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N.J. state Senator asks Gov. Christie to veto $420K 'Jersey Shore' production...
Joe Vitale supports the film tax credit but said the state should not reward a television show that paints the state in a negative light Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty ImagesThe cast of "The Jersey...
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Gov. Christie dissolves Council on Affordable Housing
TRENTON — The Christie Administration has officially dissolved the often-criticized Council on Affordable Housing, giving the Department of Community Affairs responsibility to ensure poor residents...
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N.J. Sen. Sarlo says Gov. Christie's veto of film tax credit program drove...
TRENTON —State Sen. Paul Sarlo said today that Gov. Chris Christie drove quality television shows out of the state and attracted "repulsive" shows like "Jersey Shore" when he blocked a Democratic...
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Angry N.J. politicians urge Gov. Christie to veto $420K film tax credit for...
Governor doesn't have the authority to veto tax credit, Christie spokesman says Noah K. Murray/The Star LedgerJennifer Farley "JWoww", Michael Sorrentino "The Situation and Paul Del Vecchio "Pauly D"...
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N.J. state Senator to introduce bill that would require Gov. Christie to tell...
TRENTON — A New Jersey lawmaker wants to force Gov. Chris Christie to tell Legislative leaders every time he leaves the state. Democratic state Sen. Loretta Weinberg tells The Associated Press she'll...
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N.J. Attorney General's Office outlines steps to increase black recruitment...
Plan depends on squeezing more money out of the next state budget A.J. Chavar/The Star-LedgerNew Jersey State Police troopers are shown graduating in this 2009 file photo. The department has come...
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Gov. Christie to host town hall meeting in Union on Monday
UNION — Gov. Chris Christie returns to the town hall circuit next week after taking a break for the summer. Christie will host a town hall meeting in Union in Union County on Monday at 3:30 p.m. Doors...
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Forgotten cash: N.J. finds $26M in unused money buried in old bank accounts
Christie wants to use the forgotten money to pay down the state's debt, but he needs the OK from Democrats in Trenton Noah K. Murray/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie's administration had some good...
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State senator requests investigation of fraud allegations against Hoboken...
HOBOKEN — A state senator has asked the U.S. Attorney and the state Attorney General to investigate allegations of fraud raised by the former attorney of Hoboken University Hospital before the state...
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Women politicians likely to gain only a few seats in N.J. Legislature come...
New Jersey has no female representation at the federal level. The 13-member congressional delegation, which will shrink to 12 next year, has been made up exclusively of men since 2003. John...
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PolitiFact New Jersey: Union leader says average N.J. government pensions are...
Union leader Hetty Rosenstein wants state taxpayers to know that government workers' pensions aren't as lavish as some claim. In fact, Rosenstein, state director of the Communication Workers of...
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N.J. medical marijuana center official booted over ties to con man Solomon Dwek
Monmouth County entrepreneur Kenneth Cayre's link to Dwek raises red flags over vetting Watch video John Munson/The Star-LedgerTy Hull, owner/caregiver at Mahooka medical marijuana dispensary in...
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Cost to repair flood-damaged parking garage near N.J. Statehouse surpasses $420K
TRENTON — Flooding that briefly shut down the parking garage adjacent to the New Jersey Statehouse in recent weeks will cost more than $420,000 to clean up. The underground garage is used by state...
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Michael Cole, former chief counsel to Gov. Tom Kean, dead at 67
MORRIS TOWNSHIP — Attorney Michael Cole, a former partner in the DeCotiis law firm, husband to a state Supreme Court justice and chief counsel to Gov. Thomas Kean, died Saturday evening, family and...
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PolitiFact N.J.: Sierra Club says Garden State loses 50 football fields of...
Open space is disappearing so quickly in New Jersey that it can be measured in football fields, according to the New Jersey Sierra Club. And while it's true that protecting open space from development...
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Gov. Chris Christie targets friendly audiences in town hall appearances,...
Governor typically visits richer, whiter and Republican-leaning towns Watch video TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie today revives a town hall tour that’s been a smash hit across New Jersey as the...
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N.J. looks to close fee loophole utilized by Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center
Insurance companies claim the Secaucus hospital is billing them as much as 3,000 percent more than their own outpatient surgery centers Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey JournalThe Meadowlands Hospital...
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Lawyer from Hoboken Hospital Authority says critics are wrong about events...
HOBOKEN — A lawyer with the Hoboken Hospital Authority says critics are purposefully mischaracterizing the events leading up to the bankruptcy of the city’s hospital to further their own agenda. In...
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Committee creating new health plans for N.J. public workers misses deadline
TRENTON — Public workers looking for the cheaper health plans promised after benefit reforms will not have those choices by October’s open enrollments, while their existing “Cadillac” plans threaten...
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U.S. Court of Appeals orders rehearing on Carl Lewis' eligibility to run for...
TRENTON — Former Olympic track and field star Carl Lewis’s courtroom travails are not over. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit have ordered a rehearing on whether Lewis, who is running...
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