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N.J. Assembly approves $175K salary cap for local officials
TRENTON — Leaders of independent state and local authorities would not be able to make more than the governor’s $175,000 salary if a bill that passed the state Assembly today becomes law. Under the...
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N.J. Senate considers allowing motorcycles to be sold on Sundays
TRENTON — Dealers will be able to sell motorcycles on Sunday if a bill the state Senate passed today becomes law. Currently, car and motorcycle dealerships must stay closed on Sundays. The bill, which...
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N.J. Senate approves school districts wage freeze, use of saved funds to...
TRENTON — When teachers, administrators and other school staff accept wage freezes, districts would be forced to use the money saved to avoid layoffs under a bill that passed the state Senate today....
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Christie vows to veto developers fee moratorium bill after affordable housing...
TRENTON — Commercial developers will once again have to pay a 2.5 percent fee to the state beginning Thursday because the Assembly and the Christie administration are at an impasse over a measure to...
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N.J. groups protest 'outrageous' budget cuts $260M for elderly, poor, disabled
Policy Perspective president predicts 'unprecedented damage to the social safety net' Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerOverall view from the gallery as the senate begins their session at the Statehouse...
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N.J. Senate budget debate focuses on 'truth' vs. 'wrong choices'
Gov. Chris Christie's $29.4B budget gets described as 'Nightmare on State Street' Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerSenate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) (center left) speaks with Senate Minority...
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N.J. Legislature approves customized team license plates
TRENTON — New Jersey sports fans could show their pride — and pump a few bucks into the state budget — under a plan for customized team license plates that cleared the Legislature today. New Jersey...
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Gov. Christie is expected to order lawmakers into session for N.J. property...
TRENTON — Senate President Stephen Sweeney said today he expects the governor to drag lawmakers back to Trenton at some point over the next few days to consider the lynchpin of his plan for...
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N.J. Assembly passes Christie's $29.4B budget
TRENTON — The state Assembly debated into the early morning before passing Gov. Chris Christie's $29.4 million budget, dissecting it along party lines. "It is a Republican budget because it is...
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N.J. Assembly approves delaying start of medical marijuana program
TRENTON — Lawmakers have approved a plan to delay the start of New Jersey's legal medical marijuana program by three months. Republican Gov. Chris Christie asked for the delay. The state Senate...
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Gov. Chris Christie is expected to sign N.J. budget into law after...
After marathon session, Democrat-controlled Assembly passes governor's $29.4B plan that eliminates property tax rebates and enacts large cuts state aid to schools, services Tim Farrell/The...
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N.J. Assembly passes alternative property tax cap bill
TRENTON — In the early hours of Tuesday after a long day of budget debate, the Assembly passed a measure to lower the cap on annual property tax increases from 4 percent to 2.9 percent. Democrats are...
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N.J. Assembly restores $7.5M for family planning clinics serving uninsured women
TRENTON — A controversial bill restoring $7.5 million to support family planning clinics won final passage in the Democrat-controlled Assembly early this morning, but not before it re-ignited a debate...
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N.J. Assembly ends early morning marathon session with cheers, vuvuzela
TRENTON — After passing dozens of bills ranging from a new state budget and a cap on property taxes to delaying implementation of the state's medical marijuana law and allowing motorcycles to be sold...
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N.J. Senate approves plan that would move NJN television station closer to...
TRENTON — State-owned NJN on Monday moved closer to a study of its assets and a plan to go independent, under legislation approved by the Senate. The bill, introduced last week, passed unanimously...
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N.J. may see lawsuits against gun control laws after U.S. Supreme Court ruling
TRENTON — New Jersey’s gun laws, among the nation’s toughest, will most likely face an avalanche of lawsuits in light of Monday’s Supreme Court ruling, as activists test the statutes’ constitutional...
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Gov. Chris Christie calls special legislative session on N.J. property tax...
Governor is pushing 2.5 percent cap on property taxes, while Democrats passed looser 2.9 percent cap Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerGovernor Chris Christie responds to a question from the audience during...
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Sen. Frank Lautenberg will replace Sen. Robert Byrd as chairman of homeland...
U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg will replace the late Sen. Robert Byrd as chairman of the influential subcommittee that controls homeland security funds, a report on NorthJersey.com said. Lautenberg...
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Gov. Chris Christie signs $29.4B N.J. budget into law
Governor's spending plan eliminates property tax rebates, enacts cuts in state aid to schools, services SOUTH RIVER — N.J. Gov. Chris Christie signed a $29.4 billion budget into law today during a...
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Russian spy ring claims are 'unfounded,' says Russia foreign ministry
MONTCLAIR — Russia's Foreign Ministry acknowledged today that some of the suspected spies arrested in New Jersey and three other states are Russian citizens, but it insisted they did nothing to hurt...
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