according to state Sen. Kevin O'Toole...
View ArticleGov. Chris Christie surveys Hurricane Irene's damage
Christie tours state's destruction in State Police helicopter Watch video EWING — In another day of marathon activity, Gov. Chris Christie took to the skies to survey the trail of destruction left...
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Hurricane Irene moves on from N.J., leaving residents to dry out
'If you don't have to go to work tomorrow, don't go to work tomorrow," Gov. Chris Christie warns Watch video It will be several days and several billion dollars before New Jersey recovers from the...
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PolitiFact New Jersey: Do direct wine shipments give underage drinkers easy...
A proposal to allow wineries to ship directly to New Jersey consumers would give underage residents the opportunity to purchase alcohol without a problem, according to Assemblyman Joseph Cryan. The...
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Hurricane Irene's N.J. legacy just beginning as floodwaters rise and commutes...
Rising floodwaters continue to beleaguer Garden State as 1 million displaced residents begin returning home Watch video It will go down as one of the most damaging storms to hit New Jersey in a...
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Top union official blasts Gov. Christie for requiring state employees to...
TRENTON – A top official in the largest state workers union said Gov. Chris Christie should have ordered non-essential workers to stay home today. Employees trying to make their way into Trenton today...
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U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone asks President Obama to visit N.J.
A New Jersey congressman wants President Obama to visit New Jersey in the wake of Hurricane Irene. In a letter to the president, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-6th Dist.), whose district includes a large...
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Gov. Chris Christie angers union by opening state offices after Hurricane Irene
Even in a hurricane, Gov. Chris Christie and the state’s largest public employee union can find something to disagree about. After encouraging private employees to stay home today, he called on all...
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Hurricane Irene N.J. death toll climbs as floodwaters frustrate state
Storm's damage continues: Roads remain closed, waterways rise to record levels and electricity remains out for hundreds of thousands of N.J. residents Watch video Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerThe...
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N.J. has the lowest number of public workers in 8 years, analysis shows
New Jersey has shed more than 29,000 public jobs during Gov. Chris Christie's first 19 months in office Tony Kurdzuk/The Star LedgerA crowd of state union workers gather outside the Statehouse Annex...
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N.J. residents report Hurricane Irene-related price gouging
TRENTON — Reports of price gouging in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene are coming in from New Jersey residents. Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company says customers are calling with complaints that...
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Gov. Christie skipping Mississippi GOP fundraiser to help with Hurricane...
TRENTON — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is skipping a Mississippi Republican Party fundraising dinner to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. Christie was set to speak Wednesday at the...
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Gov. Christie tours flood damage, cancels plans to go to GOP event in...
Christie and Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez asked President Obama to authorize federal relief aid for New Jersey Watch video Frank L. Conlon/The Star-LedgerNew Jersey Governor Chris...
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NJTV's scant coverage of Hurricane Irene draws heat from N.J. lawmaker
New Jersey television viewers who tuned into the newly created NJTV Sunday morning for the latest on Hurricane Irene instead saw the talking heads of the national political roundtable "McLaughlin...
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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano coming to N.J. to...
LINCOLN PARK — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is coming to New Jersey today, as Obama administration officials continue to tour the eastern seaboard in the aftermath of...
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N.J. health commissioner pleas for people to donate blood after Hurricane...
TRENTON — Health and Senior Services Commissioner Mary O'Dowd today issued a plea for people to donate blood - in short supply because Hurricane Irene led to the cancelation of blood drives around the...
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Tea party lawsuit challenging new N.J. legislative district map is dismissed
The suit claimed the new map is unconstitutional because South Jersey districts tend to have more residents than North Jersey districts TRENTON — A tea party lawsuit against the new state legislative...
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